Bestest Christmas Gift guide – IKEA soft toys
Did you know that for every soft toy, kids meal and book purchased in IKEA stores until December 23rd, the IKEA foundation will donate 1 Euro to UNICEF and Save the Children to support Children’s education programmes throughout the world. No, me either. And those bods at IKEA? They know how to make soft toys, no? I *want* that stoopid reindeer… and this little man down here is the newest version of Monty, y’know....
The Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The most beautiful notebooks ever. Paperblanks. (*warning – this post contains stationery porn*)
Oh me oh my. Now don’t tell me you’re not swooning at the idea of a pretty notebook. If you do I simply shan’t believe you. And honestly? You’ll go a ve-e-e-ry long way before you find a notebook as lovely as a Paperblank. My own lustful ways are currently hot-flushing over the Pocket Companions series – it might be the rounded edges, the smooth mock-cracked-leather exterior, the totally perfect...
The Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Yellow Genius of The Sort & Store Lego Head.
These Lego storage heads are just a brilliant idea – even by Lego standards. What’s the age old issue with Lego? That one complaint that we all have about this modern toy-majig? The tidying up. I’ve seen parents restrict the child to keeping the Lego in one tray to ease the tidying… but where’s the creative fun in that? The alternative, of course, is not only risking serious Lego Foot injury by allowing Access All (floor)Areas,...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – *whispers* Skylanders… (Please don’t tell Boy)
Top (and bottom, and a few times in between) of Boy’s Christmas list this year is the Skylanders game. Oh, how he LONGS for one. And whilst at first glance I sniffed and sighed and said “ANOTHER game, Boy? REALLY?”, the more I looked and listened to his (endless) tales of its wonders, the more I was convinced… And then I played it for myself. Wowsers it’s good! The thing about Skylanders is that it...
Bestest Christmas Gift guide – Classic Corgi Diecast 2012 models
Oh, what’s NOT to love about a Corgi Die Cast model? Solidly Heavy and GORGEOUS to play with. And these new 2012 Olympic releases are no different. Of course, you CAN tuck them away, as they’ll no doubt be worth money in the future – you know how Corgi cars go. But me? I think that’s sad. This is a toy. And it’s built to be played with. And oh how lovely they are to be played with! These aren’t...
Zumba 2 on the Wii review. *gasp* *wipes sweat*
I’ve never done a Zumba class. There, I said it. Always wanted to… always been a it afeared to take my sweaty puffing hulk into a room full of lithe bobbing lovelies. I did borrow a friends original Zumba game, but found the steps hard to learn – the sensor was very forgiving, and as long as I was moving it said I was doing fine, but I wanted something that would actually teach me the Merengue, y’know (Yes,...