Sometimes I need a bit of inspiration when shopping. I have had quite a dry spell recently and now I realise it's time to shop. Anyway, it's the global economic crisis thingy and we all need to spend money to keep things afloat. Well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have been building up my cookware collection for some time now. I still need a number of items to complete the collection so using a shopping search engine I will be hunting for bargains on food processors - perfect for making home made hummus and olive tapenade (yum!).

I also need some whitegoods -I like those washing machines that can be installed in the kitchen so you can put in a load of washing and take them out when you've finished cooking a meal. Also, I have an unnatural fear of laundromats so that would be perfect. I especially like this GE massive capacity front load washer - I intend to own a lot of clothes!

High on my list is a vaccum cleaner, a hand mixer and some outdoor plates for picnics. There are some great specials on at the moment so it's a good time to buy and save some dollars!

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I have been thinking lately that it might be fun to do a giveaway, so this is the first official contest for SaveSaveSave.

By the way, this is the easiest contest in the world to enter. All you need to do is enter your email address in the "subscribe to SaveSaveSave" box and click "Subscribe Me!". You will be automatically entered in the SaveSaveSave Macy's giveaway contest in which the lucky winner receives a $20 Macy's card for use throughout Macy's stores or online.

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You might also be interested in this offer, it seems that the guys at MyShoppingJobs.com are now paying people to go shopping and giving away a bunch of free stuff as well. The Free E-Guide "Get Your Purchases Free" is now available for download.

The great digital television revolution. Ah, the choice, the channels, the unending variety. Or so we thought. This morning Ten HD presented Round 1 of the Accenture Match Play Golf Championship.

Tiger's comeback after months of injury was much anticipated. The coverage began at 6am. The excitement of seeing Tiger back in action and playing against Brendan Jones from Australia was a recipe for a brilliant morning's viewing.

And then... outrage. The coverage of play was cut short to make way for the highly time-sensitive (note sarcasm) "David and Kim" morning show.

The same bloody mind numbing and banal David and Kim morning show that is being shown on the other Ten Digital channels. Obviously Ten HD found it imperative that it be shown on Ten HD just to make sure that nobody misses the extremely missable David and Kim show. All us golf tragics were expecting full coverage - many other groups were set to come through, including little known (note sarcasm again) players such as Ernie Els. It was not that the official coverage had finished, it's just that Ten HD decided not to show it anymore. Surely, Ten HD you can spare one little channel to see the coverage through to its conclusion.

Important note: I have discovered that the coverage begins again at 4:30pm today, which is a welcome relief. Hopefully this coverage includes the wrap up as well.

It's truly amazing that we are getting 15 new channels this year, unfortunately it seems that some of the content has so far been duplicated. With any luck, this will be sorted out throughout 2009.

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