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		<title>Retail sales fall as shops stay closed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Am I a grumpy old woman or just seeing and stating the obvious here? Economic times are hard, retail shops were already facing the onslaught of online shopping, now with the economy in decline and disposable income for many reduced …. So why was I left outside Holland and Barratt yesterday waiting for the store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banking bonuses – the red herring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apart from the fact that Stephen Hester of RBS turned down his bonus a week too late to actually make a positive statement about banking – we are all focused on the wrong thing as usual. The real story is that changes are happening in our banking sector, jobs are being lost, however that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities missed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If anything, I struggle with opportunity overload and have to work hard at remaining focused, but a phone call on Tuesday was definitely an opportunity to be grabbed with both hands. A couple of years ago Bob bought me membership to the Historic Royal Palaces (Hampton Court, Tower of London, Kensington, Kew and Mansion House). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepropertymermaid.com/blog/opportunities-missed</link>
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		<title>How hard can it be to get a tree?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted a tree with a root this year. Surely it would hold its pine needles better, then I could plant it in the woods somewhere, afterwards. 3 B&#38;Q, 2 Sainsburys, 1 Tesco and a garden centre later I surrendered and bought a tree that had been cut. It was dark, cold and not feeling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepropertymermaid.com/blog/how-hard-can-it-be-to-get-a-tree</link>
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		<title>How was bulbous?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have this new “smart” phone that thinks it’s cleverer than it really is. It seems to think that it knows what I want to say and even if I do manage to hit the right keys in the right order – it auto-corrects and replaces my perfectly good word – with something it thinks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I send Cards?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the etiquette these days? Should I send cards? Last year I was feeling really bar humbug and didn’t send anyone cards except my immediate family. I posted a message on Facebook and sent a text to a few friends that was all. I broke the mould or pattern of hours of writing cards. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who are you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you Lady Gaga or One Direction? I had the music video channel on yesterday as I rearranged the front room to make way for an accidentally over large Christmas tree, when I noticed that, all bar one of the members of the group, One Direction had comb-overs! Now I don&#8217;t know about you but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepropertymermaid.com/blog/who-are-you</link>
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		<title>Rip off Britain – earning commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately I didn’t watch to the whole programme. While there are definitely cases where people are conned and preyed upon by unscrupulous traders that we need to be aware off. There is also the fact that we need to take responsibility for the decisions we make. The piece that annoyed me in the programme came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What keeps you motivated?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a blog for Virgin about active responsibility but the underlying message was the concept of values. We all value something; each of us gives different values and weights to different things. That was really clear to me in the Money programme on BBC 2 Tuesday 29th (one of 3 parts). The successful people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepropertymermaid.com/blog/what-keeps-you-motivated</link>
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		<title>I like watching TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it relaxes me after a head of busy thoughts all day – but not when the programme presents a view I disagree with! Who watched “Money” on BBC2 Tuesday 29.11.11? The outcome of that episode … A – spend money on personal develop and wealth, get rich courses and you will just have [...]]]></description>
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