Well christmas and new year festivities have come, been much enjoyed, and now happily, have gone. As much aas we all love that time of year, it can be a serious health hazard. Well it is if you have absolutely no self discipline and cannot resist opening that unexpected tub Read more…
I have just returned home from one of the most special experiences of my life – a winter, in fact a Christmas, cruise to scandinavia. The weather was obviously desperately cold and snow falls managed to keep up the magic so that we didn’t actually notice that we were possibly Read more…
There is hundreds of experience options in the list of ideas for activity and experience gift cards. At one time there were very few of these ideas out there to actually be able to think about and buy for oneself, or for the partner. These days there are so many Read more…
It can be really daunting when you are setting up your first home. Leaving Mum & Dad’s can be quite frightening enough, with all those concerns about rent, bills, buying furniture etc. etc. The best method ifyou are literally working on a shoe string budget is to put the word Read more…
We all need a good supply of homewares once we have made that first step away from the home of mum and dad. It can be so daunting when you take those tentative steps towards independence and a satisfactory life away from ‘home’. Firstly finding an affordable pad is difficult Read more…
We do not often turn out in great numbers for new kitchen implements or utensils unless they get a heap of praise from more than one or two quarters. There are exceptions to this of course and these items have gone on to make their marque, at least for a Read more…
There is one thing to be said about buying good quality electrical ‘white’ goods these days. They offer a very wide range of options – and they need to be compared against several others in your price range. I had this very scenario last year – my much relied upon Read more…
When we think of homewares, do we actually think about how easy it will be to use for either we, the buyer, or for the person we are maybe gifting it to? I am thinking here of the many thousands of fantastic kitchenware items that at one time would have Read more…
I had to change my washing machine fairly recently – it was a sad and nearly traumatic situation that I’d been putting off for months. What first alerted me to major failing in the dearly beloved old one was it’s nasty habit of not draining fully after a washload. it Read more…
I was searching for a gift for a much loved in-law a few weeks ago. I’d left it a while because I had been very busy and had not allowed enough time to have a good look round for inspirational ideas. Its so frustrating when you think about the event Read more…