A guide to what's hot and what's not
What's Hot
Blu MediterraneoA squirt of orangey scent from Acqua di Parma will cheer up the darkest January morning. €35 for 60ml.
Paul Smith socksStart small, think big . . . and work your way up to a suit.
Sim card back-upStore your numbers on this cheap device, in case you lose your mobile. From chemists and newsagents.
O'BamaramaThe Co Offaly senator is lighting up the race for the White House. Good man yourself.
Free recyclingAnything with plugs and batteries welcome today from 10am to 4pm at the IBM campus in Mulhuddart.
Feed the birdsPut out some nuts or seeds, keep the cats indoors and watch your bleak winter garden come alive.
What's Cold
Any news about Britney SpearsLeave her alone.
Turkey lurking. . . along with other unmentionables in the back of the fridge. Today is definitely national defrost day.
EmetophobiaFor the season that's in it, you're what's called an emetophobe if you have a terror of throwing up.
Car-park complaint no 475For €3.50 an hour we shouldn't have to try to squeeze between two SUVs.
Christmas CDsTime to put them away, restaurants.