Despite all the stories about people being hard up and tightening their belts, there still seems to be plenty of spending going on in the sales
BBC News - Sales shoppers set online 'Boxing Day record'
Have you cut back on spending this Christmas? I wonder whether all the spending in the sales is going on plastic or whether folks really do have the cash to splash.
This year we got noticeably fewer cards than usual, don't know if folks are not sending because of the hike in postal prices or we have dropped off a lot of Christmas card lists! It's a shame because I use Christmas cards as a way of keeping in touch with friends we have made as we have moved round the country, but this year we haven't heard from quite a few of them.