Every day there are more opportunities to receive a geolocated offer from a store as they walk in the door, easily compare products with other merchants and view account balances and budgets before making a purchase and then complete the transaction.
But I suspect Mr Balls will be keen to compare those figures with the forecasts the Office for Budget Responsibility produced in June 2010, before Mr Osborne's first Budget.
Post pampering, compare notes with other hardcore skiers at the Argenta Pub over a pint of beer or glass of wine before slipping on snowshoes for a short trek through a lantern-lit forest to The Yurt, where you can treat yourself to a five-course meal, prepared right before your eyes by a private chef.