(a) People passing persnickety comment on my writing using the wrong linguistic prescriptivism. Relatedly, my inability to remember how -ise/-ize suffices work in British English.
(b) A little while ago, while shopping for actually useful things, we spotted a blue whale piggy bank -- sort of a cross between <http://www.childtocherish.com/product/mini-whale-piggy-bank-blue/">this one and this one (plain bright blue, VERY smiley). It was six quid. I could not quite justify to myself getting it; A decided it would definitely bring him £6 worth of enjoyment to get it for me. It sits on top of the fridge and smiles at me when I'm having breakfast and I put all of my copper coins (that I pick up, or get in change deliberately) in it with great glee.
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(b) A little while ago, while shopping for actually useful things, we spotted a blue whale piggy bank -- sort of a cross between <http://www.childtocherish.com/product/mini-whale-piggy-bank-blue/">this one and this one (plain bright blue, VERY smiley). It was six quid. I could not quite justify to myself getting it; A decided it would definitely bring him £6 worth of enjoyment to get it for me. It sits on top of the fridge and smiles at me when I'm having breakfast and I put all of my copper coins (that I pick up, or get in change deliberately) in it with great glee.