Catalogue & Home Shopping: retail Therapy From Your Favourite Armchair

Pick a lifestyle any lifestyle, go ahead, I won't peek! Without knowing who you are or where you live and without knowing another single fact about you, I'm prepared to wager that for you, there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Like almost everyone, you have too much to do and not enough time to do it in. OK, so I'm not psychic and I've picked on a very popular theme that affects, well... almost everyone.

Between your job commitments, your family, and health and lifestyle commitments when exactly do you find time to go to the shops? Whether it's for groceries, for clothes, for the little luxuries that lift your spirits or for the spirits themselves for that matter.

Most of us divide retail therapy into at least two categories: The mundane essentials and the more pleasurable (indulgent) luxuries.

Mundane essentials like groceries and clothing (usually work or school clothes) take a little more effort to shop for and are difficult to get excited about. Shopping for more pleasurable luxuries on the other hand is never a chore and if you're like me, you'll always find the time.

Fortunately we now live in an age when both mundane and pleasurable shopping can both be done from the comfort of your own armchair.

A loaf of bread, a pair of socks, a blouse, a tie, a carton of milk, a school blazer, a torch, an armchair, a lemon cheesecake, a lemon cheesecake maker for that matter, virtually anything you want or desire can be sought and bought with the click of a mouse.

No queues, no heavy lifting, no concern about closing times, no fear of losing the kids and all with a cup of tea and a biscuit, oh and with your feet up!

This may not sound like something you'd like to do on a weekly basis, after all, isn't half the fun of shopping about touching and feeling and trying things on, but if shopping from home from a catalogue or online frees you up to indulge in some serious and enjoyable retail therapy, then it's got to be worth a look hasn't it?

Catalogue and home shopping companies are becoming more and more creative by the week in their ability to offer excellent choice and value for money, while expanding their product ranges and really focusing their efforts on creating an enviable and alternative shopping experience for you and me, the consumer.

Whether you're shopping for the essentials, for pleasure, a loaf of bread or an entire new wardrobe, catalogue, home shopping and the internet are able to provide a solution, and the outlook couldn't be rosier.

As always, Happy Shopping Copyright (c) 2007 Sam Benton

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Beauty Sleep - Is It A Dream?

As women we know that a lack of sleep leaves us irritable; however most of us are unaware of the damage it may be doing to our skin? Besides being an essential component of a healthy lifestyle, getting 8 hours of sleep per night helps improve the texture and the luminosity of our skin. During the night the skin is restored from the harmful effects of daily stress. When we do not get the required sleep our skin suffers. This is especially noticeable in the fragile skin under the eyes. The under eye area is almost fifty percent thinner than the skin on the face. Sleepless nights leaves behind fine lines, dark circles or puffy bags. Cosmetic treatments can soften the effects of sleep deprivation but preventive medicine is the best cure. Eye treatments are limited in their ability and cannot reverse the stress that a lack of sleep will do to the skin.

Sleep experts say that we need 8 hours of sleep per night. However, the latest research shows that women average 6 hours and forty minutes of sleep during the week and 7 hours on the weekend. Besides the extra work that women have to contend with (helping with homework, laundry, cooking, etc.) and the many concerns that keep them from sleep, women are also be kept awake by - small children who wake during the night, teenagers coming home late, aging parents who get up during the night.

What can we do to sleep more peacefully and longer? Here are some hints:

1.Eliminate noise from your bedroom. Bedroom sounds should be low and consistent. Try earplugs.
2.Keep your room dark by using dark fabric on your windows. If that is not possible, try eyeshades.
3.The temperature of the room should be cool.
4.A relaxing bath before you go to bed will induce sleep.
5.Set a schedule to arise, no matter what time you went to bed the night before.
6.Turn your clock so you can't see the time if you wake up in the middle of the night.
7.Keep TV's and computers out of the bedroom, make it a place just for sleep and sex.
8.Get a queen-size mattress if you don't sleep alone. We need room to move.
9.Avoid alcohol before sleeping. While alcohol may help us fall asleep, it will also wake us in the middle of the night.
10.Avoid nicotine before going to bed because it is a stimulant.
11.Don' go to bed hungry or overly full. Have a snack early in the night.
12.Watch your coffee intake. Caffeine from coffee, tea, cola and chocolate can affect you for up to twelve hours.
13. If you fret during the night or if you think of something that you must do the next day, write it down so you can deal with it in the morning.
14.Try natural-fill pillows such as down or feather because they have the most adjustability. If you suffer from back pain put a pillow between your knees for a more comfortable sleep.

Happy Sleeping!!!!!

Sheila Dicks is a wardrobe and image consultant who teaches women how to look slimmer by dressing to suit their body type. Visit her at http://www.sheilasfashionsense.com to download a copy of her e-book Image Makeovers and get How to Build a Wardrobe free.

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