My usual Christmas wrapping routine involves dozens of precut pieces of cellotape all over the legs of my coffee table. Ralph the Dog, the cute tape dispenser is available for £8.99 through 3M Direct, pre-loaded with Scotch tape, which is refillable. He's bound to make the chore of present wrapping a little easier.
great for kids' craft projects too
We are lucky in our house, we have an open fire which gets pit on Christmas morning. We have an incinerator on hand to chuck in all the wrapping paper, plastic packaging and cardboard boxes as the spoils of Santa are urgently ripped open. Christmas means a LOT of extra waste, and not all of it fits in your black bin. Trips to the local dump aren't viable either, as they are closed over those celebratory weeks.
Here is you're answer. John Lewis have these Christmas Pudding Bin Bags, £10 for a pack of 12. Not just for waste, you could equally use them as sacks for Santa to leave the boxes in on Christmas Eve. Also great if you are visiting in-laws and have a bundle of a dozen boxes to try to carry I to their house. You could even use them to decorate a huge outdoor tree, as waterproof tree baubles to match your outdoor lighting.
About two years back I bought this comical, fake fox scarf from H&M. It was very cute, even had its little face with black beaded eyes. I blogged about it here at the time, and every so often I will have someone contact me via this site, asking to buy it off me, sometimes for much more than I paid for it. I've never parted with my foxy, so I'm really pleased to have a link to one in the shops right now.
The M&S fake plush fox scarf is limited edition, I'm pretty sure it will sell out like its counterpart in H&M did, not least because it's only £19.50 Make sure you get one now before they all go.
Marks and Spencer is home to a forestful of wildlife this autumn. There's lots of deer and fox print clothing for all the family, and regal stag Christmas accessories like this ceramic stag decoration they sent me.
This cashmere fox and mittens set has officially gone on my Christmas list £30
As heard on BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne Show.
