Last Minute Father's Day Gift and Card Ideas

Gift ideas from Asda

You can pop into your local Asda store and easily pick up something for dad this Father's Day.  You'll find gifts at pocket money prices to top of the range high tech gifts, so there is something for every budget. Perhaps dad would like a bottle of whisky or maybe you could buy the ingredients to cook him breakfast in bed?   Maybe socks, pants, T-shirts and PJ's would fit the bill or how about a box of chocolates. CDs, DVDs and games make great gift ideas.There is so much choice.

The Mr.Men merchandise from George is a fun gift idea for dads. Dads will love feeling like the Mr Strong of the family.

Or how about this Star Wars notebook and light sabre pens for the Star Wars loving dad in your life? Maybe Luke Skywalker could get this for Darth Vader, who after all is his father!

The Dog's Doodahs Cards

There is still time to order a card for your dad from The Dog's Doodahs.  Orders made before 2pm are posted the same day by first class post.  There is a range of cards from the sentimental to the downright rude!  So whatever the age of the kids and the taste of their dad, there will be a card to suit.

We were given a code to make one and the kids chose this lovely photo card for their dad.  It is a lovely design and the photographs will make it very precious to him.  There are loads of other designs they could have chosen including one that suggests he was "mum's bitch"!

The Dog's Doodahs is an all-occasion online card and gift shop selling a host of traditional, cute and funny cards alongside some rather cheeky ones which feature jokes about alcohol, sex and getting old.  Many can be personalised with photos and text on the front and the inside, so you can tailor the card to the recipient, bringing a smile on their special day.  The site is fun and friendly and perfect for anyone looking for something a bit risque!

A standard size (A5-ish) card is £3.99 delivered from www.thedogsdoodahs.com


Give Dad A Hug and Say Thanks

A recent survey commissioned by Wilkinson's Sword says 49% of dads won't get a hug or kiss this Father's Day and 44% of people admit to not thanking their dads for everything they do for them.  Women are more open with their emotions than men, who on a whole, find it more difficult to express their love to their fathers.

That is so very sad.  We're a very touchy feely family who tell each other how much we love each other on a daily basis. Ian used to be a bit uptight about his emotions, as he doesn't have very demonstrative parents, but after 20 odd years with me, he is now as gushy as it gets!

Wilkinson Sword are asking for us to express our love through making a #Dadication on Facebook or Twitter, telling our dads what we are grateful for.  I really like this campaign, giving good dads the recognition they deserve.


             

So don't forget to dish out the hugs, kisses and thank yous this year...they don't cost a penny and will mean more than any gifts!!

Regrets...I Have A Few!

Why I Won't Be At Cybher or Britmums This Year

Right now, with all the chat regarding Cybher, I'm kicking myself a bit that I didn't try to find myself a sponsor.  I really am way too shy for my own good, with a god awful fear of rejection.  Although outwardly I possibly seem quite confident, when it comes to the crunch I am still that little girl who'd go to the Playcentre Disco on a Friday night and stand in the corner all on my own.  I desperately wanted to join in and dance with all the other kids, but would be paralysed with fear.  So I'd stand there fiddling with my hair and try not to let the tears that threatened to fall escape from my eyes.

Shyness really is incapacitating.  I sometimes wish I could step back into my young self with my adult mind (Butterfly Effect style...but without the repercussions!) and give myself the shove I needed to join in, make people laugh and enjoy my childhood.  I'd love to see how differently things would have been had I not held myself back.  I never really reached my full potential in so many ways.  Don't get me wrong, I seriously wouldn't change a thing because where I am now is exactly where I'm meant to be, but I do wonder if there is some alternate reality where I achieved the things that I could have.

All that aside, the bottom line is that when it comes to the crunch, my inner child still rears her little head and prevents me from really going for anything.  She still sabotages much of what I do.  She makes me feel like I'm not worthy of being considered important enough for someone to want to invest in.  It is this part of me that makes me never go after things that I want.  I am not pro-active.  I don't create my own opportunities.  I wait for things to come to me.  When opportunities do arrive I grasp them with both hands and  perform to the best of my ability, but I don't monopolize on these opportunities.  I don't follow up things or build relationships or make contacts.  I am rubbish at all that!  I can't self-promote...hell,  I hardly believe in myself most of the time!

This lack of putting myself out there means that I won't be attending either Cybher or Britmums Live this year.  At the time, I wasn't that worried about it.  But now I feel the pangs of regrets as I see the statuses, comments and Tweets appearing in my timelines.  I will miss meeting up with many of the bloggy folk that I now regard as friends.  I will miss learning new things.  I really want to get up to speed on the whole SEO malarkey and want to discover new ways of making my blog work for me.  I need some inspiration right now, but don't think I'm going to find it sat here in my living room, just me and my laptop.

OK, whinge over.  It's my fault.  Lessons learned and all that!  I'd like to think I'll be more pro-active next time...but chances are, I'll be just as backward at coming forward next time.  I'm now off to appease my Inner Child with some cake and hope that she will hush her whispers and let me feel good about things again soon!