Gifts That You'll Probably End Up Re-Gifting Anyway
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Booze Why it was given: Well, honestly, you just give off that alcoholic vibe. No, no, seriously though companies have been know to get discounts on spirits and wines, so they of course give them out at the end of the year instead of bonuses. And if you're a wine snob or a straight up Jameson drinker, you'll be keeping the bow on the neck of that bottle.
Why it is perfect for re-gifting: Handing over this bottle will make you seem the 'cool, hang loose, let's just party' type of person. Plus, seeing your friends get wasted, when spinach dip and ring-o-shrimp is involved is always fun.
How many times it will be re-gifted: Most likely once, because it'll be popped open within minutes of handing over, unless, your friends are wine and liquor snobs too.
Stationary
Why it was given: Obviously the person who gifted this wants to be acknowledged for their generosity this holiday season, and they want it to be in the form of a thank you note, hence the stationary. That or Papyrus was also having a really good sale. Do you know how expensive those paper products are?
Source: Ology
The Scottish food renaissance
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Over the past 18 months, the buying teams of the Texas chain, which has five stores in London, have been sourcing artisan food from small and medium-sized Scottish producers.
The resulting list of 400 (and counting) Scottish suppliers is enough to make you feel you’re embarking on a foodie tour of the country.
There will be up to 40 Scottish artisan cheeses in the supermarket-sized store; four specially grown Scottish heritage potato varieties, and seasonal root vegetables sold loose rather than packaged; locally made ice creams from Thorntonhall; all-Scottish eggs, beef, lamb and chicken; handmade butter from Strathaven; a wet fish counter selling razor clams and monkfish from Ayrshire, blueshell mussels from Shetland, oysters from Cumbrae and hand-dived scallops from Mull; and even a bespoke Giffnock blend of coffee, flame-roasted the traditional way by the long-established company Thomsons of Giffnock. All bread and ready-made take-home dishes will be made daily from scratch in the in-store kitchens.
Source: Herald Scotland