As many of you know, the FabulousSavings.co.uk headquarters are actually based in Toronto, Canada! As the resident office ex-pat (and having just come back from a big UK holiday), I’ve been given the task of putting together a list of quirky differences in language and culture.

Take a look at British vs. Canadian terms and how the Canucks say some of the same things differently….

• Loo - Washroom
• Lift - Escalator
• Anti-clockwise – Counter Clockwise
• Motorway - Highway
• Roundabout - Stop signs
• Manual - Stick Shift (Mind you, most of the cars here are automatic!)
• Boot - Trunk
• Bonnet - Hood
• Fizzy Drink – Pop
• Trousers – Pants
• Pants – Panties
• Trousers - Pants
• Autumn - Fall
• Central Reservation - Median
• Lorry – Truck
• Pavement – Sidewalk
• Windscreen – Windshield
• Petrol – Gas
• Cot - Crib
• Fringe - Bangs
• Flat - Apartment
• Aubergine – Eggplant
• Chips – Fries (Canadian “chips” are our crisps)
• Queue – Line-up
• Wonky/Skeewif - Crooked

Jesse, who does more behind-the-scenes work than writing for the blog, likes to think that we’re the David Furnish to your Elton John. Kind of sweet, eh?

Here are some pics from the G-rated bachelor party we had to celebrate Dom’s upcoming nuptials. Oh, what’s up with the veil, garter and pink boa, you ask? We asked him to dress differently for the party, but he simply refused! :P

Congrats to Dom and Leslie!

Here are some pics of our ice cream cake party. :)

Happy Birthday!!

It’s been a busy week here at the office getting all the last-minute touches in place before our big FabulousSavings.co.uk launch on November 3rd! So to blow off a little steam, we had our annual Halloween office party – and some truly spoooky fun!

What are you dressing up as this Halloween? If you’re strapped for ideas, take a cue from some of the creative costumes we came up with. We had vampires, a mischievous ghost, Cleopatra, a flapper, an eighties tennis player, Spiderman and every other costume in between. Let’s just say our boardroom lunch table was quite a sight!

And what’s Halloween without some ghoulish antics? The whole point of dressing up is to look scary – and our resident ghost took care of that by spooking unsuspecting victims in and around the office. And of course we had lots of the best thing about Halloween…chocolate!

As much as we work hard to bring you the best savings possible, we do love our fun too. There was plenty of it had in the office today – well, enough to get us through ’til New Year anyway.

Happy Halloween from the FabulousSavings team.