So the question on many people’s lips at the moment is all about X Factor, who should win, who should still be there & who shouldn’t?????

Off course there is much contraversy over “Jedward”, the twins from Dublin, in fairness to them they seem like great lads & certainly entertain me every week. They shouldn’t be getting such a hard time from the press, although they do appear to be winning people over, so who knows how far they could actually go.

Not wanting  to focus on them too much, lets look at who has got what it takes to win…..In my opinion it has to be Lucie or Danyl. Either of these 2 certainly have what it takes to be a Mega Star. I’m hoping to see both in the final.

I was just reading the detail around the new law thats to be rushed through in the coming weeks that decreases the legal limit for alcohol whilst driving. All in all sounds & appears to be a very good initative, until you really start thinking about it……. Is this the end to the  “socialable one” after work; the end to the “one pint” down the local & the end to the “one glass” many of us have when out for a meal? It looks very much like it. Unless of course going for a quick pint of orange juice can become as popular in Irish culture as the quick pint of the black:)

Instead we are now likely to be fined or slapped with penalty points for being slightly over the limit. This to me sounds like a very blurred set of rules. All in all I’m in favour of drink driving laws but think this one is going about it completely the wrong way. The law should be clear. Drink & drive & you get banned, there should be no grey area, where a slap on the wrists surfices. Otherwise I say, leave the law as it is & not put pubs & restaurants under any further duress that they already are.

Sincere apologies, it has been graciously pointed out to me that because I’m blogging about the fact everyone is talking about Christmas already that I am actually just as bad as them. Therefore I promise now another mention of Christmas until at least mid Novemember:)

With me well & truly put back in my box we can get onto other things- like Halloween. There are some fab kids outfits in stores at the moment & some absolute bargains to be had. No need to go spending a fortune, Littlewoods Ireland has some gorgeous outfits & at a reasonable enough price, also checkout local Euro shops which do a nice range of masks & decorations; or even have a go at making your own, vampires & witches are easy enough to pull together yourself. Face painting is something kids absolutely adore, & you don’t have to be an internationally recognised artist to impress a child with your face painting skills. There are pretty good DIY face painting sets availble from MotherCare & the Early Learning Centre.