Christmas 2023 finishing touches – a cornucopia round-up

By |2023-12-06T17:52:43+00:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , |

Christmas 2023 - finishing touches You can tell I've spent the last few days completely immersed in Christmas... in a panic trying to get everything ready before this weekend's little surprise trip away. I'm nearly there now and so I'm writing this post quickly as I go along, tying up all of the last little details - Christmas 23 - finishing touches to make it extra special. Disclosure: as with the majority of blogs, products featured [...]

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Small business recommendations – old and new

By |2023-12-05T17:27:48+00:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , , |

Hello, how are you? Hanging on in there or delighted to be in the heady approach to Christmas? I'm just approaching the bridge that will take me from one state to another, I reckon I have one more week of life being ultra hectic and then I'll be able to breathe out. Thank you for keeping on reading while posts have been a little shorter, I've just about finished with my Christmas prep posts now, soon we'll be back to [...]

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Christmas 2023 – letterbox gifts by post

By |2023-11-28T16:51:37+00:00November 28th, 2023|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Christmas 2023 - letterbox gifts by post I've had a few requests for this - thoughtful ideas that are easy to deliver through a letterbox so here we go, Christmas 2023 - letterbox gifts by post. And forgive me for being rushed this week but life's a bit full - I'll have more time to slow down and chat soon! Disclosure: as with the majority of blogs, products featured on Midlifechic sometimes (but not always) include [...]

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Christmas 2023 – Quirky Gifts

By |2023-11-23T10:52:28+00:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Christmas 2023 - quirky gifts Christmas 2023 - quirky gifts. I don't know about you but I find that everyone I know seems to have everything they need these days which makes present-buying really hard. So today's post is all about little surprises - unusual gifts that go beyond a nice pair of slippers, even though they can be lovely too. Disclosure: as with the majority of blogs, products featured on Midlifechic sometimes (but not always) [...]

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Black Friday 2023 – best offers compendium

By |2023-11-24T11:38:11+00:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: Christmas, Sale|Tags: , , , , |

Hello and Happy Friday week. I think this is when most of us try to complete our Christmas shopping so I won’t talk for long. Instead I’m bringing you a compendium of the best Black Friday 2023 offers. I’m being sent them by the dozen every day so I'm sifting out the best as I go along and I’ll add more as they keep coming in. This is what's live so far - Black Friday 2023 – best [...]

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Christmas 2023 – gifts with a purpose

By |2023-11-17T16:54:48+00:00November 17th, 2023|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , |

Christmas 2023 - gifts with a purpose Christmas 2023 - gifts with a purpose - that sounds a bit heavy doesn't it? Don't worry, I'm not taking all of the fun out of Christmas, I'm just trying to come up with ideas that are worth spending the money on. I used to get so frustrated in my magazine days when we were directed just to pull together pretty pages filled with boring socks, soap and chocolates. Now I [...]

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Christmas 23 – what’s new at John Lewis this year?

By |2023-11-10T14:10:15+00:00November 10th, 2023|Categories: Christmas, Retail Review, Style|Tags: , , , , , , |

Disclosure: as with the majority of blogs, products featured on Midlifechic sometimes (but not always) include affiliate links. This means that if you choose to make a purchase, you are helping to support the site because a small referral commission may be paid. This contributes towards hosting fees, software costs, site maintenance and other plug-ins. Midlifechic could not exist without these small payments, so every contribution makes a big difference. So how are you doing? Have you had [...]

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Last minute Christmas details – home, style & beauty

By |2022-12-02T16:39:28+00:00December 2nd, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Interiors, Retail Review, Style|Tags: , , , , , |

And just like that we're in December! I'm bringing you that last of my Christmas prepping posts today, after this we'll be back to chatting about real life until the end of the year and we have a lot to catch up on because November was a funny old month for us. However we'll talk about that soon, for now I have my final post with John Lewis & Partners for 2022 and it's all about last minute Christmas [...]

