Today is, of course the culmination of this year’s Comic Relief ‘Do Something Funny for Money’ efforts and although some of you might have been planning your events and fund-raising strategy for a few weeks, there’s always room for a bit of last minute spontaneity. So if you have decided to wear fancy dress this year, Props n Frocks is open from 12 noon ’till 6 pm today. Checkout our range of novelty fancy dress costumes, they are guaranteed to rake the money in.

Of course the whole aim of Comic Relief is to raise money, and increasingly this involves using a credit card rather than traditional cash. Coincidentally, today marks the anniversary of the founding of American Express in 1850. Nowadays it is an international finance company known for its credit cards and travellers cheques, but way back then it was an express mail company, whose founders Henry Wells and William Fargo also went on to establish the legendary stage-coach company.

So today it’s all about the money, and good luck in your fundraising, be it for Comic Relief or any other worthy cause,