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.

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.

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.

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.

This website is a fantastic way for you to shop at hundreds of small, unique and independent shops and boutiques – all in one place.

You simply add what you want to your virtual online basket without the need to log on to lots of different websites. It’s a virtual shopping centre!

The beauty is that you only pay once, everything is added up as you go along (including the postage) no matter how many different shops you buy from – ideal if you need to buy lots of gifts all in one go.

Many shops offer a gift wrapping service too, some free, some with a small charge.

NotOnTheHighStreet.com are celebrating their 2nd birthday this year and have lots of competitions for you to enter too, so you can win some treats for yourself (or they would make ideal presents for other people too).

Most of the gifts they have are handmade and crafted by very talented people, and it’s unlikely you will find most of the products in your local shopping centre.

They have some beautiful gifts though – aimed more at women and children, but there is a range of menswear, accessories and jewellery to browse through.

Their weekly Top 40 gift section guides you through the best they have to offer. A couple of my current faves are the Cappucino Stencil and the Sari Travel Journal.

Cappucino Stencil

A cheap and cheerful gift for any coffee lover. They can get creative with their chocolate sprinkles! They come in 3 designs, with a heart, coffee beans or HOT!

Buy a silver stencil for just £3 from notonthehighstreet.com

Sari Travel Journal

I also love this fair trade travel journal. The cover is made from beautiful recycled sari material and the paper is made from left over cotton that would usually end up in the bin. No two diaries are the same making them 100% unique. Get free gift wrapping too!

Buy this sari diary for £16.95 from notonthehighstreet.com

It’s a very easy shop to navigate – even for the most novice internet user, and with lots of categories it’s simple to narrow down if you are looking for something in particular, however it is easy to get carried away and spend hours satisfying your craving for retail therapy!

Buy anything from food and drink, fashion, jewellery and beauty essentials. Get all plenty of luxury and decorative items for homes, gardens and pets. To top it off they have a section for cards and giftwrap to decorate your chosen gifts with.

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You can’t beat a bunch of flowers to say a simple message – I Love You, Thank You, Get Well Soon or Congratulations. Especially on Mum’s Day, it can be just the thing to show her you care.

E-Flowers are an online flowers site that have been going since 1985, it’s a very easy to use shop and has some beautiful flowers on offer.

You can opt to have your flowers delivered on a set date or on the same day if you have forgotten someone’s birthday and need flowers to get there asap!

You can also include a personal message and select any additional gifts you may want to send; a bottle of bubbly, a box of chocs or a cute teddy bear.

I especially love the Rose Planter bouquet stuffed with mini pink roses for only £24.99.

A lot of websites require you to register as a user before ordering, this site gives you the option. If you haven’t time or don’t think you’ll use them again then you can just order what you want. But if you plan on using the site again, your info will be remembered, you will receive their newsletter with the latest offers and you will get £1 discount on your first order!

And what’s better than getting a fabulous bunch of flowers (such as some lovely Calla Lilies) for your mum on Mother’s Day? Getting money off!

The generous people at E-Flowers are offering money off when you book with us. For a 5% discount just type the word mum into the promotional code box when you checkout.

You may have thought Oddbins was just a high street off licence. Think again. They have a brilliant website that has some great offers on wine, spirits and drinks for all occasions. And not just any bottles of plonk. They have a range of champagnes, cognacs, fine wines and aperitifs to suit every taste (however weird).

Their gift drinks come in collectable boxes – the kinds of boxes that all mums love to keep – just in case! Make Mother’s Day for your mum by getting her some lovely bubbly.

Oddbins has a wide range of drinks for everybody though. So if you need a pressie for Aunty Ada’s 60th, a bottle of sherry would probably go down a treat.

Want to help someone celebrate their wedding day? Get a bottle of champers.

It could be a retirement gift for your dad in which case a nice bottle of single malt could be just what you are after.

Whichever way you look at it, this site is perfect for gift ideas for people who like to drink. Whether it’s spirits, cocktails, whiskeys, liqueurs or wines, then do not be looking here if you are after a present for a tee-totaller.

For Mother’s Day on March 2nd, this bottle of Mumm bubbly (very aptly named) would be appreciated and it comes with a box of delicious chocolate champagne truffles – very decadent and the perfect way to treat your mum.

Buy it from Oddbins for £39.99

Discount Codes for Oddbins

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I know it seems bizarre to be writing about a tool shop on a gift ideas website, but honestly, this is the place to buy presents for dads. My dad is always doing DIY (and he is very good at it too – luckily!) so he always need some new tools or other.

Tool and DIY sites are great for buying birthday presents for dads, husbands and all DIY enthusiasts. Don’t forget Father’s Day in June as well!

