Recession Britain: Wag Alex Curran feels the pinch
Britain's struggling retail sector has suffered another blow with the news that top WAG Alex Curran is reining in her spending due to the credit crunch.

The wife of Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard, rarely pictured without several designer shopping bags from her beloved Cricket boutique, said she had become more frugal.

"I think people - especially Wags - are becoming more conscious of spending now," she said.

The 26-year-old blonde now visits the hairdresser only twice a week, and has resorted to filing her own nails. "I'm not that bothered about pampering. I do my nails myself. The nail varnish I'm wearing was only £2 from a bargain bin!" she said, insisting that she was not high maintenance.

She also prefers nights in at the couple's multi-million pound Merseyside home to expensive nights out. "I used to be such a party girl but now I know that if I have a big night out I'll sleep late the next day and will probably eat junk food. I've turned down a few nights out already."

Curran confided to readers of Closer magazine that she is also "too busy to shop" because she spends so much time working out.

In December 2007, Curran was confronted by masked raiders who trashed the couple's home - hours after it was revealed that she had bought Gerrard a £10,000 Cartier watch for Christmas.