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music/book hamper
Thinking of doing a hamper. The person is in their 30s, into books and music. Not sure whether to mix themes. Any ideas?
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bbq
planning ahead but wondering what I can do for a dessert of two which feeds a fair few people, is tasty and cheap Thanks
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Where can you buy polystyrene easter eggs?
I'm looking for those white polystyrene easter eggs for my children to paint. Last year I'm sure I bought some in Home Bargains but I can't find them there or anywhere else on the high street for that matter. I know they're available on line but it would be easier for me to go and buy them at the moment. Does anyone know…
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80th birthday gift for mil
We are finacially challenged and its my mils birthday in a couple of weeks. What can I get her/do for her? she doesn't drink, smoke, eat chocolate a nd sweets. Help Thanks
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Sheep's raw wool needed
Hope someone can help with this request. I want to make a memory book for a family member , and in our younger days in Scotland we used to collect bits of sheeps wool off the barbed wire fence, take them home and play "spinning" with the old spinning wheel we had in the house. So along with photos from the same era I…
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Emmerdale Fans Needed!
Hello, for my friend's hen do I am organising a drive around tour of the old sets of Emmerdale. I cannot visit the working sets but the coach holidays are charging £55 per person to go to Esholt to visit the Woolpack and Home Farm. I need some help as I have to have almost exact addresses to plan a route for our tour…
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1 day or hald a day cooking course in London for birthday
Hi, I want to give my boyfriend a 1 day cooking course for his birthday (it's on may 15th). We are from London, and don't have a car so anywhere in London would be fine. The trouble is, the ones I can find are over £100, and more like £200. As I wanted to go with him, I cannot afford that much. I am looking for something…
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Mannequin needed
Hello, Please could anyone point me in the right direction of a low cost or free mannequin.My daughter who is at uni needs one to display her body adornment and jewellery at the new designers exhibition in a few weeks time.With limited disposable income she really needs a bargain.Already tried supermarkets and department…
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wedding day disasters... HELP!!
The hotel we booked to get married at has lied form day one, we so badly wanted to get married outside and the hotels we viewed all had beautiful gardens etc, but we needed to be happy with the room if it happened to be bad weather! Ok so we finally found one that we fell in love with, it had been taken over by a company…
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Please can someone help me find out local pub's licensing laws
My local which is literally just over the road has always been pretty dead & quiet. The occasional loud music has stopped before I have gone to bed (11ish). However tonight the music is sooo loud, my little toddler son is ill & not sleeping well, people are outside smoking & shouting & I have lived here a year & half. This…
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30th Birthday celebration inspiration!
Hi all. I know threads like this are usually oh's asking what to do to celebrate their oh's birthdays etc etc, but this is a bit different lol! Basically, it is my 30th this year. :cool: My Mum & Hubby have both suggested a party but i am not keen on a massive thing with people invited along who i rarely see etc... So i…
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Fingerprint Jewellery - Recommendations Anyone?
Hi I'm wanting to purchase a small piece of fingerprint jewellery as a gift but I've been searching the internet courtesy of Google and have found the prices are outrageous, a keyring costs upwards of £50. Is anyone aware of any MSE-friendly reasonably priced companies that offer this. Thanks Ms Choc x
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Easter boxes help!!!
Hi well basically I have four boys in my family I normally get eggs for but this year I wanted to do them like a small hamper instead. Upto now I have four small boxes and a small egg and some other sweets but why else can I included? I don't want it all to be sweets as they will get loads!! Any ideas?
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Easter egg hunt-with a twist
Hi everyone, i'm not sure if this is a rubbish idea so feel free to tell me if it is. Anyway I was thinking of doing a min easter egg hunt for my boyfriend but then end it with hin getting a present or a token of love or something, if you get what I mean. basically I want to do an adult easter egg hunt-why should kids have…
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silver wedding celebration help
Its our silver wedding nect month. I wanted to celebrate with a party but OH not keen to have it in a function room as we not sure how many people will turn up. We now think we may have a 'drop in/open house ' party at home - i.e invite people from late afternoon onwards. This will be good for our friends who have children…
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70 years of food
Hello everyone, I am planning a family get together for about 20 people on Easter Sunday to celebrate my Mum's 70th birthday- and I had an idea:rotfl: I would like to serve the key food from each decade from the 40's to today- and I need some ideas. So far it seems that everthing I think of comes from the 1970's-…
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I love my Bernina Embroidery Machine
Sorry but I just had to start a thread :j I have a Bernina Artista 200 Machine which cost thousands and was given to me as a redundancy gift but has lived under the stairs for the last 2 years collecting dust as it was an upheaval each time I wanted to use it. I have now a super new sewing/office/computer/music room set up…
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Help Flowers
Hi, I have just signed for a delivery for next flowers. I just glanced at the name and it looked similar to my mums (who lives at this address). However when i looked at the box the name isn't of anyone at this address- nor is it any of our neighbours. The address on the box is the address that i live at - even the post…
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Pamper hamper ideas?
Hi all, I'm planning on making up a large pamper hamper for my sisters birthday in July. She is due to give birth at the beginning of July so I want to give her a present to pamper herself. So far I know I want to fill it with some chocolate bits and some bath bombs etc but I don't have any other ideas :( Any ideas would…