I've been there (briefly) on a Saturday in times past and had to drown the effect it had on me in gin in order to cope with the rest of the day. Since the advent ('scuse the pun) of internet shopping, I've been as happy as Larry. No more wearying trips into town with a long list. If I decide I want to browse the Christmas market, it's to do just that. I don't have a time gun pointing at my head beating a thudding countdown as days pass and my list remains stubbornly pristine.
Back to the internet, my favourite site this year is IWantOneOfThose.com which I have been browsing like mad although I doubt they'll get rich from my custom. I've been looking for ideas for my TWDB. He has a new flat and needs to fill it with stylish and trendy stuff.
I do not have acres of money, but if I did, I'd be tempted to get him one of these knife blocks. It's been designed by Raffaele Iannello, that Italian design guru, and is called the 'Voodoo'. My TWDB would never be at a loss for conversation with new guests with one of these in the kitchen!
He tells me he's never really had to cook for himself, but now finds that he'd like to learn. What better way to make a simple meal exciting than by adding fresh herbs? And what more stylish way is there to grow them than in the Aerogrow?
It's quite perfect for the gadget fiend as it 1) plugs in; 2) has a microprocessor inside controlling everything including how much light it needs; and 3) is so simple you just chuck the growing pod in the machine and watch your lovely fresh herbs grow at three times the speed they would normally. My TWDB eats a lot of salad too, so this would be just the job! A snip at £119...
So you must admit, it's a pretty cool site. There's a lot of silly stuff on it too like pencil sharpeners in the form of an animal and you do the sharpening in it's bum, a Sat-Nag which doesn't tell you which way to go but just nags the hell out of you while you're getting there.
"From unzipping the bag, it only takes about half an hour to produce a water and wind ready catamaran. It has hard wearing, abrasion resistant floats, a fibreglass and aluminium frame, keel fins for safe shallow sailing, a plastic fabric trampoline, an anchor point, a lockable rudder that can be raised to 90°, a mast and a sail area of over five square metres." How amazingly cool is that?
Being dead nosey, do let me know if I've just solved a pressie problem on an intractable list... In any case, I know what I'm getting my TWDB...
(and no, it's not the MiniCat!)
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