My dad bought me a gorgeous book yesterday as an early christmas present. It is all about having a greener, thriftier christmas. I was really chuffed with it and had a lovely half hour skimming through when I got home from work. It has really wonderful pitcures and some brilliant ideas like how to make decorations using dried leaves etc - all very nicely done so it didin't look like crap. I was feeling very positive about it and was thinking of doing a lot of the projects in it for this christmas. Then I happened to open at the "About the Author" (or chief editor in this case) page. The book is by Sheherazade Goldsmith. Yes, one of "the" Goldsmiths.
I feel stupid about it, but it sort of took the shine of my enthusiasm about my lovely new book. Now I'm looking at everything thinking "Yeah, you can use 100% organically produced fair trade cotton tableware, you can flippin well afford to!!" It just feels a bit...I dont know, patronising now. Perhaps this lady is the genuine article. Maybe she is the one genuinely cares and believes in what she does, and has the money and the name to make people listen. I just find it hard to take money saving tips from a woman whose wedding reception was at the Ritz and who commutes between her 300-acre Devon farm and her London home each week......
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