Archive For The “Gifts” Category
I had just arrived home yesterday when my door bell rang. Suddenly, there was a huge early Ramadan gift basket from Gloria Jean’s coffee. I had a flashback of the Ramadan gift basket I had received last year (post). With the gift basket came a
Last Thursday while enjoying a nice cosey night at home there was a knock on the door and a box of desserts from a new Kuwaiti business was delivered to me.
Just before I was about to leave for Dubai last week there was a knock on the door and a big white bag was delivered to me. The name on the bag? DeBrand Chocolatier.
Last week Boots Kuwait had sent me over a couple of their No. 7 skin products to try last week.
A few days ago I received an email from the ladies behind the annual White Expo inviting me to a small meeting to familiarize the bloggers with their exhibition. Not that their exhibition needs any familiarizing, who hadn’t heard about The White Expo? Frankly it is one of the expos I look forward to every year.
A few weeks ago I was browsing Instagram when MMC Kuwait posted a picture of the newest branch of Cafe Meem and asked a question regarding the location.
I wasn’t having a good day yesterday, I wasn’t that feeling well. However my spirits were lifted and my mood transfored BIG TIME when I saw this on my coffee
At 7 PM yesterday Pretty Little Things opened its doors for the second time at Bait Al-Sadu for people seeking distinguished and stylish purchases. However, we were allowed to visit at 4 PM to roam the place and take pictures without battling the crowds or trying
Last Wednesday as we were receiving food deliveries for the dinner party and setting things up one of the bags we received was a little black bag that looked different from the other food bags. My husband realizing what it is set it aside to unveil
I was invited to attend the Ramadan Expo held by 52 Degrees. Ramadan expos mean two things for sure: Tableware and Dara3as! Given that
Even though the mail service in Kuwait is beyond disgraceful. Even though I’ve never ever received post cards and pen pal letters from friends abroad which I’ve longed for all my life. Even though I know these blue boxes are merely just street decor but I’ve to say that I love them. I love the [...]
My lovely friend Pink Girl arrived to my place last week bearing a big white bag. I was surprised since it wasn’t my birthday but she told me it was a housewarming gift for my new apartment which made
Yesterday I was in Mishref Co-op when I found a plastic tray filled with huge Kinder eggs each one as big as a big KDD Qaymar carton. One of the Kinder eggs was cracked open and we could see that inside its the old Kinder egg with a huge capsule for the gift inside. I [...]
Wow! I am well on my way to reaching the 20,0100 comment now :p Thank you everyone! The winner of a brand new shipped from the states Apple TV is… Just a Bunch of Thoughts! Congratulations hon! Hafsa & Jacquies were really close, really really close! The Apple TV is an AMAZING device! Plug into [...]
The owner of the 20,000 th comment is almost here! Your Apple gadget is waiting for you! Today, tomorrow, depending on the commenting traffic, the winner will be announced! There is a good chance if you comment it could be you! Whose going to be the owner of the 20,000 comment? Just to clarify, the comment should [...]
During the holidays I’ve had a knock on my apartment door then came a delivery guy bearing a bread basket filled with healthy goodies from Diet Care. An assortment of sandwiches, Tik Delight, Strawberry Cheesecake, and a slice of the Kuwaiti flag cake. All low in fat and calories and have 0 trans fat. Given [...]
I received a phone call yesterday from Lenôtre asking me to come to their Gulf Road branch because they have a surprise for me. I couldn’t go for I
I came home yesterday for another surprise: a Valentine’s day gift from Shanghai Tang in their signature pink and
Yesterday evening I received a call from Life with Cacao informing me that they have a gift for me! I gave them my new address and very soon afterwards (considering I now live
I came to the apartment yesterday to find a tiger print bag on top of one of my tables. Surprised, happy, and a little suspicious I grabbed it to have a
Today is day 3 of my Gloria Jeans Coffee Training and today we did coffee tasting! When I arrived the first thing I did was to take a quiz and I passed it Afterwards I was told about the different taste places in the tongue for sugar, salt, and sour flavors. Then I learned about [...]
I arrived home yesterday to find a nice surprise waiting for me from Bazaar Magazine to thank me for participating in their blog bytes segment in the 2012 Dining
Just arrived from the USA is the gift to be presented to the owner of comment 20,000 on my blog! The count down has started already and the gift is something spectacular from Apple that I have just received myself today. It is not an iPhone and not an iPad since almost everyone in Kuwait [...]
As a big fan of hot chocolate and chocolate dippers I was ecstatic when I found a big collection of chocolate dippers in one of the German Xmas markets held in the UK every winter -which I will post about later-. Check out the wacky flavors they have: Strawberry & Pink Pepper, Almond Raspberry, Cappucino Orange, [...]
