Top 13 Quotes by Andrea McLean

I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.

I do most of my shopping over the Internet because as a busy working mum I can do the supermarket shop when the kids have gone to bed.

I used to think everything had to be perfect, but now I know perfection doesn't exist - life comes with bumps and grazes.

The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.

Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them.

I'm not an interior designer - I'm a normal working mum who wants her house to look good and doesn't need a man to do it for her.

I find DIY really therapeutic. I lose myself in it, because you can concentrate on the task and not think about all the other stuff going on in your life.

I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.

People think I'm Snow White... the most boring person in the world!

I grew up on a sugar plantation in Trinidad, on an expat estate, and that meant I had no idea about money until a lot later than most children.