Betty Boop is one of my all-time favourite iconic figures. She’s cute and sassy with a retro hairstyle and a stylish wardrobe. What’s not to like about her?

So imagine my delight at discovering a whole new range of Betty Boop gifts and collectables at thebrilliantgiftshop.co.uk. They’ve got a great collection of prints, ornaments, toiletries and a whole heap of other Gifts for Her ideas.

The set contains a 30ml bottle sparkly pink body lotion to make your skin shimmery and soft ready for that night out. Plus the 15ml bottle of Eau de Toilette (EDT) even has a mini Betty Boop sitting demurely atop the lid and will make a great ornament even when the bottle is empty.

This gift set will certainly appeal to plenty of fans. And for just £20 it’s a bargain to boot!

Buy the Betty Boop Gift Set for £20 from the brilliantgiftshop.co.uk

Betty Boop (created by Mr M Fleischer) was first seen in a cartoon in 1930 and has become one of the most popular female cartoon characters in the world alongside Minnie the Mouse and Jessica Rabbit.

She has had many appearances in cartoon strips and on screen including cameos in Popeye the Sailor and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

I never though I’d get so excited about a shopping bag but it’s definitely on my birthday wish list!

It’s the kind of shopping bag a superhero would use! You can buy the Trolley Dolly Shopper for £27.95 from Prezzy Box.

So what is it?

It’s one big bag that has 18 other bags within it so you can pack all your shopping without having to remember to pack several plastic bags or having to buy a supermarket ‘Bag for Life’ (which are just as wasteful).

The amazement doesn’t end there.

• The inner bags are colour coded to help it easier to pack. So the green bag could be for your fruit and veg, the red one for your meat and the blue one for your freezer items.
• The 8 net bags for fruit and vegetables are also under the Tare weight which means they can be weighed in the bags without affecting the price – very handy!
• The inner bags hold 13kg of shopping including 20 bottles of wine or 30 tins of canned food
• Lots of pockets and zips including a trolley token holder
• You can wash each bag to keep your spotty Trolley Dolly looking spanking brand new for ages

Buy the Trolley Dolly Shopping Bag from www.PrezzyBox.com

For just £9.95 this Personalised Cup Cake Latte Mug could be on its way to your mum ready to put a smile on her face and a slug of caffeine in her body.

It’s a bone china mug which’ll be perfect to present to her on a tray on Sunday morning complete with an indulgent breakfast in bed. Imagine sticky danish pastries, sweet croissants, butter and jam, smoked salmon and scrambled egg bagels and a great big mug of latte. It’s making my mouth water just thinking about it….

The coffee cup comes with a pretty cupcake design on both sides and your personal greeting of up to 20 characters on the front and 60 on the back. Plenty of room to tell Mum how much she means to you.

Buy this Personalised Cup Cake Latte Mug for under a tenner from the good folk at PrezzyBox. You’ll make her day!

Our favourite is the Super Mum Cookie Gram which makes a lovely iced gingerbread treat for Mother’s Day or a birthday and is well within most budgets at just £5.99 which includes UK delivery. There are plenty more gifts to choose from though…

You can get a selection of cookies, muffins and florentines beautifully wrapped and presented depending on your budget, but all of them are under £20 and include free UK delivery, gift box and a greetings card of your choosing containing your personal message. What an unbeatable deal!

See the range of Mother’s Day Gifts at Message Muffins and then try and choose which one to get!

Not only does it look gorgeous, but it can be used as a water jug, a vase, utensil holder and more. The list is only limited by your imagination!

It costs a bargain £24.99 and you can get it delivered right to the door in time for Mothering Sunday.

Apparently they were made in England from stoneware in the 1870′s and became a popular household item after the Queen got one as a pressie herself in 1958.

When the jug is full with water, the air that gets trapped in the fish’s tail creates a gurgling noise when it’s poured out. So not only will it look pretty in your mum’s house, it’ll amuse the kids and guests too – imagine their faces at the next family Sunday roast!

Buy a Gluggle Jug from The Present Finder for £24.99.

This silver engraved Photo Keyring can be bought from Getting Personal for under £20 too so it should be within most people’s budget, but if it’s a bit on the pricey side for you why not club together with brothers and sisters to get it as a joint pressie.

It’s a functional gift with a personal twist – add a picture and a special message. It makes a great little keepsake and because it’s engraved with your own message, you can guarantee it’ll be a unique gift for your Mum too!

