Great gifts at great prices!
Problems
I want to buy something amusing, preferably in the colour red, to make me smile. I have three family birthdays in the next four months.
What do I buy for somebody who already has a house full of goods? An organiser/ Something practical?
What do I buy for somebody who does not want a gift?
Shoes - shoes wear out. The heel falls off. The toe gets scuffed. Everybody needs shoes.
Everybody likes a novelty. Even if you are not buying now, read and enjoy.
To read reviews:
Amazon
To bid and get on lists to look for offers and bargains
Ebay
Tailored ads to your interests -
Facebook (but check Amazon and Ebay before committing to buy)
UK Expensive and good quality
Marks and Spencer department store and supermarket
Waitrose supermarket, larger branches have a café and sell clothes
John Lewis (department store)
Mid-range and upper
Tesco (Gifts pre-Christmas, some at reduced prices after Xmas, others seasonally)
UK Great Vlaue
Primark clothes etc
Aldi supermarket
Lidl supermarket
Peacock (clothes for men, women, children)
Poundland - price one pound
24 hour stores
Many on motorways in the USA
Several in UK, especially in central London
Parties
Several party shops online, can sell you gifts with themes such as Xmas, Xmas stocking novelties, seasonal, halloween, characters, animal outfits, outfits for fancy dress parties and school dress up days, children's dress as a book character days, birthday party outfits, going home bags and gifts, humorous slogan tee-shirts and bags and design your own and multiple orders for conferences, and hire costumes for theme parties, theme dinners, or Dad to dress as Father Xmas to amuse kids, or simply add entertainment to your Xmas dinner.
Also table decorations, banners, light up brooches, ear-rings, novelty crackers for Xmas, weddings, birthday parties, new year's eve.
Balloons, the usual round balloons in all colours and sizes, printed with slogans, glitter and silver, animal shapes.
Rides
You can hire bicycles to ride around London or any city; hire a limousine or strethc limousine for a day or evening, including ones which carry Champagne and picnics; book theatre and dinner, or weekend away in a city including dinner and theatre or performance at a dinner theatre (everywhere from London, England to Cambodia).
Free
Online Language courses from Duolingo.
Instead of gifts?
Home made food - whatever they like most or you are best at making.
An online language course. A gift to charity. A book. A poem.
A book about the recipient or their family or family history.
Repaint the house in an hour whilst they are out or away for the weekend.
A caricature of the recipient or the whole family.
A favourite photo, such as a wedding photo, made into a key ring, or blown up and printed onto canvas like an oil painting.
Angela Lansbury
Please follow me on Facebook and Twitter and this website.
Please send me suggestions for bargain stores and quality stores in other countries
I want to buy something amusing, preferably in the colour red, to make me smile. I have three family birthdays in the next four months.
What do I buy for somebody who already has a house full of goods? An organiser/ Something practical?
What do I buy for somebody who does not want a gift?
Shoes - shoes wear out. The heel falls off. The toe gets scuffed. Everybody needs shoes.
Everybody likes a novelty. Even if you are not buying now, read and enjoy.
To read reviews:
Amazon
To bid and get on lists to look for offers and bargains
Ebay
Tailored ads to your interests -
Facebook (but check Amazon and Ebay before committing to buy)
UK Expensive and good quality
Marks and Spencer department store and supermarket
Waitrose supermarket, larger branches have a café and sell clothes
John Lewis (department store)
Mid-range and upper
Tesco (Gifts pre-Christmas, some at reduced prices after Xmas, others seasonally)
UK Great Vlaue
Primark clothes etc
Aldi supermarket
Lidl supermarket
Peacock (clothes for men, women, children)
Poundland - price one pound
24 hour stores
Many on motorways in the USA
Several in UK, especially in central London
Parties
Several party shops online, can sell you gifts with themes such as Xmas, Xmas stocking novelties, seasonal, halloween, characters, animal outfits, outfits for fancy dress parties and school dress up days, children's dress as a book character days, birthday party outfits, going home bags and gifts, humorous slogan tee-shirts and bags and design your own and multiple orders for conferences, and hire costumes for theme parties, theme dinners, or Dad to dress as Father Xmas to amuse kids, or simply add entertainment to your Xmas dinner.
Also table decorations, banners, light up brooches, ear-rings, novelty crackers for Xmas, weddings, birthday parties, new year's eve.
Balloons, the usual round balloons in all colours and sizes, printed with slogans, glitter and silver, animal shapes.
Rides
You can hire bicycles to ride around London or any city; hire a limousine or strethc limousine for a day or evening, including ones which carry Champagne and picnics; book theatre and dinner, or weekend away in a city including dinner and theatre or performance at a dinner theatre (everywhere from London, England to Cambodia).
Free
Online Language courses from Duolingo.
Instead of gifts?
Home made food - whatever they like most or you are best at making.
An online language course. A gift to charity. A book. A poem.
A book about the recipient or their family or family history.
Repaint the house in an hour whilst they are out or away for the weekend.
A caricature of the recipient or the whole family.
A favourite photo, such as a wedding photo, made into a key ring, or blown up and printed onto canvas like an oil painting.
Angela Lansbury
Please follow me on Facebook and Twitter and this website.
Please send me suggestions for bargain stores and quality stores in other countries
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