Features: 2010

All the latest features and reviews on this seasons must have items!

How To Decorate A Christmas Tree

Sometimes decorating a Christmas tree can feel like a bit of a chore – clambering up to the loft to dig out the old Christmas decorations, untangling all the knots from the lights, and salvaging the baubles which aren’t broken.

Whether you are decorating an evergreen tree or an artificial Christmas tree, Checkout Spy has some great tips for making decorating your Christmas tree a pleasure rather than a chore.

Posted by The Checkout Spy: 20th December 2010, 14:52

Christmas Gifts for Under £10!

Christmas can be many things to many people. A time for family, sharing, coming together, celebrating and all those lovely things that make Christmas such an exciting time of year. Of course Christmas tends to be a very expensive time of year too! Food, wine, bubbly, pressies; it all adds up to a fair amount. If you’re on a budget or hoping to avoid a hefty credit card bill in January, you may find our handy list of wonderful gifts for under a tenner to be extremely useful.

Posted by The Checkout Spy: 1st December 2010, 17:00

Secret Santa Gift Ideas

It’s nearly Christmas and many offices will be holding their annual Secret Santa, giving and receiving gifts anonymously. Many Secret Santas have low budgets places on them, perhaps £5 or £10, and it is sometimes difficult to think up a unique, interesting gift for this amount of money. To help you out the Checkout Spy has come up with their top 10 gifts that they have either given or received as a Secret Santa gift, with a budget of £10 or less.

Posted by The Checkout Spy: 17th November 2010, 06:51

Bokashi Composters

Bokashi is a unique way of composting food waste by making use of microbial culture. Bokashi is an environmentally friendly, alternative way to compost that is clean and tidy and can be used virtually anywhere.

Bokashi is actually a Japanese term that means 'fermented organic matter'. As the translation suggests, it uses a bran-bsed material that has been fermented with bacteria and microbe liquid concentrate and then dried for ease of use and lack of mess.

Posted by The Checkout Spy: 8th November 2010, 11:19

Beat The Winter Blues

Stay healthy this winter and help beat the winter blues by keeping your health and skin in tip-top condition. With the sun setting earlier, it can be harder to get all the vitamin D we require so consider taking a good multivitamin tablet to keep your health up to scratch. Vitamin D is important because it helps the body to absorb calcium which in turn helps ensure your bones stay strong.

Posted by The Checkout Spy: 1st November 2010, 10:48