• VIRTUALLY house-bound for months, I kept in touch with friends via my computer.

But the great eye-opener for me is what I have saved from not buying odd bits and pieces that used to tempt me as I walked down the high street.

So much of our resources we routinely spend on rubbish we don’t need?

Fine for me, but not so good for businesses that rely on idiots like me. Because I can’t see me returning to those spendthrift ways.

EL, NW1