The lads out there may call it a cheesy, sentimental gift but I know my mum loves this sort of stuff.

Buy this engraved silver photo keyring gift for Mother’s Day from Getting Personal for £19.99

A pedicure session sounds like a heavenly, relaxing spa treatment until you discover that it’s actually a shoal of itty bitty fish nibbling away at all the dead skin on your tootsies. But at only £25 for a Fish Pedicure it’s a unique gift that won’t break the bank.

The 30 minute pedicure is performed by 125 Garra Rufa Fish. Luckily these critters have no teeth but they use their suction cup mouths to remove all that hard dead skin on tired and battered feet.

You’ll get a relaxing massage and smooth feet at the end of it and a story to tell everyone on monday morning at work!

Buy your mum a fish pedicure for an unusual treat she won’t be expecting. Beware those with tickilish feet though.

Whilst flowers may be a traditional Mother’s Day gift, there’s nothing ordinary about this Lemon Tree. And it’ll produce delicious lemons in the summer months – ideal for adding to a Gin and Tonic whilst relaxing on a hot, sunny day.

Buy a Lemon Tree online for £39.99 – it’ll make a really unusual but interesting present for your mum!

The lemon tree is an evergreen and native to the Asian continent which is why they are used so much in asian cuisine. However they can also thrive over here if kept indoors during cold spells.

These lovely fragrant lemon trees from Tree2mydoor.com come in their own little pot and full instructions on how to care for them.

If you look after them they can produce fruit up to 4 times a year. And the pretty white flowers that blossom look and smell spectacular.

Buy this Lemon Tree for £39.99 in time for Mother’s Day in April.

Mother’s Day falls late this year giving us all plenty of time to find the ideal gift to let your Mum know how much you appreciate her! Psst by the way, it’s on 3rd April.

Each week I’ll be featuring a Mother’s Day gift idea to give you some inspiration. This week it’s a special pamper day from Red Letter Days. The ultimate treat at a bargain price.

This urban spa day in London for £49 sounds too good to be true. It includes 4 treatments:

• an expert brow shaping session
• a conditioning hot towel cleanse and Shea Butter wrap
• a soothing facial
• a calming head massage

A great way to relax mind and body and come out feeling renewed!

Buy this Urban Spa Renewal package for your mum at almost half the usual price.

You can now buy several multi-tasking fashion accessories thanks to a company called ila security.

There are 6 items in the range and every single one of these useful items is fitted with a personal alarm that activates an ear piercing noise if needed.

They’re perfect for every woman of any age, whatever their lifestyle. The best thing about them is that they all come in the most fabulous designs and colours.

Personal favourites include the pebble keyring – as we all carry a bunch of keys with us (and apparently most women hold onto their keys as a form of protection if out and about on their own), and the ingenious ila door wedge for ladies who travel. It sets off the alarm if the door is pushed open from the outside!

So if you want a useful and unique christmas gift for her this year check out the ila range of personal alarms.

As their website says ‘Be confident, be fashionable, but never be without your ila.’ How true!

Better yet try and win one of these accessories by entering a free competition on the UK freebies website Freebie Bag.

Not an obvious website choice for gift ideas and presents but it’s surprising how much electrical stuff is bought for Birthdays, Christmas, Wedding presents, and Easter gifts.

If you’re on the search for MP3 players, mobile phones, cameras and camcorders, laptops and sat nav systems and all the accessories you could wish for, then Maplins has it all.

Buying for a DIY enthusiast? My dad would be like a kid in a sweet shop looking at this range of hand and power tools (they’re just big boys toys really).

Know a music fan? They have a dizzying array of musical equipment for those of us that listen to music, but also those that play instruments and work in the industry too. Prices start at £19.99 for a portable MP3 speaker system.

Buying for a computer buff? Get all the components, motherboards, software, graphics and memory cards that their little hearts desire.

See what I mean – they really have something for everyone without breaking the bank. And it’s all useful and practical stuff. Not gimmicky items that’ll remain at the bottom of the stairs under a pile of boxes until next years spring clean.

They have a loyalty club bonus too. Simply sign up to their newsletter and you can get money off your purchases. Even the free delivery on orders over £35 makes gift buying even cheaper for you.

Shop online at Maplin Electronics for electronics and gadgets galore.

