Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista

Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being ''just a PA''. In fact she''s quite content with her lot. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she''s become used to.

But Cassie hadn''t banked on being made redundant. Nor had she...