Half Price Happiness

She's got a talent for timing, a loyalty card for every supermarket in town, and a life carefully built around yellow stickers, "buy one get one half-heartedly free" deals, and the comforting illusion that saving money is the same as getting ahead.

In her mid-30s and perpetually one bargain away from feeling in control, she spends her days hunting down reduced-to-clear treasures — questionable yoghurts, ill-fitting underwear, collapsing furniture, and relationships that come with just as many expiry dates. But when a series of small disasters begin to stack up — from food that bites back to love that won't quite commit to staying intact — she starts to notice something unsettling beneath all the savings: she's been applying discounts to everything in her life… including herself.

Funny, sharp, and unexpectedly tender, Half Price Happiness follows one woman's chaotic journey through bargain bins, bad decisions, and emotional clearance racks as she slowly realises that not everything worth having comes with a sticker on it. And that sometimes, the full price of a life well-lived is simply allowing yourself to want more.