Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Amie Gift Set. Gentle skin care for Teens
I’m loving the Amie range. It’s so gentle it’s perfect for the that pre-pubescent skin that has troublesome little spot outbreaks, but which you really don’t want to submit to the harsh chemicals of the ‘spot treatment’ gubbins. Lots of girls have lovely skin that experiences episodes of extra-oiliness and breakouts during their teens and twenties. In their quest for effortlessly blemish-free skin,...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – the Photo Calendar
I used to resist, thinking they were a bit… tacky. Shocking, I know. But in recent years, I was requested by the Mother In Law to create a photo calendar with the last year’s pictures of the children for her kitchen, which I willingly did. Last year, I could resist no longer and ordered a second copy for myself… and I have just thoroughly enjoyed completing this year’s. Apart from the joy seeing the...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Brilliant Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player
There’s no escaping it – an MP3 player is an essential part of any child’s life from the age of 5 or so. But the trick is finding which one, isn’t it? It needs to be robust enough to handle living with a ham-fisted child, but sophisticated enough for them not to fling it into a drawer in frustration. We have spoken before about how much we love the Sansa Clip Zip, but my second son is at high School now, and...
Bestest Christmas gift Guide – Vintage OWL cushions! *hoot!*
Oh. My. Want want want. And not just one either – I need a whole parliament of my own vintage owl cushions. What’s your favourite? Think mine is the Earthy Green Tree’s. I’d call him Horace *nods* Available from Lisa Angel over on NOTHS for £20. Save one for me, yes?
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – the Food Hamper
Hampers – I used to think they were a bit if a dull present. It seemed to say “actually, I have no idea what you like, so here’s a bunch of random ‘stuff’ “. But as I grow older (*sigh*), I actually ‘get’ it. I do. Because sometimes, a nice presented basket of yummy food and drink feels more ‘spoiling’. Curling up by the fire on a dark evening and remembering that actually,...
Review: Arthur Christmas. *smiles happily*
ANOTHER Christmas film? I know, right? Now we do LOVE our seasonal film viewing – but we’re picky, only adding the very best to our collection, and ignoring the growing dross pile as years go by. So when we were sent Arthur Christmas to review we settled down with the popcorn ‘en famille’, with cautious expectations. I’ll be honest – none of us really fancied it when it came out at the cinema last...