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Gifts for the hard to buy for

By |2022-11-18T17:05:52+00:00November 18th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

This is the last of my Christmas gift posts for 2022. I don't think any of us are planning to go overboard on 'stuff' this year and it won't be a bad thing if Christmas is recalibrated back to being more about a meaningful time with people we love than the madness of obligation that it's become since we were children. So today I've pulled together some ideas for gifts for the hard to buy for. We all have people [...]

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Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2022

By |2022-11-15T16:39:06+00:00November 15th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Hello, Happy Tuesday, I hope your week's going well so far. I'm finding the gift edits harder than ever to put together this year because we all want every pound we spend to count. However, I'm continuing with my 'everything must be either beautiful or useful' mantra and here are a few ideas for thoughtful Christmas gifts for men that go beyond the usual socks and dad joke related stuff. And as I go along, you'll probably be able to [...]

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Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Women – 2022

By |2022-11-14T15:19:32+00:00November 8th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

I thought I'd start this year's gift posts with ideas for us - let's put ourselves first for once. Actually I think midlife women are the hardest to buy for so this has been one of my most difficult posts to research. We're at the stage in life where we know what we like and substitutes won't do, plus we tend to already have most things we want so unless it's a great new discovery, we're not really bothered [...]

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Making the run up to Christmas feel special

By |2021-12-10T11:09:51+00:00December 10th, 2021|Categories: Christmas, Family, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Well in one way or another it's beginning to feel a bit like Christmas isn't it? I still can't quite believe it's only a fortnight away, perhaps because we don't have any of the usual Christmas counting down going on here - things like the boys opening their advent calendars after breakfast or the pleasure of adding little Christmas surprises into their lunchboxes. A few of you have mentioned that you're finding it harder to get into the mood this [...]

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Gifts for women – big and small brands

By |2022-09-23T22:11:46+01:00November 23rd, 2021|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Hair & Beauty|Tags: , , , |

And so we come to the last of my Christmas gift posts - Gifts for women and as with the others, not everything is just for women, lots of these ideas would work for men too. I'm structuring it differently this time, starting with the big brands we know and love and then moving on to feature a few ideas from smaller brands. Ever since bloggers fell out of favour I find that very few small brands get in touch [...]

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Thoughtful Christmas gifts for men 2021

By |2022-08-04T15:05:26+01:00November 19th, 2021|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Phew - it's been a busy week of blogging, I hope you're not getting sick of me. Today it's all about the men in your life and as always I've tried really hard to find things that are either meaningful or useful. I should add that a lot of these gifts would work just as well for women - and I've included some that can be enjoyed by couples too, the best of both worlds. So let's crack on with [...]

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Christmas gifts for teens and young adults 2021

By |2022-09-23T22:12:56+01:00November 16th, 2021|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Style|Tags: , , , , , , , |

So many of you have told me you've been waiting for the 'Christmas gifts for teens and young adults 2021' post that I'm starting it rather nervously. As always I tasked my troops with helping me but this year the first thing they warned me was that it might be the last time. You see at the moment 'new stuff' isn't cool; when you talk to millennials and Gen Z they're all buying vintage which is great... but it doesn't [...]

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Christmas shopping shortcuts with John Lewis & Partners

By |2021-11-12T16:59:49+00:00November 12th, 2021|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , , |

And drum roll... just like that it's time for the first of my Christmas gift posts. Today I'm taking you on a virtual shopping trip with me and showing you some Christmas shopping shortcuts at John Lewis & Partners. Over the next two weeks I'll have three more gift ideas posts including all kinds of things dedicated to: teens/young adults, men and women and I'll try to include suggestions that you might not have thought of before. I do have [...]

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Cornucopia – new discoveries and midlife lately

By |2021-07-16T17:16:34+01:00July 16th, 2021|Categories: Health, Midlife, Product review, Relationships, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As we approached summer this year I thought it was going to feel like a long one. Without the rush of a big family holiday to prepare for I imagined it being languid, like the summers you read about in interwar novels where people spent long, limpid days at home in the shade with a book. And of course it isn't turning out that way at all, it still feels as though time's rushing by and weeks are eaten up [...]

