Everyone around here was very quiet last night – a very seriously critical football match was taking place in the World cup series. The country was hanging by a thread and had it not been for a couple of missed shots, we would have sewn it up by end of normal play. But as so […]
We all like to think of good, interesting and reasonably priced gifts for our mums on Mothering Sunday – that joy is looming fast. I see the adverts for perfumery products, toiletries, nightware, kitchenware . . . . quite often I’ve scored a success with my own choices – but they are strictly contained within […]
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 […]