I’m not sure why buying gifts for friends and relatives in the springtime seems less arduous than in the autumn and winter – it must be the way my brain works. Perhaps because my birthday is at the end of the year – and I’m generally bought winterproof items for mine. I do enjoy selecting […]
Oh my goodness have we had a Christmas and a half. Nothing went very well – apart from the catering on the ciritcal days – that was all delicious and cooked to perfection, rather than to within an inch of it’s life, as so many Christmas dinners end up! I’d been invited to join […]
It’s getting to that critical time of the year now – christmas festivities. The need to get exactly the right gift for the female half of the family is never more important. Despite the assurances that ‘anything will be fine’, if you don’t get the right thing, in the correct colour, then it will be […]
I’ve never really been a very inventive present giver it must be said. Safe, dependable, but never overly exciting. It was therefore tremendously excisting when my younger daughter decided to take me for a birthday treat . I’d been instructed to ensure I was free for a particular weekend, but every other detail remained a […]
When you really need to impress that very special someone in your life, the temptation is probably to to haring down t the local shopping mall and spend an exhorbitant amount on something just because you’ve left it too late and are now panic buying. The best policy is to take stock, well before the […]
Whilst surfing the net, researching for new modern dumbell weights for home, my eyes lit upon an advert for a local gym. I usully skirt past these – I am not known in the wider circle as a fitness freak. However, having also checked out some giftware sites for a younger neice and a couple […]
It can be so difficult to find exactly the right gift for that special14 year old. Challenging, buyt anyway, having looked at the local selection of teenage wear, I wasn’t convinced this was going to be such a good idea. You don’t want to get anything for a gift that is too juvenile, but by […]
I was visiting my local heritage historic house the other day – meeting up with free service colleagues for a social catch up on who can offer this date or that session. We were able to use the education centre which is a fabulously modernised stable block as was. It’s really for the coach loads […]
There are some wonderful royal events occuring this year. In fact one has already been and gone. First of two royal babies. Then we have very soon, one royal wedding – great press excitement of course. Lots of foreign visitors coming over to London especially to sit in the queues to see the procession and […]
We had Mothering Sunday recently – a date notable in every child’s inbuilt diary when prompted by Dad. In my youth it was simply a case of getting a bunch of flowers of suitable colour and size. Handing over this one precious gift was more important than the birthday ones – this was the day […]
I’m not sure why buying gifts for friends and relatives in the springtime seems less arduous than in the autumn and winter – it must be the way my brain works. Perhaps because my birthday is at the end of the year – and I’m generally bought winterproof items for mine. I do enjoy selecting […]
Oh my goodness have we had a Christmas and a half. Nothing went very well – apart from the catering on the ciritcal days – that was all delicious and cooked to perfection, rather than to within an inch of it’s life, as so many Christmas dinners end up! I’d been invited to join […]