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Wrapping up Christmas – the last little details

By |2020-12-08T16:59:37+00:00December 8th, 2020|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Hair & Beauty, Interiors, Style|Tags: , , , , , |

Thank you for your comments and messages after my last post, I'm going to reply to them tomorrow but before that I have a few last thoughts about Christmas to share. Now that my nest is full again I'm finding myself drumming my fingers and waiting for Christmas to begin but as it is, we're all still busy with work, lectures and school, limping slightly as we see the end ahead. This is the last of my posts with John [...]

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Black Friday – the best offers updated all day

By |2020-11-27T17:07:03+00:00November 27th, 2020|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , |

So here we are, Black Friday. I think it finds the nation in an unusual mood after the tiering announcements yesterday but in many ways they give us more of a reason to support Black Friday than ever because for some retailers, and in particular small ones, it's a last gasp that will give them the cashflow to keep going a little longer. When the announcement was made I listened to Mr MC with his President's hat on, talking to [...]

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Christmas gift ideas for women 2020

By |2022-09-23T22:14:20+01:00November 24th, 2020|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

It's a conundrum for every woman I know. You dedicate so much of your headspace to finding gifts for everyone else that when they ask you what you'd like, you can't think of anything. And then when January comes around lots of thoughts pop into your head - things you'd like but perhaps can't justify buying for yourself. With this in mind I'm hoping to give you a few ideas today because this year more than any other is one [...]

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Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2020

By |2022-09-23T22:16:01+01:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Just over a month to go and I think we can all acknowledge that Christmas shopping is now in full swing so today I'm moving on with Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2020. The Black Friday offers have started a week early for two reasons. The first, of course, reflects the difficulties that retailers are facing without bricks and mortar footfall to rely on. They know that people are usually more controlled when they shop online than in a store [...]

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Christmas gifts for teens & young adults 2020 – chosen by them

By |2022-09-23T22:19:06+01:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , |

Here it is, Christmas gifts for teens & young adults 2020 - I think I feel more pressure about this post than any other in the year as people start asking me when it's coming from early October. Once again, most of the input has come from my own crew who are always keen to put a gift list together and this year I've had some added input from girlfriends too. As always, the ideas that I'm bringing you are [...]

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Christmas cornucopia from M&S – things you may have missed

By |2019-12-10T10:46:18+00:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , , , |

I don't know about you but I think I can say that I'm more or less ready for Christmas now and so for my last M&S post of the year, I thought I'd put together a 'Christmas cornucopia'. I'm focusing on the things I've found that you may have missed along with some little bits and pieces to make your time extra special. So let's go on one last virtual shopping trip together - after this one, my posts will [...]

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Wrapping up Christmas – a more sustainable approach

By |2019-12-06T10:58:26+00:00December 6th, 2019|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , |

Today I'm bringing you the last of my John Lewis & Partners' posts for 2019, I've loved working with them again this year. Of all of the brands on the high street, they have to be the most dynamic in their determination to find a new approach to bricks and mortar retail. As I've mentioned before, they have a whole department dedicated to retail innovation which makes them exciting to work with because they're always revealing another 'well I never!' [...]

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Chic gifts for women 2019 – ideas for you

By |2022-09-07T13:39:28+01:00November 27th, 2019|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

It's the last of my Christmas gift posts today and I'm looking at chic gifts for women 2019, things you might like to put on your own list. I've tried to include a range of prices but a few are investment purchases because I don't think anybody's in the mood to buy throwaway stuff this year. So, let's get going because as you know, we have a dinner to travel to. Chic gifts for women 2019 The Airwrap I'm starting [...]

