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

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

Just as we’re heading towards the Christmas and year end, the possibility of grim weather comes with it.  I’ve never known such changeable climatic conditions – when I was young we knew exactly where we were. Spring brought gusty weather with rain showers but these got warmer as we headed into summer.  The school holidays… Read More Earlier Gift Buying Set By Seasonal Changes

Sometimes it can be a real struggle to think of something orginal and/or exciting for that special birthday or anniversary present.   You wander up and down the aisle of your local store – or high street.  Nothing jumps out at you to say ‘buy me, they want me . . .’    If you’re faced with… Read More Tips To Please The Hard To Impress Seniors

This is just the time where we need to get organised where gifting is concerned.  The period between summer holidays ad Christmas always catches me out.  I have these grand plans to get my list in order and have it all done and dusted by end of November.  But of course, life gets in the… Read More Dressing Up Hard Cash As A Classy Gift

Ah the heady cloudless blue sky of bright summer.  Wow and what a summer this is turning out to be already.  When we reach first week of the tennis tournament, we know that summer has arrived and if the pattern from the last couple of years, is the norm, then the week is likely to… Read More Online Gift Ideas With An Anyone For Tennis Theme

When you select gifts for folk, it’s obviously a good idea to check the type of celebration it’s for.  Birthdays can be a bit tricky,  some women, my mother included, won’t entertain the idea of any household or domesti article being given to her as a present.  So no fancy all singing, all dancing colour… Read More No Household Drudge Presents Here Thank You!