If I were you by Julia Llewellyn

I really enjoyed this book for it’s ability to relax me and make me forget about the messy house and stresses around me.

The story is about two friends Natasha and Sophie who have been best friends since school and how they secretly envy each others lifestyle. 

Natasha is single with a high flying career, a fantastic flat but finds love with a man who is already engaged to someone else.

Sophie has been in a relationship for a few years and wants to get married, have babies and set up home.  Trouble is her boyfriend won’t ask her to marry him.

The story explores relationships at different levels, what they are looking for, what they end up with and the compromises that are made along the way.

Light hearted and funny, it hits on emotions that many of us have probably all felt at some time including the lengths we would go to for our man (whether it’s the right man is another matter).  It also shows the difference between men and women’s concepts of relationships in a humerous way.

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The Body Shop

The first accolade goes to The Body Shop. 

I used to buy their Cotton White Eau de Toilette which really suited me.  Unfortunately they discontinued it due to it not being as popular as it used to be.  Hey ho, this normally happens to me.

As a long shot I wrote, via email, to their Customer Relations who, gave me the number of three of their factory outlets who receive discontinued stock to sell off.

Even though I discovered there was no more Eau de Toilette to be had, I was really taken with the friendliness and professionalism, not only from the lady (Sarah) who intially wrote back to me, but each of the stores that I contacted.

The York store even advised me of a new product that was out, that while not exactly the same, may appeal to me.

It doesn’t take much to be curteous to people and through their individual responses The Body Shop have now gone up in my estimation.

www.thebodyshop.co.uk

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"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings."

Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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