The weather in London has been really bizarre over the last couple of days. There is only so much one can say about the weather in general but it has actually inspired me, if you can call it that to write about London’s weather, not that I am an expert or anything. A lot of people always ask the same old questions when they want to come to London for either a holiday or to make London their new home.

First of all, London is no Los Angeles with the constant sunshine but do not for one minute think that Londoners never see the sun. London experiences all the seasons in all its glory which is actually exciting as you can watch London’s surroundings transform right in front of you. There is a slight glitch with the weather pattern in London this last year and we’ve been experiencing bizarre weather conditions but that is probably due to climate change.

Good advice would be to invest in a good pair of jeans, a warm jacket and some flip flops for those warm months. The London year works like this, January until March is still pretty much winter although the weather likes to trick us in February with the odd spells of sunshine and then surprise us with a couple more weeks of winter. April until October is pretty much the summer season where you can expect wet days, windy days and extremely hot days, but hey; it’s what Londoners live for. Middle October until December is winter again; brace yourself for mid-December snow, if you are lucky enough.  

London is known to many as an expensive city but with a bit of inside information, you can really enjoy London for far less than expected. The tourism industry is thriving in London with thousands of tourists flocking to London to see Buckingham Palace or to go onto the London Eye or even to see the famous Westminster Abbey. All these attractions charge a lot of money because they are in demand.

Madam Tussauds is another one of those famous attractions people are willing to queue for two hours just to see a silicon celebrity. London does not have to be that expensive if you don’t want it to be. A lot of stores are always running promotions where you spend £5 or £10, they’ll give you a two for one entry voucher which can be redeemed at many attractions in London. A typical tourist attraction normally cost anything between £7.50 and £15.

You can now stop wasting your money by visiting a few websites that will give you vouchers and promotional codes to enjoy more of London. Days out Guides are one of those websites that works out a daily guide for you which will save you a few pounds. Have you recently spend more than you should have in London?

We are classical hoarders and I believe a lot of people are in the same boat. A prime example of our hoarding habits would be the boxes and boxes of books we have, some of them can not be displayed on the bookshelves due to a lack of space but that does not stop us from going goo-goo gaga when we see a book we can add to the collection. Between us, we’ve managed to collect four different mobile phones and we only ever use two of them.

Found an interesting website on the internet this weekend and I decided to give them a try by registering my oldest mobile phone and sent it off and hope for the best. There are a lot of these mobile phones recycling websites that will pay you good money for your unwanted working or broken mobile phones. I bring you, Mazuma Mobile. A strange name but the website really appealed to me and I got a cheque from them as well, quite quickly as well.

The reason why I would recommend is that you do not pay them a penny to send the mobile to them and they send you a cheque for your mobile phone quickly as well. Their range is quite extensive and they even accept broken mobile phones. Test them out, might make a few extra pounds you can save for a nice lavish holiday when the sun finally decides to come to London.