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Not what you were hoping for?

I am not sure how many shopping days there are left, all I know it’s kind of the moment when panic tends to set in! The crowds are building in whatever shop/car park you want to be in, what you want is sold out, and your brain is empty of ideas.

Lets face it, whoever thought of Internet shopping was a genius! Cup of tea, comfy chair, sorted! Here’s a quick round up of the funnies from this week:

1. Kitsch cake tin – could be all sorts I guess. Lakeland has trains to dinosaurs, and Splat has Erne the Duck. I would say a 3D duck was fairly kitsch!

2. Vintage tea bag squeezer – now, that is a fairly niche request! Can’t see one on there at the moment, but I would keep an eye on Era Vintage, good for these kinds of things. Or buy them a nice new one!

3. Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille – please Santa, let that be someone looking for me! I think you still have to pop by Selfridges or Harvey Nichols for that one, but boy is it worth it. But I could settle for replenishment of Black Orchid please. Not foodie necessarily, but fabulous food notes mean I feel it’s a worthwhile present for this foodie!

4. For the person who searched on the phrase “pour port Stilton” there is only one answer: step away from the Stilton! This is a waste of both port and Stilton. Do it again, and Santa will leave you coal.

5.  Toilet shaped mug – why, oh why, would you do this? Check out why bad gifts destroy the value of your cash.

6. What are Whittard doing for Valentine’s Day?Who knows? Right now, just one person outside of Whittard Head Office cares. That’s taking organisation too far, definitely not romantic!

7. What would Gene Hunt like? Spaghetti hoops I would think. I’ve got a t-shirt that tells me so!

8. What do you get the woman who has everything? Now, if I had the answer to that, I would probably be a very rich woman. But I had a try at what to buy those who say they don’t want anything. Don’t fall for that one, see my suggestions here.

Iwould say the panic is beginning to set in, there is definitely a rise in those looking for last minute ideas, but still waiting the hard-core onslaught. Expecting them about 9.23pm on 23rd December!