Keeping with our budget-shopping theme, we’re off to Canada to check out what Maria has been picking up for herself from AliExpress. Although many people still associate the site with wholesale or bulk buying for retailers, Maria proves this week that AliExpress can be a brilliant source of bargains for individual shoppers too. Her first purchase are these cute and shimmering sparkle socks with pearls attached at the ankle.

"The pearls are glued on so that will be easier to come off than if they were sewn on." Maria