I know it doesn’t seem a great present idea, but really, men love this macho stuff. It makes them feel useful, gives them something to do (which is hopefully out of your way) and will help make your house and garden much nicer too.

Screwfix have a huge range of saws, tools and things to decorate and repair your home. Buy online to save yourself the embarrassment of looking like you don’t know what you’re talking about. And having it delivered saves you lugging it around town. Delivery prices are good value but you also have the option of collecting anything you choose from your nearest warehouse.

You can just imagine when they unwrap their gift and admire the craftmanship of the tools in this Screwdriver Set.

Masculine gift ideas for your husband, dad or father-in-law. Not very romantic, but they’ll be able to use them over and over again and hopefully you’ll get a nice bedroom or shelf out of it!

Visit Screwfix.com for the best DIY hand and power tools online.

Remember the good old days? Of school days and playgrounds, when the 6 weeks holidays would seem to last forever? Well the Hawkin’s Bazaar online shop takes me right back to those days. They have all the little nick-nacks we used to play with, things I thought didn’t exist anymore!

It’s a great site to browse in your lunch hour but beware, you could get lost in the vastness of gift ideas it holds.

You will discover cheap stocking fillers such as wooden tops and bubble blowers and joke gifts like the classic schoolboy favourite – the Whoopee Cushion. Find toys from your childhood, outdoor games, arts and crafts, puzzles and books and onto the downright weird gadgets and curios like the talking gnomes, dashboard Homer Simpsons and the granny racing track.

They have just had an overhaul of their site and now feature a Top 11 Bestselling Gifts List (they are right – who says it should be a Top 10 list!)

My absolute favourite is the Fuzzy Felt Compendium Set. I didn’t realise they still made these. My fuzzy felt farmyard set guaranteed me hours of fun. And you can still buy it now for under a tenner!

Hawkin’s Bizarre

This ’Bazaar’ shop has such an eclectic mix of the weird and wonderful, you are guaranteed to find a present at hawkins.com to suit everyone you know – including yourself.

Prices for such goodies start from just 75p at Hawkin’s Bazaar – see what you can find!

Discount Codes for Hawkin’s Bazaar

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Holidays and trips away can be something to really look forward too. Most of us count down the days until our next break away to escape from everyday life. However, being at an airport is usually the worst place to start your trip away. If you hate flying and airports and the whole rigmorole, a Priority Pass could turn it around and make the airport a much more enjoyable experience.

This is the perfect gift idea for someone you know who travels a lot for work or leisure or maybe has a round the world trip planned and would appreciate a bit of luxury en route.

Have you always wondered where Business Class flyers spend their time at airports? It’s certainly not in the normal lounges with Economy Class. They get to put their feet up in a relaxed lounge atmosphere, enjoy free drinks and snackettes, space to spread out, peace and quiet to read a book and even the chance to work if and catch up with emails and phonecalls.
Well now you can enjoy all that too!

How does the Priority Pass work?

You get to use the Business Class lounge at over 500 airports around the world. Once you sign up you pay an annual fee for the card.

It depends on which type you choose as to how much each visit will cost. There are 3 to choose from:

• The Prestige VIP Pass is all inclusive at £249 per year. The only extra cost will be if you take any guests with you. This works out at £15 per guest.
• The Standard Plus membership pass lets you have 10 free visits for an annual fee of £149. Again all guests cost £15. Once you have used your 10 free visits up, it is a £15 charge per use.
• The Standard Membership Pass lets you can enjoy the same benefits for a cheaper annual fee of £69, but you pay a £15 charge per visit.

A Priority pass works out much cheaper than buying a business class plane ticket. Take the stress and hassle out of flying – get a Priority Pass. A fab gift idea for the person who has everything!

Get the VIP treatment every time you go away. Prices start from £69 at PriorityPass.com

Whilst it is still officially winter and a bit cold, dull and dreary, this is the perfect time to think ahead and book your spring or summer holiday. Even if you can’t manage a whole week away, why not book a weekend break to a European city, or a short break on a mediterranean island?

Surprise weekends away make romantic and memorable gift ideas for friends or couples.

It is always worth being cost conscious. After all, the less you spend on the holiday travel and accommodation, means you can have more spending money to use up during your time away!Not only is it something for you to look forward too – these trips away also make great surprise birthday treats for your girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or hubby.

I must admit, I haven’t been to a travel agent in years. mainly because I can now do everything online, in my own time (even if that is at 2am in the morning!) from the comfort of my bed. I have also found you can get the cheapest deals online too.

