good websites for getting nice presents delivered to the UK

[sunnywong]

G'day

my best friend is turning 40
I want to send her something special, tasteful, no tat and I want to spend about 40 quid all up

What websites would you recommend?

TIA

red direct have nice jewellery/purses/bags/clothes etc. and they have gift boxes which are rather nice too
also bombay duck have some nice stuff
and of course lovely John Lewis.

have also just ordered Theatre Tokens for my brother and his wife in case she's into that. had to do all my UK Christmas shopping online this year

OK, OK, I 'm liking those

any more tried and tested sites?

btw your husband was good in that movie The Ice something or other with BillyBob Thornton wasn't he?

White Company - click through from the mumsnet shopping page for discount

that's a good idea, however, I cannot see The White Company on the shopping page? Am I being a div or is it because I is foreign now?

I am a div, I see it now

I also have a bonkers 3 year old sitting on my neck and tangling my hair and breaking wind, so I think I can be let off the hook somewhat

ooh yes White Company is lovely too

glad he was good in the film - don't get to the cinema much these days (you'd think a Hollywood actor would provide better babysitters really, wouldn't you...)

also you asked elsewhere - I think a wallet/purse is a very nice present. I got myself one from Orla Keily online, but it was quite expensive

www.mumsnet.com/shopping.html

oops just seen that you already found it

wow, that is quite a bit more than I was hoping to spend.

MJC, can you have a squiz on my other wallet thread and tell me which one you think is the most stylish?

thanks

of course I am trusting you a great deal here as you may really do all your shopping at Sportsgirl or Cotton on. I dunno

what the feck are Sports girl/Cotton On?

you live in NZ doncha? They are the New Look and Etam of Australia. I thought you guys got everything we had sooner or later.

Anyhooooooooo

I have made my choices from the Red direct site you so kindly directed me too (leather gloves and a leather bound diary) now I don't suppose there are any dicount codes floating about are there?

oooh leather gloves - lovely

can't say I've noticed the boutiques of which you speak but I haven't looked in any clothes shops at all as am 7 months pregnant and it's all way too depressing. But rest assured, doesn't sound like me at all!

don't know of any codes I'm afraid

ooooo are you up the duff? Didn't know that.

Yes leather gloves. The berry colour, is that really oxblood do you think?

thanks again for the tip, it's a vair nice site

yes, well and truly up the duff. I thought we'd move halfway around the world halfway through the pregnancy just for that added tang of stress

I get quite a lot of presents from that site, they have lovely things (just got a christmas present for my extremely stylish 42 year old sister from there)

I think those gloves are def towards the oxblood end of 'berry' rather than raspberry. they look great. got to go to bed, glad you're sorted!