There’s an old saying that says change begins at home, so I think we need to have a quick word about some of the things lying around your kitchen.

I get that your knives and forks are, well, vintage and match the record player and rusty pedal bike out on the porch. Hey, you’re just doing you, ain’t nothing wrong with that.

Just a friendly word of advice, maybe a nudge in a certain direction, you know you could replace your whole cutlery set for less than a grand? I kid you not, the 86-Piece 18/10 Stainless Steel Cutlery Set has been bumped down from R2 499 to R999 and it’s definitely going to have you covered. Here’s what you’ll find inside your goody box:

• 12 dinner spoons
• 12 dinner forks
• 12 dinner knives
• 12 tea spoons
• 12 coffee spoons
• 12 dessert forks
• 2 rice servers
• 2 meat forks
• 1 soup ladle
• 1 vegetable spoon
• 1 salad fork
• 1 gravy ladle
• 1 salad spoon
• 1 cake server
• 1 sugar tong
• 1 server knife
• 1 server fork
• 1 soup spoon

While we’re here on top of this pulpit let’s also stop the consumption of warm wine and bubbly. Summer has been declared open (by us of course) and with that comes the very real threat of warm alcohol – gasp.

Check out the Three-in-one Single Bottle Wine Chiller Stick (R379) and keep your wine chilled for up to an hour. Here’s a how-to guide:

• Store the detachable Stainless Steel chilling rod in the freezer for two hours
• Pour out a small amount of wine to make room for the chiller
• Attach the chilling rod to the pouring spout and insert into a bottle of wine
• Stays chilled for up to an hour
• Suitable for white wine, champagne and red wine chilling

Happy drinking good people.