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ABOUT 1.5 million people head abmd for the Christmas and New Year peria, and Help the Aged Insurance cautions olcr peo­ ple that in addition to the exciteijent of packing and planning holiday activifes, it is vitally important to make sure the tings left ■ behind will be safe. ■:


: As part of the launch of its new tr?el poli­


cy, Help the Aged Insurance suggestjthe fol-' lowing tips to make sure home and hangings will be safe for extended breaks ovenhe win­ ter period. '


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with suited locks and other secujty mea­ sures.


• Unplug electrical appliance (except fridge and freezers).


• Ensure all doors and windowsre fitted I I


occupied. setting.


• Set timers to make your hove appear f


• Leave heating and hot wateon a low j


• Teli a neighbour you will be ffay. . • Leave spare keys and contajt numbers with a trusted person. • Arrange care of pets.


j I • Ask a trusted neighbour, friend or family


member to collect ycur post. • Cancel milk or paper deliveries, or again,


ask a trusted neighbour to collect for you. • Leave your kitchen free of fresh food or


Help the Aged' Insurance Services,;said:. "Help the Aged urges older people to make f sure that their insurance policies provide ade-) quate cover to match their specific needs to ; safeguard against being caught unaware at the time of a claim. "Help the Aged Insurance Services pro-,


anything that might expire.' Mr Mark Christopher, senior manager for,


vides insurance tailored specifically to the needs of older people without any upper age limits. Our new travel policy is no exception with cover for many pre-existing medical con­ ditions, emergency cover for house damage while owners are away and a 24-hour emer­ gency helpline, as well as the usual features you would expect." Help the Aged offers a range of insurance


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SHOPPERS should set themselves a budget and stick to it, says India Knight (s) Take stress out of shopping ON 3 & 5 DOOR STILO


IT is something you either love or hate - but shopping can truly be a pleasurable experience if you go about it the right way. So says seasoned shopper and


writer India Knight, who has adored shopping since she was a child and transformed what can too often be an expensive and tiring chore into a joy- filled hobby. In the run-up to the festive season,


the main shoppers in a household. “I think it’s an emotional thing and is


all to do with providing. Whether it’s something ordinary like putting the tea on the table, or buying your daughter a party frock or buying your son a foot­ ball, it’s all to do with giving. “I don’t think it’s that women are


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particularly greedy or are terrible, mad, obsessed consumerists. Women have decided that if you have to do it you may as well like it and make it pleasur­ able.”


India does not believe that men are


particularly averse to shopping. “Provided you know where you are going and you say to your man, we are


going to these three shops, they’re okay about it.” So how can you make shopping less


stressful? “You have to make a list. You have to


be organised and you can’t just float around in a free-range kind of way


her new book, “The Shops”, offers a wealth of advice on stores to try, service to expect and shops to shun. She admits that women are usually


thinking, oh when I see something nice I ’ll pick it up, because that’s the way you make yourself go insane and it leads to total emotional collapse. “By all means go to the high street


but try to avoid the big shopping cen­ tres and major department stores at Christmas because they will be unbe­ lievably crowded and it will be stressful and nobody’s in a good temper.” Too much choice can also cause


headaches, as shoppers wander around big department stores aimlessly, losing sight of what they first went in for. Shoppers should set themselves a


budget and stick to it, says India. They should also resist being over-ambitious about what they can get done within the time allocated. You can buy most of your Christmas


this country is poor and that the British should stamp their feet a bit more rather than put up with it.


understand that if it wasn’t for you, shops wouldn’t exist. You have to say,


says. “We have terrible service in this country. You’re either completely ignored or six people pounce on you as though you are about to start shoplift­ ing. There’s no in-between. “You have to be brutal. You have to


‘No thank-you, I don’t want any help and if I do I’ll look for you.’ “If people are making you feel defen­


shopping from your small local shops, India maintains, although you might have to work a bit harder at thinking about what to buy for people. She also feels that general service in


“People have to complain more,” she


sive and that you’re being pushed in any way, you should say, ‘I’m really not feel­ ing comfortable and I’m going to leave.’ People will back off.” ■ On the other side of the coin, we have


all been in situations where we need help and cannot find an assistant. “You need to protest, protest,


protest,” India declares. “You need to ask to speak to the manager and tell him you’re not getting the help you want. Be blunt. Customers in Britain are like shy mice. People should be more difficult. “I ’ve had mini tantrums. I ’m very


price tag of an item is an indicator of quality - apart from when buying food items-she says. “I worked in shops when I was


vocal if I ’m not happy because I become completely indignant.” Don’t be fooled into thinking that the


younger and people would make mark­ ups up, especially in little boutique- style shops. There was one fashionable little boutique I worked in where we just made it up, whatever we thought we could get away with.”


Shoppers should not feel bad about


leaving a store without buying any­ thing, she notes. “Lots of people are scared of leaving


shops without a carrier bag and we’ve all done that thing of buying a book­ mark because we are too embarrassed to admit we don’t want anything. We should browse much more and we should be much more casual.


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looks or that you have failed in some way.” The time factor also plays a big part


in whether shopping is pleasurable or not, says India. “You’ve not got to have too much


time,” she says. “If you have too much time you start faffing around thinking, I might go back to that, and then noth­ ing gets done at all. Too much time is as bad as too little time.” She sympathises with those of us who


dread the thought of Christmas shop­ ping.


“I t ’s a nightmare in theory,” she


admits. “The thing that’s changed all of that is online shopping and mail order shopping. “You can avoid being in a really


crowded street along with 50 million other desperate people. If you phone the right people for their catalogues, it’s possible to do the bulk of it, including food, online so you can sit on your back­ side and have it all delivered.” If you do venture out to the shops,


what will bring you happiness? “In my experience, i t ’s the little


things that really make you happy - the armful of cheap glass bangles, the glit­ tery body lotion, the stripy mug, the


ing as spending a fortune oh a sofa." • “The Shops”, by India Knight, is


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