Online holiday shopping can get you the best deals going, whether you book in advance or make it a last minute event. I also think it’s a brilliant way to choose where to go if you have no idea because you can read up about what the city or country has to offer, what the weather will be like and how long it takes to get there.

The Alpha Rooms Site

Alpharooms.com offers a fab choice of discounted hotels and apartments all over the world. I found the site is quick and easy to use and gives lots of useful info, especially if you have no idea where you want to go. It has reviews of most of the hotels and apartments on their site, notes and info on weather, what to see and do from the sights of Spain to the delights of Hong Kong.

You can build your own customised holiday with airport transfers, or you could just book a night in a posh hotel in Paris. Have a browse of the Alpharooms site and see what takes your fancy.

Visit Alpharooms.com for some of the best discounted holiday deals online.

And if you’ve booked a flight for your break away, why not make it extra special by booking a Priority Pass which allows you to use the posh business class lounge at the airport of your choice! See our article Priority Pass to see how easy this is to do.

Every woman loves to receive lovely lingerie, especially from their boyfriend or hubby. And most men love to see their partners looking gorgeous and sexy in something they have chosen themselves. Surprising then that so few men actually go out and buy underwear for their loved ones.

Years ago there was always a certain amount of embarrassment involved in buying your lady some lingerie. Nowadays, thankfully, it’s a more common occurrence, especially when there are sites like FigLeaves about. In fact it doesn’t even feel like shopping – so it’s perfect for blokes!

Browse through this shopping site full of bras, boxers, briefs, bustiers, camisoles, silky pyjamas that come in all sizes, styles and colours. Packed with popular and designer brands and lots of gift ideas if you are stuck for a present this year.

I love this spicy red Ted Baker camisole and knicker set. In gorgeously soft chiffon fabric. Perfect for spicing up Christmas – it’s a little bit naughty and nice all rolled into one. And if you buy it from Figleaves you get free delivery as all because all orders over £50 get free delivery within the UK.

Buy the Ted Baker Cami set for £50. Go on, treat the lady in your life this christmas.

And what’s even better than a christmas pressie that someone will love? One that costs you 20% less. Figleaves are offering their xmas present to you by knocking 20% off lots of lingerie and christmas gift sets.

Figleaves Mens Range

Don’t forget ladies, they also do a funky mens range too. I particularly love the Tetris pattern on these fitted boxer shorts.

The classic retro Tetris designer boxer short is from the Bjorn Borg range. Apparently very soft and stretchy and extremely funky.

Buy the Tetris Boxers for £17

Go to www.figleaves.com and check out the gorgeous gifts on offer that’ll bring a smile to your face as well as your girlfriends.

Discount Codes for Figleaves

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What better way to say something than to send flowers. Flowers can speak louder than words and I don’t think there is anyone (especially women) who wouldn’t appreciate a beautiful big bunch of flowers (such as some lovely Calla Lilies) at anytime. It’s great being able to do it all online too.

Flowers are ideal for any occasion. There doesn’t even have to be an occasion, but if you want to say I’m Sorry, Congratulations, Happy Birthday, Well Done, Get Well Soon or Good Luck, then a bouquet of flowers will do the job perfectly. It doesn’t mean as much when you buy flowers for yourself and it’s always nicer to know that someone is thinking about you.

Colourful, fragrant petals really make someone’s day, so to cheer someone up who has had a rough week, or if you have had an argument with your girlfriend and want to kiss and make-up, you may want to send Happy Birthday wishes to your mum or congratulate your best friend on getting engaged – send a bunch.

Serenata Flowers is a great site, easy to use and the flowers they arrange and send look amazing. You can even get free next day delivery which can save cash and hassle, particularly good if you have forgotten someone’s birthday or left it to the last minute. You can even add extra stuff to the order such as chocolates, a teddy bear or have the flowers arrive in a vase.

I quite fancy sending myself a bunch just for a treat – I particularly like these dozen Pink Roses, in a bouquet with green, minty eucalyptus and purple heather.

Just £39.99 with free next day delivery.

Make someone feel really special. Go on, you know you want to!

Flowers start from £19.99 with free next day delivery.

Visit www.serenataflowers.com and see for yourself what all the fuss is about.

Website: www.moonpig.com

We’ve just discovered a super cool new personalised card site that also do a fab range of personalised gifts too – perfect as pressies! Go to FunkyPigeon.com.

Once you’ve chosen the ideal gift for somebody, you then have to contend with choosing the perfect card for them. Well, help is at hand! I have discovered Moonpig – a great site that enables you to buy your birthday cards online, in fact not just birthday cards but cards to cater for any other occasion you can think of.

Work cards, wedding cards, good luck cards, anniversary cards, cards for kids, birthday cards, you name it and Moonpig.com have it – the list is virtually endless.

