Crunched

If you feel credit crunched and going through a recession is finding your favourite place half empty at peak hours then most likely you’ll notice everyone’s gone for the winning ‘things you can do at home‘ approach. B&Q stocks heaps of paint buckets in case you ever want to redo that living room which has proven to be the source of your dissatisfaction and the irritable home syndrome. Tesco is now the UK’s biggest discounter while The Guardian won’t settle for parmesan from Lidl.

In the meanwhile, I’m happy with the ice cream sleeve and music in my headphones as other irritated people keep doing my head in with small, stupid stuff. Apparently the lipstick theory returns too. Is it surprising that women buy and use more lipstick when they don’t have money for other things?

Do they also eat more ice cream at home?