Lesley's Loot

This was dropped I suspect by some school child coming back from a school church introductory service. Many primary schools belong to a church organisation. It’s a way a child can connect with their local community especially if they are from another country or feel lonely or isolated. There are family and young persons groups like the mothers union or the scouts which is being highlighted. This is especially important as the numbers of church goes has dwindled significantly over the decades so more more the church is reaching out to a wider community.   

It’s not just the sounds of the kids in the playground and the clogging up of roads that tell you it’s back to school even the litter does too.

Another hair grip – and it’s another unicorn which is, you’ve got it – pink!

Just go and dump you’re old pushchair outside someone's house why don’t you? Fly tipping is a degrading problem amongst our population today. Symptoms can range from being too lazy or too busy and most of all selfishness. This could quite easily have been sold in a charity shop benefiting a family. Instead selfishly trashed and left for someone else to pick up and dispose of. The cure is quite simple; take on less work, calm down, think of others less fortunate than yourself.   

I know just what it’s like when you’ve got long hair and it’s getting in the way of everything you’re doing like eating and doing your school work. Then you simply reach for one of these – the trusty old hair grip or hair slide. This ones a cute little fashion accessory version as you can see. For the older female on the other hand then you’re using something more specialised; the hair spray so your hair stays in place all day long: You look good and you feel good too so one of the TV advert slogans springs to mind. As an adult that hair grip is either too childish or too impoverished or just plain weird. I know as a friend of mine used to tease me about it. Is the hair spray option too good to be true? Yes! Over use can give you a permanent bad hair day as it’s not good for your hair and it’s an environmental polluter too! Short hair’s the answer to all these wows. Firstly is not messy – just leave it as it sorts it’s self out – out of sight out of mind. Secondly – it’s good ...

This cute little neckless is typically made with fake white pearls.   

  Perhaps Little Miss Brave was awarded to mark a particular momentous occasion or challenging moment in a child's life such as their first visit to the dentist or even first day at school especially as she was found attached to a telegraph pole outside some school gates this week as this was the first week back after the summer holidays. 

Toy manufactures mainly use pink to appeal to girls because it’s a cute and soft colour as well as symbolising nurturing, girl power and not forgetting love too. Black, on the other hand would be too hard, blue too cold and red too mature. The reason for coming across so many of these pink toys and not so much the ones belonging to boys is probably because girls like to take them out and about just like their mothers do with them, therefore appealing to their nurturing instinct reinforced by their cuteness. So here’s yet another pink adorable must have, Zoomer Zupps, the Tiny Unicorn toy . And by the way s he’s manufactured by Spin Maste r just in case you like the look of her and want one of your own . It’s not just attracting girls in the way I’ve just mentioned but also make them aware of class as t his unicorn’s a second class citizen compared to her more expensive sister version Zoomer Show Pony who mimics an actual real pet. That’s right, you can feed her and she ...

Another find from the potting shed. One of the original all-the-rage 1980’s rubik's cube. This keyring version offers hours of fun as you try to fill each side with one of the six colours. All the kids were trying to master this simple puzzle but it seemed unbeatable until a cheat book was issued which killed the game in an instant. If you can solve it then it’s no longer a challenge; so let’s move on to the latest craze...