Mother's Day

Miss_Kitty_Fantastico · 12 January 2007 at 4:02PM

I know Valentines Day is first but I want to start collecting my items for Mother's Day Gift Baskets now.

I managed to get a really pretty tea set in Superdrug for £1.49 and i'm now looking for tea related items to add to it.

Any ideas on where ill get cheap tea strainers, speciality teas etc

All ideas very gratefully received.

Nic x

jimsmum · 12 January 2007 at 4:10PM

whittards or julian graves.

Miss_Kitty_Fantastico · 12 January 2007 at 4:25PM

unfortunately we dont have either of those shops in Aberdeen

sophiesmum_2 · 12 January 2007 at 7:08PM

If you have a pound shop they usually have packs of tea strainers. Mine had a pack of 2 for a pound and they were stainless steel.
Look in homeware section of supermarkets too, often they have these little bits for around £1.

Asda do lots of the speciality teas, fruit teas etc, worth looking for in supermarkets.

hope that helps

sophiesmum

suzzi2704 · 12 January 2007 at 7:37PM

Whittard has a website where you can but gorgeous gorgeous fruit flavoured tea - it's kinda pricey at 3 for £12 but it's absolutely lovely and lasts ages!!

http://www.whittard.co.uk/ProductList.aspx?language=en-GB&cid=it2010

Try ebay aswell, I know there's an Ebay shop called Harvest Country Store that does posh tea, fruit tea and speciality tea pretty cheap (less then £2 a pop!!)

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Harvest-Country-Store

Enjoy, tea rocks!!

Miss_Kitty_Fantastico · 12 January 2007 at 7:43PM

thanks a lot i'll try all those options

Nic x

Gettin_me_own_back · 13 January 2007 at 6:26PM

Boots sale is reduced to 75% on monday you might be able to pick up something their.

Squishy · 13 January 2007 at 6:42PM

If you're in Aberdeen in Scotland: you could try Mcbeans (I think its called that) on the road out the back of the bon accord centre - the one leading to union street. Not sure how expensive they are but they have nice looking things in the windows.

Asda / tesco etc. also do some lovely stuff - and as gettin me own back said try boots: they often do the whittards boxset stuff over christmas, and you can get some lovely stuff in the sales from there - often at a huge amount less than whittards prices. And the whittards shop is downstairs in the bon accord centre - near the george street exit.

Fizog · 13 January 2007 at 6:46PM

Whats wrong with Twinings they do a great selection and no I don't work for them... really gorgeous teas. How about making your own biscuits nearer the time?

Miss_Kitty_Fantastico · 13 January 2007 at 7:15PM

thanks for all the replies

i was in boots today and they didnt have a lot left - but if anyone is looking for make up and toiletries for gift baskets definately get there for the 75%

books n beans - i was there today for lunch actually and ur right they do some nice teas (fair trade as well) etc

twinings are also good im going to keep my eyes open for bogof etc

i didnt realise there was a whittards in the bon accord - ill look the next time im up the town

Nic x

glenstan · 13 January 2007 at 8:43PM

I still treasure a beautiful letter my daughter wrote to me on mothers day when she was 13, the paper was decorated with little hand drawn flowers, if i remember rightly it was accompanied by a medium bar of chocolate and a bunch of daffodills

Mother's Day

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