Which...blender?

So my foray into the world of the Innocent Smoothie gains pace, as I carefully begin to consider which gadget I should buy.

My friends at Innocent Smoothie ( at least I would like to think they would be my friends if they knew I existed - I share their sence of humour!) suggest 3 items, a juicer, a blender and a squeezer although this could turn out to be some sizeable investment.

So, on skimming through the recipes for the 10th time, it turns out that to start with you could just get away with a blender and they suggest one with a glass jug.

I have browsed t'internet, but like to touch and feel things, so had a look round Tesco, but all their blenders were 'out of stock', but it seemed they all had plastic jugs. So I went into a Cooks Gadget shop at Freeport ( this trip will provide me with endless blogs, we had a BLAST) to consult a 'professional'.

'Is the type of jug a key component when considering the type of blender I should buy?' I asked.

At this point the sales assistant got hiccups, which then made it very difficult for me to take anything she was going say seriously at all.

'Pardon hic?'

'Well ,does it really matter if the jug is glass or plastic?'

( serious face on) hic, the thing with a glass jug.... hic...is that if you drop it, it will .....hic....probably shatter, whereas...hic...a plastic jug will merely....hic...fracture.

No, REALLY?

Fiona - help!