Listen, I’ve been you. I got a £10 card once and spent an hour in the biscuit aisle, sweating. But here’s my advice: don’t overthink it. Just spend the thing. You can buy a single, very fancy bar of chocolate that costs more than a cinema ticket, and feel like a king for thirty seconds.
Or, go wild. Combine it with a £10 voucher from a magazine and suddenly you own a Le Creuset pot that you’ll never use but will display like a trophy. That’s the John Lewis way.
So next time someone slides you that white envelope, don’t roll your eyes. Smile. You’ve got a key to a kingdom of overpriced toast racks and surprisingly good basil plants. You’re not stuck with a gift—you’ve been handed an adventure. Just don’t try to buy petrol with it. I warned you.