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Thoughtful gifts for men 2019 and midlife lately

By |2022-08-04T11:29:45+01:00November 26th, 2019|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

Today I bring you the second of my three Christmas shopping posts with 'thoughtful gifts for men 2019'. I haven't had any help on this one because Mr MC insists that midlife men tend to already have whatever they need. However I've tried to go beyond the usual slippers and socks to come up with something a little different. A lot of the ideas are completely unisex so even if you aren't buying for a man, they're worth a glance. [...]

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Advent calendars 2019 – receive and give back

By |2019-11-12T11:29:59+00:00November 5th, 2019|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , |

It's a quick post from me today because I have a really heavy workload but I want to talk quickly about advent calendars 2019 and at the end of the post you'll see why I'm doing it so early. In the space of a few minutes last week I had two different emails. The first one alerted me to the fact that The Tiffany & Co Advent Calendar was on sale - for £104,000. The next one was from our [...]

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Thinking about Mother’s Day and the gifts that you give

By |2019-03-22T12:01:15+00:00March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Family, Gift ideas, Midlife, Relationships|Tags: , , , , , , |

I've been compiling Mother's Day gift posts for as long as I've worked in retail and as always, this year they're everywhere. So when Marks and Spencer approached me to put one together for them, I pushed back. But then they asked me to go beyond the clichés and do it with a difference and after spending some time looking through their site, I felt that I could. So, today I'm thinking about Mother's Day and the gifts that you [...]

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Christmas finishing touches – little things that make it feel extra special

By |2018-12-11T11:35:14+00:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Interiors|Tags: , , , |

Please note that this is a sponsored post in collaboration with John Lewis and Partners. As such, links are affiliated and upon purchase, a small commission may be paid to Midlifechic. The retailer pays so this costs nothing to readers but it enables me to continue bringing you two posts a week. Now that Midlifechic is being viewed over half a million times a month, It costs into the thousands of pounds to keep it running and loading smoothly. I [...]

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The Pyjama Fairy – a helping hand while the Cyber Monday offers are on

By |2018-11-26T16:38:51+00:00November 26th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Style|Tags: , , , , |

Hello - it's a quick post from me today because the Black Friday offers have run on into Cyber Monday so I thought I'd bring my Pyjama Fairy post forward. If you're a longstanding reader you'll know that the Pyjama Fairy always comes to our house on Christmas Eve while we're out at the panto. Even now, as soon as we get back the boys regress and race each other upstairs to see what's been left on their beds. They [...]

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Gifts for teens 2018 – little ideas to make them smile

By |2022-09-23T22:22:29+01:00November 22nd, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Family, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , |

I really hope this Gifts for Teens 2018 is going to be a useful post - for me as well as for you. As I said yesterday, there isn't much around that's new. In addition teens, who have always been unbelievably difficult to buy for, now spend so much of their time in the digital world that 'stuff' just isn't on their radar. And yet they still anticipate the excitement of surprises as they look back at their childhood Christmases [...]

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Chic treats for women and Black Friday 2018 offers list

By |2022-09-07T15:52:11+01:00November 21st, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I've had so many requests for both this post and tomorrow's gifts for teens that I'm feeling the weight of expectation! I've been compiling retail Christmas gift posts since 1993 and I have to say that this year has been the hardest. Why? Because as with partywear, retailers are being very careful with their inventories this year and they're sitting on the safe side to ensure that they're not left with lots of stock to clear at a loss on [...]

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10 Christmas gifts for men (and three other ideas)

By |2022-08-03T15:22:11+01:00November 20th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Style|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

So here we go, it's clear that thanks to Black Friday, this has become the key Christmas shopping week in the UK. It's been interesting because last year there was a retail revolt as a number of store groups stood together and refused to run with Black Friday. However this year has seen consistently subdued sales figures. Retailers can usually rely on 'organised mums' to start their Christmas shopping as soon as the schools return after half term but even [...]

