Advertisers are very clever strategists. Whenever you see a homewares advertisement featured in a magazine or online, it is supposed to bring to mind images of gloriously happy, smiling family members all enjoying a group activity. For example, there used to be a series of ads from a well known Read more…
Whenever I need to send someone a jaunty birthday or anniversary card, I go to an online site that offers hundreds of different sentiments and topics – and varying levels of hilarity, or not. It can be really difficult to find that perfect greetings card that conveys the exact sentiment Read more…
There are often times in a year when we have more birthdays or assorted anniversaries than at others. For example, I have a whole raft in February and March, through to end of April and again from beginning of September through to end of Ocober. These require very careful attention Read more…
There is myriad of homewares out there on special offers apparently. This is probably because the bigger companies bought in masses of extra stock for the black friday sales in October and November. This was a bit of a damp squib as there were dreadful storms sweeping the country and Read more…
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…