The Good Spa Guide offers some of the best Spa Deals for Mother’s Day to make sure she is well and truly pampered.

Travelbite rounds up some of their favourite luxury hotel breaks and short cottage breaks for a Mother’s Day holiday treat.

Strapped for cash? Treat your mum to some gourmet delights with these yummy Mother’s Day recipes.

Complete the Times Online Poll and tell us what you do on Mothering Sunday.

A healthy Pick ’n’ Mix? And one that will definitely be cheaper than Woolworth’s last bag of Pick ’n’ Mix (which sold for a staggering £14,500!)

People always want to look and feel good, so buying presents from a health and well-being shop such as Holland & Barrett isn’t such a bizarre idea as it may first appear.

They have a range of everyday vitamins, minerals and supplements but they also excel at offering dried fruit, sweet snacks and beauty products.

You can get savings of up to 50% on supplements, free delivery on orders over £25 and regular offers and sales.

Collectively you can create a fabulous goodie hamper for birthdays, a Thank You or even Mother’s Day.

My mother’s gift hamper would probably be filled with their Aloe Vera lotion and shampoo, a box of raspberry leaf tea, a jar of delicious Royal Jelly Honey and a packet of delicious crystallised ginger for under £20 including the delivery!

What would you put in yours?

Visit Holland and Barrett and get some goodies at some special web exclusive prices.

Everyone has heard of Thanks Darling. It’s a well known name when you’re looking at buying gift experiences as a present.

Need inspiration for non-activity gifts? They now have a bundle of other gift ideas too, even if you’re on a budget you’ll be able to find a great gift for someone.

Thanks Darling specialise in theatre breaks, hotel breaks and fabulous experience days. They have activities of all kinds from the sedate to the adventurous. Plenty of the gift experiences are also available for hen & stag do’s or Corporate Events.

Gift and experience prices vary from the reasonable (£8-£50) to the more extravagant activities such as excursions on the Orient Express that cost upwards of £250. Buying through ThanksDarling.com makes present hunting a very convenient pastime.

The website is great for giving lots of ideas, but not so great at categorising in terms of price. So if you’re on a budget it may take a while to find something you’re looking for within your price range. If you simply cannot decide you always have the option of buying one of their Freedom gift vouchers, unfortunately they start at £75 so not great if you’re on limited budget.

Visit ThanksDarling.com for a gift experience shopping spree.

Sandedge are offering a truly unique gardening prize in our latest competition. Bringing wheelbarrows well and truly into the 21st century, this marvellous invention is a folding wheelbarrow.

Not only does it fold up flat so it can be stored in even the smallest gardens, but it can also come with this unique carrot design unlike the boring green metal wheelbarrows of yesteryear.

Step 1 – Answer this simple question

What vegetable can be found on the folding wheelbarrow?

(hint – you may be able to find the answer right here!)

This Competition has now ended but you will find more on our GiftChooser Competitions page.

About the folding wheelbarrow prize

Bugs bunny, eat your heart out! This brilliant carrot design folding wheelbarrow will brighten up the garden. And when it’s not being used its space saving design allows it to fold flat and fit into any nook or cranny available.

It’s also much lighter than the bog standard wheelbarrows making it easier to use as you zoom around your vegetable patch.

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Sandedge.com is the place to go to find ravishing wrought iron garden furniture, arches and arbours, gorgeous gardening gifts and unique accessories such as the carrot design folding wheelbarrow. You’ll find no queues, crowds or cars – just stylish and unusual designs and fast delivery. Buy online now for that perfect gardening gift for kids and grown ups.

Not a winner?

Don’t worry if you’re unlucky and don’t get to win this outstanding competition prize, you can always buy the Sandedge Folding Wheelbarrow as a gift for someone for just £39.99.

Competition Rules

• The closing date is Friday 31st October 2008.
• All entries must reach us by 23:59 (11:59pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random from the correct entries.
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• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.
• Prizes will be posted out by Sandedge within 28 days of the end of the competition.

My new website of the week is Bizzy Balloons. The name for this online shop says it all – a one stop balloon shop, busy with ideas for presents to suit plenty of occasions.

If you find you are stuck for a gift idea to congratulate somebody on passing their driving test or celebrating your nephews christening, a balloon gift isn’t as silly as it sounds – in fact they are really rather fun!

My balloon of choice would have to be the singing musical balloons like this Happy Birthday musical balloon set for £29.

