I have to confess, I'm fairly chuffed with myself today.

I'm always open to ideas for new badges (so any brainwaves you have - chuck them my way!) and I've just listed my Personalised Christmas badge "Santa says Catherine has been a good girl".  They're moving quite well on ebay and they're flying out on my website.

Things are looking up!

Drinks are on me!!!  .... Form an orderly queue, please ...

It's time to show your age! LOL    C'mon - hands up if you remember ....

- the black and blue Imperial/Decimal conversion charts on the back wall of every shop

- The WoodenTops and Andy Pandy (Watch with Mother)

- Cresta (soft drink in a can) - tasted AWFUL and left a yukky feeling on the roof of your mouth - advertised by a polar bear.

- Foxes Glacier Mints - advertised by a different, cooler polar bear who wore sunglasses!

- Spangles

- The Bay City Rollers; and asking your mum to stitch a strip of tartan down each leg of your trousers!

- Feather Cut hairstyles

- space hoppers

-  huge loops of elastic bands stretched between the ankles of two girls whilst a 3rd jumped in the middle (2, 4, 6, 8, Mary's at the garden gate)

- buying 2oz of sweets from the corner shop

- "Flyer" red rollerskates which strapped onto your Clarkes shoes. They were adjustable via a wingnut underneath and ALWAYS fell off!

- Charlie the cat telling you to never talk to strangers