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Gorgeous gadgets. The Christmas Countdown Gift Guide
When we were first married, my new husband presented me with a breadmaker one Christmas morning. I was duly horrified with such a practical and unglamorous present. Needless to say, I’d blimmin’ love...
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The Party Times’ Ten Tips for a Perfect Family Christmas
My lovely friend Lorraine runs the incredible website The Party Times. Here are her ten tips for a perfect family Christmas: Christmas is a time when tiny lights shimmer in shop windows, gifts...
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Good Fork Hampers
Next on my Christmas Countdown: another cracking idea for a Christmas present – how about sending a rather yummy hamper full of foodie goodies? The Good Fork is a new online food company bringing...
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My top ten gorgeous books for under the tree
I think cookbooks are sometimes overlooked as Christmas presents. Maybe it’s the ‘domestic’ element of it? I’m not sure. I remember when the brevren were small, English Dad bought me a breadmaker...
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CHRISTMAS SMELLIES AND GIFTS
Thank you cards from This is Nessie Nessie Maclay has a scrummy website with all her lovely designs on really nice quality cards. My favourites are the personalised Christmas ‘thank you’ cards. They...
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CHRISTMAS FOOD AND WINE
As usual Montezuma’s, my favourite chocolate brand, have brought all sorts of deliciousness out for Christmas this year. I’m particularly taken by these milk chocolate Christmas tree baubles (so...
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English Mum’s Christmas Wine List (according to Knackered Mother) 2012
I’m so lucky to have fabulous friends. I know, I know, lots of people have friends, but not too many people have friends who are wine experts. I know, right? Still, it comes with its downsides – she...
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The big Christmas gift guide: fab pressies for foodies (and winos!)
So here we go with another Christmas gift guide then. They proved so popular that I thought I’d resurrect them and tell you about all the lovely stuff I’ve discovered that will be just perfect for...
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The big Christmas gift guide: creative gifts for cooks
So following on from fab pressies for foodies, this time it’s the turn of the cook in your life. Don’t immediately discount cookery books as the safe option, there are some fabulous cookbooks out...
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The big Christmas gift guide: terrific pressies for teenagers
So next to get the Big Christmas Gift Guide treatment are your gorgeous teenagers. First up are the frankly fantastic All in One Company who hand make their fabulous quality onesies in Northumberland....
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English Mum’s Big Christmas Gift Guide: pampering pressies!
As a mum (and I speak from experience here), there’s nothing nicer than opening a pressie containing lovely pampering stuff that you might think twice about splashing out on yourself. In this Big...
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Dear Santa: the Christmas wishlist
It’s finally December! Which means everywhere you click there are Christmas gift guides. I LOVE a gift guide – people always hunt out the best pressie ideas while I’m sitting here scratching my head...
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It’s not too late! Last minute gifts for teenagers
I seem to have left all my Christmas shopping until the last minute this year. I think it’s because I’ve been having such good fun baking. Thank goodness for the interwebz where you can still find...
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The John Lewis blogger swap: gifts for the stylish man in your life
I love a good surprise, so when John Lewis very kindly invited me to team up to choose a surprise gift for a fellow blogger, I was delighted. I was teamed up with the gorgeous Sam Squire, the uber...
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Festive gifts for a stylish friend with John Lewis
You know that friend: she always looks amazing, even just in jeans, and of course she has a lovely, welcoming home, a gorgeous wardrobe and impeccable taste, and that all just makes festive pressie...
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Weekend wishlist: Christmas gifting for her
So here’s the first of a little series of gift guides. This one is Christmas gifting for her and, ok, I’ll admit it. I do kind of use these gift guides as a little Christmas wishlist for Mr E and the...
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Christmas gifts for the man in your life
So after focusing on the lovely ladies, next up is my Christmas gift guide for the boys. I always find Mr E really hard to buy for, as if he wants something, he tends to just go and get it. Plus, if...
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The Christmas gift guide: beautiful and useful
Here goes, then, with my first Christmas gift guide of the season. I’m so excited! Get the Bublé on! And – bearing in mind my winter self care promises – I’m going to stay true to myself and say –...
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REN Clean Skincare Christmas gifts
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll already know that I adore REN’s wonderful sustainable, eco-responsible products. Yesterday, I popped to London for an update on their pretty phenomenal recycling and...
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The great big Christmas gift guide
It’s that time again! I absolutely love creating this gift guide (this is my tenth year!) and every year I try and find something for everyone, although as my own kids get older, I naturally seem to do...
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