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Red Alert: Gift Emergency at the Office
Ok, it's your mum's, boyfriend's, cat's birthday tomorrow and you've been too busy to get a gift. Or it's that special anniversary your partner has been gently giving hints about by leaving advertisements for diamonds, mini breaks or Ipods on the coffee table.
You're running out of time, you're having palpitations, the clock is ticking, your future happiness depends on it, or at the very least you want to avoid a verbal ear bashing. Juggling a career, family, social life and shopping trips can be a real headache.
So where do you get the perfect gift while at work and pushed for time? There are many online shops that provide just such a service, some include gift wrapping to make you look all the more thoughtful and caring. There are even some, such as www.Figleaves.com, that will send a note saying your partner ordered the item weeks ago but because of a stock problem on their part it is arriving late. Phew, we all need someone to tell a few fairy tales for us from time to time.
Amazon is a really good site for gifts, and for that special man in you life try www.BoysStuff.co.uk, they stock all the boys toys to keep them entertained so you can go shoe shopping.
www.Thorntons.co.uk offers lovely chocolaty goodies, beautifully wrapped. For floral bouquets try www.Interflora.co.uk, and if you need a card for any occasion www.dontfergetyourcard.com are the ones to go to, I have used them many a time in a birthday related emergency and bask in the praise of my loved ones afterwards.
For that extra bit of luxury, try the www.Harrods.com gift service, but I would suggest you don't try ordering an elephant, that's so passé. For experience days got to www.redletterdays.co.uk, everything from driving monster trucks to spy academies to Arctic adventures. For the less adventurous, perhaps a spa day or a flotation tank experience would be the order of the day.
Whatever you after, it's out there on the web, just waiting to make you look good.