A young couple I know are in the middle of house exchange – having sold their delighful and much loved starter home of extremely modes proportion, they are making their way up the mortgage ladder to a bigger, stone conversion offering much bigger rooms.  This is all very exciting but also slightly worrying about how… Read More Property Move Calls For Enhanced Homeware Buying

Oh how we partied recently.  A relatives was having a shin-dig to celebrate a milestone birthday – the one between 20 and 40.  She’s not a party animal by any stretch of the imagination, and I was amazed when she consented to her partner getting one organised for her.  However, he only did the food… Read More Introducing Inspiring Gifts On A Shoestring

Chatting this morning to the kiddies who live next door – I discover they’d just returned from their ‘main’ summer holiday – a week’s all inclusive in Ibiza.  Apparently they’re expecting to go away again before the beginning of the next school term.   The kiddies were highly excited and said everything was fab,  the flight… Read More Online Shopping A Boon For Holiday Returnees

I have a young relative who has set up home with her partner – using the bank of mum and dad to get on that mortgage ladder.  There is so much to be acquired when setting up home together for the first time.  Although they both had gear left over from university, most of that… Read More Savvy Buying Online Equals Mastery Of The Budget

I live in a fairly unexciting town that had one sole industry – literally, they made shoes.  Thousands, in fact, probably millions , including for the army in the first and second world wars.  The whole of the town seems had connections with the industry the huge numbers of factories connected with shoe making meant… Read More Gift Buying Online Substitutes For Disappointing Outlets

Getting those extra gifts for the best family in the world  –  that is always a challenge isn’t it.  The shops in those gorgeous holiday villages always make their giftware look so enticing and to a certaine xtend I like to shop in each and every one of them, just to help them in their… Read More Browsing For One Off Giftware Proves Painfree Joy

We usually think of Christmas time as the main present and gift buying season – this of course starts just after Easter as far as the shops are concerned.  There never seems to be a gap between the seasons now and just as soon as one event has come upon us, and all the organising… Read More Needing Ever Expanding Giftware Choices

There are so many times in a year when  you suddenly realise that it’s a special birthday or notable anniversary approaching.  This calls to mind a few years ago when the grandparents  were celebrating that amazing Diamond 60th anniversary  It is some time ago now.  So much so that it was still considered unusual enough… Read More Celebrations Call For Gifts Of Distinction

When a couple decide they’re doing ok and one or other decides to pop the question, it isn’t always the “will you marry me” kind.  These days of very expensive living and high deposit house buying the question is often one of just knowing if you can move in with each other.  This is the… Read More Ensuring Homeware Gifts Are Always Welcome

After months of planning and organising, the summer holidays eventually arrive – the excitement is exactly the same now as it used to be when we were youngsters.  The wonderful freedom of being on the beach, not for us the hot sandy beaches of far off lands.  We used to holiday where the beaches had… Read More Success In The Giving Department Takes Practice