oh BALLS! i've forgotten my friend's birthday. any internetty ideas? she likes Nice Things, is eco but NOT hippy, loves expensive jewellery and charity shop bargains. was into orla kiely a hundred years ago, that sort of thing...

[Aitch]

no smellies please, she can buy those for herself.

come on mrsb, jackieno, all ye conspicuous consumers... please help

I know darn well that at almost 43 I'm far too old for these earrings, but I still kind of want them .

There was a time when I would have worn those, Jackie...but it was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (well, Cardiff, when I was a student).

There are some lovely sites on this thread though - have have ordered enough catalogues to destroy a small coppice of trees, and bookmarked lots of others.

oh baby headwrap lady.. that was terrible. I did feel for her.

But at least I have always been open about the fact that I write a bit of copy for SL??

Does that not excuse me? and make me worthy of gift of tealights for 36th b'day?

No?