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Everything Christmas at John Lewis & Partners

By |2018-11-16T16:50:50+00:00November 15th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Interiors, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , , , |

You seemed to enjoy our last virtual wander round John Lewis & Partners in May so when I was thinking about my Christmas posts, there seemed no better place to spend a day. It has to be said that they really have become the kings of Christmas in the UK. Some of my friends now say that they refuse to even think about Christmas until the TV ad comes out - they see it as the official launch of the [...]

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Best advent calendars 2018 – a chance to give and receive

By |2018-11-08T09:12:38+00:00November 7th, 2018|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , , , |

As you know, my approach to Christmas is to get all of the preparation done in November so that from 1st December I can just enjoy the build up. So when people say "it's still too early," I understand but I can't help thinking that their December is going to be a stressful one. Of course because I work with retailers, my Christmas begins on about 4th January each year because as soon as we've drawn a line under one, [...]

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11 spring pick-me-ups: brightening the dark days

By |2018-03-02T16:37:42+00:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: Gift ideas, Interiors, Shoes, Style|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Wow - what can you say about the weather that hasn't already been said across every news channel?! As I type, Storm Emma is blowing in from the sea. There is nothing to shelter us from the coastline and so the winds are whistling around us like something from a horror movie. In all of the years that I have lived here, I have never known the snow to fall so incessantly. So, I decided it was time for one [...]

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Christmas finishing touches: making it extra special

By |2017-12-08T15:02:40+00:00December 8th, 2017|Categories: Christmas, Interiors, Style|Tags: , , , , |

Christmas has felt a bit chaotic in our house this year. When I had more time on my hands I used to shop very methodically, starting with everything planned out on spreadsheets as soon as October half term finished. Now I seem to shop from my own posts as I go along and so deliveries have been piling up in my office. It's only today that I've unpacked all of the parcels to see where I've got to! I'm just [...]

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Black Friday 2017 best offers compendium – updated all day

By |2017-11-24T18:04:53+00:00November 24th, 2017|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Sale|Tags: , , , , |

Black Friday 2017 best offers. Last year you told me you found it helpful to have a simple guide to the best offers on Black Friday. So, I've done my best to arm you in advance with posts on Christmas gifts ideas and outfits (they're listed at the bottom in case you need to refer back to them). I'll keep updating this as offers go live and change during the day. Here are the discounts you need. Black Friday 2017 [...]

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Gift ideas for teens – who says they’re hard to buy for?!

By |2022-09-07T16:03:18+01:00November 21st, 2017|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: , , |

Actually this gift ideas for teens post has been a challenge this year. Usually it's easy because the boys present me with lists full of ideas on the last day of the October half term, This year, despite persistent requests, I have only had one and it has the sum total of two ideas on it. Why? They tell me that there isn't much they actually want. Apparently there is a lack of newness out there - there are no [...]

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Chic Christmas Gifts – gift ideas for women over 40

By |2022-09-23T22:25:27+01:00November 16th, 2017|Categories: Christmas, Fragrance, Gift ideas, Shoes, Style|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Gift ideas for women over 40. This is an important post. Why? Because quite a few of my friends' husbands shop from it so I feel a huge sense of responsibility. So, chic Christmas gifts. Ideas for the woman who doesn't really need anything but would quite like a little something to open on Christmas Day. Before I go on, I have a couple of apologies to make. Firstly if you read via Bloglovin, I have been having some compression [...]

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Best advent calendars 2017 – something for everyone

By |2017-11-13T17:27:56+00:00November 13th, 2017|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , |

Best advent calendars 2017: I'm going to spend most of this week looking at what to wear over Christmas but before I move on to that, it's time to get your advent calendars ordered. Advent calendars have become a really big deal over the last few years. I still think the cardboard ones that we used to have as children were lovely, with a different Christmas scene every day but they're quite hard to find now. About advent calendars As [...]

