1 December, and it seems the opportune time to send out my gift guide. I know some of us will have started a while ago, but if you’ve still got bits and pieces, stocking fillers, or are still trying to figure out what you want for Christmas dinner, then I’ve pulled together a big list…
Category: Gifts
Wednesday Round Up 17 November 2021
All the festive fun this week. We’ve got beer, more wreath making, openings news, oh and Santa’s coming to town… Events: Union Lager are hosting one of my favourite people in the world. Melissa Cole will be at the brewery on Friday 3rd Dec for a delicious evening of beer, cheese and chocolate. Six beers…
Product Review: Seven Yays
When it comes to birthdays (my own especially), I’m all about dragging it out, and there’s good reason for it. My birthday usually surrounds the Bank Holiday in August – which is lovely because I can spend the weekend at Pride, and Bolton Food and Drink Festival. But it also means that most people are…
Have Yourself an Indie Little Christmas: Everything Else
I’ve already started, and released into the wild, my gift guide for independent food and drink gifts, and stuff for Christmas dinner/the festive period. This one is for pretty much everything else. I’ve tried to find all the independents I can, from jewellery to pottery, to cards. You see the thing with COVID is that…
Product Review: National Trust for Scotland Gin Hamper
There’s something a little bit extra special about a treat that does good at the same time. The kind of gift that not only gives the recipient something lovely to use or keep, but also does a little for charity. It’s like a 2 for 1 kind of present. Meaning that both of you can…
Recipe: Pickled Beetroot
I’ve finally started doing my Christmas shopping proper. Bought my nephew and nieces their gifts, ordered gifts for the aunties, and now I’m onto my family. As two of my siblings (that sounds so formal) have kids, they’re more insistent that we buy for the kids instead of them. We’ll take them a bottle of…
Product Review: In Truffle We Trust
4 days to go, and yes, you’ve guessed it, this year I’m going to be one of those idiots out doing their Christmas shopping two days before. It’s mostly my own fault, but add in the birth on Friday of my new niece, a few family dramas and a new business and yeah, it’s all…
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