The site is easy to use and has a fab range of different styles to suit everybody from retro humour, spoof humour and cutsie style cards as well as the more traditional type cards which are ideal for aunts, uncles, mums, dads, grans and granddads. Each section is separated into different categories which makes it very easy to browse through before deciding on your chosen design.

The latest ’personalised’ range allows you to customise a magazine cover style card to send to somebody. This could be in the style of ’Hello’ magazine where your friend makes the front page or it could be Golf Weekly where your dad makes the headlines – the choice is all yours.

You’ll need to register an account with them to order your cards, and you don’t get to see the final basket price before you register. This can be annoying if you just want the one card, or if you’re just window shopping. On the plus side, they store all your addresses – you’ll only ever need to enter each address once.

Prices are very reasonable, especially when you compare them to the high street card shops. Moonpig charge £2.99 for a standard sized card, including delivery to you or the recipient. Order before 2pm and they’ll send them out on the same day.

Moonpig – Cards for any occasion

Moonpig.com have a brilliant range of top notch cards for all occasions. Their card gallery will show you all that is on offer for any event you want to celebrate.

The best thing about them is the fact they all are personalized cards – you can change almost any aspect of them. You could choose the fairy cake card and have your message written on the icing or for a really unique greetings card. Why not choose to upload a photo or two and have them printed to resemble the front page of ’Oi’ magazine, or a film poster? Moonpig allow you to choose the message rather than having a generic poem written by some stranger in a card factory.

They even have the ability to create invitations and announcement cards, so you can tell everyone in the world you are getting married, have just had a baby girl or are having a big birthday party.

Any occasion, celebration or event is catered for at the touch of a button and the scroll of a mouse.

Don’t forget to have a gander at the Moon Pig Top 20 cards for Mother’s Day and get your order organised in time for Mothering Sunday.

Moon Pig Discounts

They also give discounts for larger orders. You get a 20% off if you order £25 worth of cards. Or you can even buy £20 of credit in advance and get an additional £5 of credit. Either way, Moonpig.com’s standard card price effectively goes down to £2.39 or so. Basically, it’s worth buying in bulk.

Why The Name Moonpig?

Moonpig is a pretty strange name for an online card shop – apparently Managing Director Nick Jenkins was looking for a short easy-to-remember name. Then he remembered his nickname at school: Moonpig! Anyway, we’re certainly a fan of the name and the site – moonpig.com

Go and take a look around www.moonpig.com

Firebox.com is one of the original UK gadget websites – started in 1998 (an age ago in Internet terms!) as hotbox.co.uk.

They’re probably one of the most comprehensive gadget sites out there, with hundreds of cool gadgets and gizmos to tempt even the hardened gadgetphobe. Gadgetophiles don’t stand a chance!

One thing separating Firebox from their competitors like I Want One Of Those or Boys Toys is the amount of customer feedback. Much like Amazon, there are plenty of customer reviews for each of the gift ideas. But there’s also photos and even videos of the (usually happy) customers mucking around with their purchases. For example, take a look at this Firebox.com page (for the PicoZ Micro Helicopter). You know it’s worth buying as a gift – you can see it in action (one of the big disadvantages of online shops, usually), and you can see people having fun with it!

Fire Box Prices & Offers

Prices at Fire box are pretty much par for the course – you might find cheaper at Amazon or elsewhere, but there’s usually not much in it. The website itself is pretty good, although the search could do with tweaking. If you’re not sure what you’re after then you need to wade through an awful lot of gifts!

From time to time they do have special offers and discount codes/vouchers. Last christmas they were giving away free £5 Firebox discount vouchers, when you signed up for their newsletter, for example. It’s always worth checking up and seeing what current offers they’re running!

What are you waiting for? Go to Firebox.com now!

Discount Codes for Firebox

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Looking to buy an activity day as a gift? Buyagift might just have what you’re after.

Buyagift specialise in selling activity days and experiences. The range is large – from relaxing activities (spa days, golfing, style makeovers, cooking days), to more active pursuits (driving sports cars, flying planes, bungee jumping, skydiving).

Prices are pretty reasonable (starting at around £50 for the cheaper activities; expect £100+ for driving & flying ones), although they’re probably slightly more expensive than if you contacted the suppliers directly. Essentially you pay for the convenience (and going through someone like Buyagift can save a lot of time and research). Another bonus: the gift recipient gets a nicely presented activity voucher and (optional) gift set to open.

The website can give you a lot of ideas, even if you decide not to buy from them. Of course, if you’re still stuck you could always buy one of their gift vouchers, starting from £25.

Visit Buyagift.co.uk now

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