I love Christmas. The mulled wine, mince pies, crappy music, but especially buying presents. Shopping online for Christmas presents is extra fun, as you can eat a mince pie, drink mulled wine and listen to crappy music at the same time, all from the comfort of your sofa.
One of the problems I have though is that I keep seeing things I want to buy for me. Like that lovely blue velvet chair. This is especially true of my new favourite gift website, Zinc & Co. Zinc & Co have collected together the most unusual and beautiful gifts they can find, and have added in an extra special promise – if you can find the same products cheaper somewhere else they will refund the difference. Now that’s a pretty big claim, and saves you a lot of faffing about and worrying about whether you’re paying over the odds.
Also, they offer next day delivery, so if anyone is still looking for a last minute Christmas gift for me, these are my four favourite things:
Sparrow keyring and holder
Have your keys looked after by a bird! Not only that, it doubles as a whistle, just in case you are ever holding your keys and need to call a dog or something.
Storm in a teacup
Well this is just adorable isn’t it? Who doesn’t like tea? It says it’s the perfect mug for a drama queen.
Desk bunny scissors
Is it a bunny? Is it a pair of scissors? Who cares, it will look cute on your desk.
Vintage posters
They have loads of these and they are all beautiful. ‘O My Love, tonight the sky is a darkened circus tent above our dreams and the moon slowly walks a tightrope into morning.’
They also do wishlists, so you can choose your own favourite products without having to go to the effort of setting up a blog. Nice. Choose your favourite pressies now at Zinc & Co.
Hadn’t visited zinc & co before love the idea of buying an acre of land on the moon
You never know – it would be an investment purchase!
if only we could work out just where branson would want to build a hotel lol
Haha! We need to find out where on the moon is good for a golf course :-)
I like the rabbit scissors, and wish I’d seen them before I bought my friend’s Christmas present – damn it!
I also like the bird keyholder thing. But only if I lived in a different house and led a different life.
I know what you mean about the sparrow. I imagine it next to my back door when my back door is made of wood painted a nice pale blue colour and leads out into a garden full of wild flowers and secret benches.
Totally Anne of Green Gables.