Why?

Like most people in the UK, I have fallen victim to our consumerist culture. I am a sucker for slick advertising, and shiny new gadgets. 

While I'm not a desperately unhappy person, I do use money to try to lift my mood. The act of planning to buy, and selecting an item lifts my spirits, and I convince myself that owning the item will miraculously cure whatever malaise I am currently experiencing.

Of course, it never really works, and the crushing anticlimax as a I walk away from the shop with my lovely new item is both a mystery and an inevitability.

The purpose of this blog is to chart my unhealthy and bank balance depleting hobby. Join me if you like.