Ladies, you don’t need to be as skinny as Victoria Beckham or as rich as Paris Hilton to be a VIP these days… look at me, I’m a size 12 and my obsession with (high street) shopping and smelly candles means I can barely afford to pay the bills, but I still make sure I make myself feel like a VIP at least once a week.

I am quite lucky in that I work as a music journalist so get to meet and interview some of the people I look up to in life on a regular basis (as well as a few folk who would do well to take a look at their over inflated egos too!) and let’s face it, what would life be without music? Firstly I’d be out of a job, but secondly I wouldn’t get that warm fuzzy feeling I get when I sit down with a musician of any calibre and have a cup of tea and a biscuit or two whilst we have a good chat and put the world to rights.

It doesn’t take expensive dresses, red carpets and champagne to make me feel special, whilst it would be nice from time to time, there’s nothing like a brew, biscuit and good company to make me feel like the luckiest lady on the planet. What’s more you can be your own VIP too if you join the McVitie’s VIP Club. Become a member and collect points to earn lots of exciting tea break treats ranging from free music downloads to iPod nanos!