Giving a second hand gift can be hard. My biggest hurdle is getting over ‘What will people think?’ I imagine myself handing over my lovingly selected present, the Read More


Giving a second hand gift can be hard. My biggest hurdle is getting over ‘What will people think?’ I imagine myself handing over my lovingly selected present, the Read More

Today begins my second-hand-gift-giving-with-pride quest and so far I am pretty darned chuffed with myself. My daughter has been invited to a fourth birthday party for one of Read More

Last year I had a crisis. Early one Saturday morning, I found myself in a large department store desperately trying to find a gift that fit my criteria Read More

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” Read More

I would say I’m a fairly environmentally conscious person. I recycle, I pick up rubbish if I see it in the street, I buy free-range eggs, I tsk Read More