You can just imagine the look of surprise on peoples faces – slightly less embarrassing than a singing telegram, especially if it arrives whilst you’re at work!

The best thing about the Bizzy Balloon site is that you can now get a talking tag to add to your balloon gift for only £4.99.

How does it work?

Simply add the tag to your shopping basket and you will be emailed a telephone number to call. You can then record a 60 second message which will be tied to your balloon. I think it’s much more personalised and unique than writing on a tag.

These Talking Tags are also going to be available at our favourite online card shop Moonpig.com soon too!

The thing with sending a balloons is that you can add a host of other bits and bobs along with it. Flowers, teddy bears and mini cakes to name a few.

I love the fact that you get Free UK Delivery with your order and if that wasn’t enough you even get a box of chocolates thrown in for free!

What are you waiting for? Get visiting Bizzy Balloons for gift ideas right away.

International Mother’s Day is this Sunday the 11th May.

You can still order your bunch of blooms in time to give your mum a smile – wherever she is in the world.

There are so many places you can buy flowers from, but the Teleflorist lets you order beautiful bouquets for international delivery. If you are away yourself, or your mum lives abroad, it’s a perfect way to make sure she knows you haven’t forgotten!

There are a bunch of different styles, colours and arrangements to choose from. I love this stunning spring collection that even comes in a re-useable bag, perfect for the beach now summer is on its way.

Rather than have the postie deliver your flowers, make sure you get a company that has branches all over to make sure they are as local and fresh as possible.

Send flowers nationwide and worldwide via the Teleflorist in time for Mother’s Day this weekend.

I love finding little niche gift shops online and I have just discovered a real gem. Sallyjo.co.uk is a lovely boutique offering gifts hampers as beautiful presents for lovely ladies.

Choose from a selection of gorgeous gifts, or select a ready made hamper if you are spoilt for choice and can’t make up your mind.

The ready made hampers look stunning, and everything comes packaged in an unusual (and re-useable) black flock keepsake box.

These hampers are both £25, the cheapest pre-made hampers. Depending on your budget and who your gift is for will help you choose what option to go for.

£25 from sallyjo.co.uk for a gift hamper containing candles, votives, notebooks and handmade soap slices.

£25 from sallyjo.co.uk for a gift hamper containing handmade soap slices, a candle, a votive and silver drop earrings.

If you are looking for something a bit cheaper or more bespoke, then choose each item yourself from an assortment of goodies.

Candles, Votives, notebooks, handmade soap slices and bath bombs – what woman doesn’t love these?

Then make it more unique by adding from the choice of leather italian gloves, one-off hand-made bags and purses or classic and retro pens.

For that special occasion add a touch of stunning jewellery to the gift hamper; necklaces, bracelets, earrings and watches all made from silver and gemstones.

Visit www.sallyjo.co.uk and feast your eyes on a range of beautiful gift ideas.

We ladies have always got tons of jewellery to hand. If you know of somebody who could use a helping hand to organise their collection of crown jewels, I have found this gorgeous jewellery box.

We always have to make sure we have the perfect accessory to hand for any occasion. Little trinkets, earrings, necklaces, rings and bracelets. If you are anything like me they’ll be strewn about all over the place as I never have anywhere to keep it all.

This beautiful rectangular jewellery box is made with frosted glass and decorated with delicate butterflies all over it.

The butterflies and trailing plant design is studded with sparkling gems to make it extra gorgeous. They gems come in different colours to suit the lucky recipient, either pink, blue or purple

It looks stunning, is very practical at keeping all your jewels together and it costs less than a tenner!

Buy it for just £8.99 from Purple Puffin.

If you don’t want to spend a fortune, or have a limited budget this month but need to get a quick last minute pressie for your mum or a friends birthday, this Lotus Flower is a great bath plug.

It’s a cute accessory that any girl would love to see when she takes a soak in the bath.

It’ll transport them into the spa’s of Thailand, or the tropical lakes in some exotic faraway place. They may even feel they are on holiday!

The Lotus Flower will sit prettily on its leaf and float away on top of your bath water.

It’s one of those novelty gifts that aren’t really useful at all, but are just really nice to have.

Buy this unusual floating plug for £5.95 from Feeling Chilled.

If you add the code SPRING into the code box at the checkout you will get a 10% discount . This voucher is valid until 31/03/08.

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