{"id":1658,"date":"2013-08-01T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2013-08-01T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:31:56","slug":"deals-that-people-as-beautiful-as-you-bought-wowcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/deals-that-people-as-beautiful-as-you-bought-wowcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Deals That People as Beautiful as You Bought….Wowcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sign up for these voucher sites, Living Social, Groupon, etc. – you know the ones. They usually contain a mix of offers ranging from photo printing and weekends away, to MOTs and hair cuts and everything in between. We’ve had a lovely weekend away and some great canvases printed for the house using these sites \u00a0– my father in law is addicted to them….<\/p>\n

However today I think they’ve misjudged their marketing….<\/p>\n

I received an email from Wowcher with the tag line “Deals That People as Beautiful as You Bought ” – which \u00a0had me sticking my fingers down my throat and gagging before I opened even it, expecting a host of offers for bargain clothes and hair and beauty products.<\/p>\n

What it actually contained however were offers for thread vein treatments, lipo suction and skin tag removals –<\/p>\n

\"WOWCHER\"<\/p>\n

What the hell is Wowcher trying to tell us??? – re-read the tag line with \u00a0a sarcastic emphasis on “beautiful” and I think you’ll see where I’m going with this.\u00a0Way to make a girl feel bad about herself Wowcher – What’s next for people as\u00a0beautiful\u00a0<\/em>as me, diet pills, gastric bypass and face lifts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sign up for these voucher sites, Living Social, Groupon, etc. – you know the ones. They usually contain a mix of offers ranging from photo printing and weekends away, to MOTs and hair cuts and everything in between. We’ve had a lovely weekend away and some great canvases printed for the house using these … Continue reading Deals That People as Beautiful as You Bought….Wowcher<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[95,1],"tags":[491,560,74,490,489],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-wbiagw","tag-beauty","tag-health","tag-insults","tag-offers","tag-wowcher"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-qK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1639,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/17\/being-brave-my-body\/","url_meta":{"origin":1658,"position":0},"title":"Being Brave – My body","date":"July 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This is me - part naked, exposed and posting this before I chicken out - this is in response the\u00a0BBC article\u00a0-\u00a0Are women's bodies still beautiful after pregnancy?\u00a0I read and subsequently shared it on Facebook \u00a0and it led to a really refreshing conversation with a group of my friends - all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Facts About Me"","img":{"alt_text":"Being Brave","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2892\/9307343153_645f01307c.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":113,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/02\/15\/meh-ive-slept-all-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":1658,"position":1},"title":"Meh! 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