article_snippet: My mum Lesley, 69 — who is retired and a fine example of someone who likes to splurge her pensioner pounds — last week flounced out of Argos, where her’d intended to spend upwards of £200 on her grandchildren.
article_snippet: Claudia Connell says Claudia Connell mother, Lesley, 63, was so daunted by the space-age technology in Argos last week that Claudia Connell went to an independent toy seller in another town .
article_snippet: My mum told me afterwards:
article_snippet: I couldn’t find a sales assistant, so I just walked out and bought the grandchildren
article_snippet: ’s toys from an independent toy seller in another town.
article_snippet: ’s toys from an independent toy seller in another town cost more and I had a 12-mile round trip, but it was worth it not to feel like a silly old fool holding everyone up.