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Thoughtful gift ideas for Mother’s Day – Spring 2017

By |2017-03-10T14:42:06+00:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: Family, Gift ideas, Interiors|Tags: , , , |

Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday as my mum would insist) is fast approaching in the UK. I always say it is one of my favourite days of the year, much nicer than a birthday because you have a lovely day without being any older. And as I'm writing this post, I'm smiling because a funny thing happened when we were having drinks with a group of friends after Christmas. As the women were discussing what presents they had unwrapped on Christmas Day, everything they [...]

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Chic Christmas Gifts For Men – a stylish edit

By |2022-09-07T16:32:26+01:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , |

Happy Friday everyone. I think this will be the last of my gift posts so today, I'm focusing on the trickiest of topics: Chic Christmas Gifts For Men. I firmly believe that the men in our lives tend to be the hardest to buy for so I hope some of these ideas help. Actually I'm not being sexist and saying these things are specifically for men because there are quite a few I'd like too (just saying that before someone complains). [...]

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Ultimate Guide – best cyber weekend offers 2016

By |2017-03-19T16:47:04+00:00November 25th, 2016|Categories: Accessories, Christmas, Hair & Beauty, Sale, Shoes, Style|Tags: , , , |

It's the busiest shopping weekend of the year so I'm just going to get straight to the point and give you my 'ultimate Guide - best cyber weekend offers 2016' post, an easy to use listing of all the best offers in one place. I've listed the best deals first. The links should take you straight through to the landing sites. Cyber weekend - Fashion offers Finery 30% off everything (ends midnight Sunday 27/11) Hush 25% off 25 items (ends Monday [...]

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Christmas Gifts for Teenagers – what to buy

By |2022-09-07T16:43:08+01:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Christmas|Tags: , , |

And we're off ... with probably the most important of my gift buying posts: Christmas Gifts for Teenagers. I've been surprised by the number of readers that have been in touch asking when this is coming but I completely understand. It's difficult bridging this gap between adult and child when Christmas still really matters and yet so much things are deemed uncool. So, I've worked hard on this one. Santa still comes to our house. My parents' rule was that if we [...]

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The high street sales & Father’s Day thoughts

By |2016-06-29T16:30:49+01:00June 17th, 2016|Categories: Family, Relationships, Sale|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

So the sales have started early. Because the weather has been bad there is a glut of clothing that retailers need to offload and temptation is everywhere. I've been through a number of stores and picked out what I think are the best bargains but before we start, let's make sure we set off on the right track. 12 things to remember when you hit the summer sales Don't forget that high summer clothing only needs to be a very small percentage of [...]

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Hero beauty products for women over 40

By |2017-03-18T15:09:08+00:00December 5th, 2015|Categories: Christmas, Hair & Beauty, Retail Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't often do beauty posts but there are a few things I've been using recently that I wanted to share with you. I don't know about you but I'm feeling like the very cliché of a midlife woman at the moment: exhausted. Work has been relentless since I came back from holiday in August. Because my department is new, there is no path to follow, so I never know what is coming next. My new girl enthusiasm has meant [...]

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Christmas gift ideas for women over 40

By |2022-09-23T21:55:45+01:00November 23rd, 2015|Categories: Christmas, Family, Style|Tags: , , , , |

I had wondered about doing a 'gift ideas for men' post but I've been lucky to have the opportunity to chat to all kinds of women over the last few days. As part of my research, I've been asking them what they are buying for their husbands and they all seemed to have it planned. So I then asked them what they were hoping for themselves and the stock answer was 'oh I haven't got time to think.' And actually [...]

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10 Mother’s Day gifts for older mums

By |2015-03-07T11:42:49+00:00March 7th, 2015|Categories: Family|Tags: , , |

I was having lunch with a group of friends this week and felt a bit sad when they were all feeling stressed about what to buy their mums for mother's day. I wish I still had a mum to buy for. Then I arrived home and Mr MC was scratching his head looking for ideas for his mum so I thought I'd put together a quick post on mother's day gifts for older mums. This will be my fourth mother's [...]

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