Christmas Gift Guide: What to Buy Teenagers

I have only one teenager to buy a Christmas gift for, yet I struggle to choose what to get him and end up just asking him or his parents for inspiration. (There’s a lot to be said for that approach!) Here are some ideas of what to get teenagers for…

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What These REAL Women Want for Christmas 2017

Welcome back to the 4th annual Bumbles of Rice What These Real Women Want for Christmas, the antidote to the Christmas Gift Guides in glossy magazines which recommend cashmere scrunchies  for £350 and other frivolous luxuries that nobody either wants nor can afford. This gift guide is brought to you…

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Zazzle Review and Giveaway

As a blogger from time to time people contact me to tell me about their new products. This is a great perk, on a crappy day an email asking “Hi, would you like one of these?” is a gamechanger. An email a couple of months ago from Zazzle was the…

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Review: Fisher Price Smart Stages Car

We recently received the Fisher Price Smart Stages car for review. The Smart Stages range is comprised of the Smart Stages Chair, the Puppy’s Smart Train and the Smart Stages Car. The blurb tells us that the Smart Stages products are a ” brand new and innovative way for toddlers to…

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Christmas Gift Ideas for Baby’s First Christmas

Christmas Gift Ideas for Baby’s First Christmas This time of year I just love spending time with the boys wandering around aisles full of toys and watching their reactions as they try them all out. Ciarán runs ahead, with Cathal in close pursuit, shouting “Mammy can we press the toys?”.…

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