The Mother's Day Gift Guide: The blingy edition.

My mum is like a magpie around anything that sparkles.  So sharp is this magpie-like skill that she saw my engagement ring before my hand was out of my pocket.  

The gifts featured below are guaranteed to bring a smile to the chops of any magpie-like mum.  Chops has been my word of the week by the way, I've been using it a lot more than I really should.  If you're nice, she might just let you share..but I wouldn't hold your breath because if I got some of the items below, I wouldn't even let you look at them.

1. Leather measuring tap: £15.00
2. Swarovski iPad cover: £675.00
3. Large Heart Ornament: £45.00
4. Swarovski iPad cover: £675.00
5. Princess Pink Swarovski Gift Set: £145.00
6. Personalised Blackberry cases (you can get these for any model of Blackberry): £65.00

1.  Single Wrap by Carla Gauci: £60.00 (each colour is a single wrap)
2. Princess Opera glasses: £175.00
3. Teddy Bear Charm keyring: £40.00

All are available for www.ice.co.uk.

Remember in the other guide when I said I preferred giving an actual present and not something practical..well' theyve managed to mix the kind of everyday product I use with the kind of everyday sparkle that I love.  Look how gorgeous these pens are..

1. Diamante Pen embellished with Swarovski elements: £60.00
2. Diamante Pen embellished with Swarovski elements: £60.00
3. Diamante Pen embellished with Swarovski elements: £60.00
4. Princess Pen Graduated Pink: £65.00
5. Diamante Pen embellished with Swarovski elements: £60.00
6. Heart Princess Pen: £62.50

And for those that want to give something a bit sleeker or something for a Shakespeare in the making...

1.  Pewter Feather Quill and Ink set: £17.99 (I LOVE this..being the wannabe word smith that I am, I can imagine me penning letters by candle-light, and thus, bringing together two of my loves..I know it won't happen but a girl can dream!)
2. Brink Ball pen with USB stick: £36.90
3. Laban Swarovski Crystal Sterling Ballpen: £98.49
4. Laban Small Resin Ballpoint pen: £27.49

You can buy the pens from Not Your Average Pen.  They have a huuuuuuuuuuge range of all different sorts of pens.

The last day to order to ensure your items turn up in time is tomorrow so hurry hurry!

The Mother's Day Gift Guide!

Mums..we all have them..they all drive us mad.  My mum's chosen way of driving me mad is something that she has only recently started doing.  She says something in English or Punjabi and then repeats it in the other language..as if I've somehow forgotten how to speak either.  Another thing she used to do that wound me up no end was whinge at me when she was pissed with my brothers..and then whinge at me when she was pissed at ME..how does that work?!  And when I ask her why she does it, I'M the bad guy!

Despite all the moods your mum throws your way, she's the only one you have and she's the only one who wiped your backside when you were little and wiped your tears when bastards broke your heart.  And she's the only person who still falls for the puppydog eyes when you go to visit her after a long day at work..the eyes that compel her into making you something really nice to eat.  I'm a daddy's girl and my puppy dog eyes stopped working on my dad when I was 18.  Plus, she's the only mum you have so come Mother's Day, she deserves something nice.

I think Mother's Day, birthdays and Christmas are all about getting people a present..something that is a treat...not something that is practical.  What would you rather receive as a present, perfume or a Travelcard? Exactly.

Anyway..here we go..

1. Vital Oils Candle Bliss: £8.95
2. Vital Oils Candle Comfort: £8.95
3. Vital Oils Candle Harmony: £8.95

Mums are well known for stealing your makeup and skincare items and mine is not any different.  She's not a cowardly thief either.  She takes things that she knows I'm using and when I ask her always denies it and then a few months down the line, she comes to the flat and shows me what she "found" at home.  That's why I'm taking her out to buy what ever skincare she likes but knowing my mum, she'll still pinch the things I have!

1. Mother's Day Gift: £30.00
2. Superskin Beauty Treat: £71.00
3. 5 of the Best: £59.75

For the mums who love their lotions and potions and love nothing more than having a long soak in the bath.  My mum is one of those mums, she takes about five weeks in the bath at any given time.

1. Steam Cream Soleil: £8.75
2. RITUALS Hanami Heaven Milky Bath Oil: £8.05
3. RITUALS Violet and White Lily EDP: £34.90
4. RITUALS Sakura Scrub: £9.03 
5. Dreamy Bathing Roses: £2 (available from Tesco)

So there we have it..something for every kind of mum out there!  Is anyone getting their mum something extra special? Let me know!