Birthdays are special. Your birthday is the one day in the year when you are celebrating yourself with friends and family. It is an important ritual that marks the passing of another year of your life. It gives you the opportunity to reflect on your past achievements and set new goals for the future.
Birthdays are so much fun, but only when you remember them. Forgetting birthdays is a nightmare. Especially if it’s a close friend. Not only do you have to spend more but also find a thoughtful gift that looks like it was not purchased at the last minute! When everything else fails, food helps!
The ‘rules’ of gift-giving Each of us carries within ourselves a set of rules about gift-giving. Like most things, these rules are often formed from our own experiences as children and perhaps even following the approach our parents take. There is also the possibility that in later life we are influenced by the actions of […]
When it comes to children’s parties it always helps to have a few useful things to serve the party food in or on. For tiny tots parties you can’t go far wrong with some brightly coloured plastic bowels full of tasty bits and bobs. These are great because they are just the right size and […]
Has the responsibility of organising an awesome party fallen on your shoulders? While such a task can seem daunting, there are definitely ways to make the whole process run through smoother. Over ordering on the drinks is always a good idea. Having spares of everything is smart too, and holding everything together with a current […]
Every birthday is special but it always seems important to mark a milestone birthday with a little something extra special. What do you think? It might be a party, a trip somewhere or a particularly special gift perhaps. We all have our own preferred way of marking a special ‘big’ birthday and we have to […]
I think I probably discovered the world of apps later than most. However, once I got into the groove, there were a range of apps that I have found really useful as a busy mummy. The shopping apps I use most are the Amazon app, ebay app and the Ocado app. The Amazon app is […]