https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:04:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77543 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:13:21 +0000 chopsuey 77543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: OMG! Heart almost stopped. HAHAAaah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77542 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:12:46 +0000 Andrea 77542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: YES HE DOES. hahaha, just kidding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77538 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:11:14 +0000 chopsuey 77538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: wow. you lived in london? fancy! ;) don't tell me c has a british accent......... LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77521 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:01:18 +0000 heffalump 77521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend always sends me a cookie cake for my birthday. Best gift ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77365 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:34:01 +0000 MH.Abroad 77365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally love the food idea. That's adorable. I'd be thrilled if someone had awesome food delivered to my house. Just make sure to tell the delivery service to tell her who it's from, or she'll think it's a mistake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77318 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:29:24 +0000 Andrea 77318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tina: Whole Foods will also deliver if she lives close enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77317 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:29:23 +0000 mrbee 77317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tina: A pretty good list here!</p> <p><a href="http://forum.diveintoamerica.com/showthread.php?t=1485" rel="nofollow">http://forum.diveintoamerica.com/showthread.php?t=1485</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77316 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:29:21 +0000 mrs. wagon 77316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: oh my god, that sounds awesome!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77314 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:28:33 +0000 Andrea 77314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something that can get to her TODAY is food. Check out roomservice.co.uk. It's like Seamless Web for London. It shows all the restaurants in her post code that can deliver food. I used to use it all the time when I lived in London. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77313 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:26:56 +0000 chopsuey 77313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tina: wow. they have a whole foods in london?! awesome. :) you can see if harrods or fortnum and mason do ecards too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77311 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:24:45 +0000 mrs. wagon 77311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: ooh I love the care package idea. But I'm not totally familiar with what she might miss from the U.S. I do know she's a vegetarian... hmm maybe Whole Foods has something I can send her digitally. I know she loves the one in London! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77310 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:24:13 +0000 looch 77310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try moon pig.com </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77307 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:21:28 +0000 chopsuey 77307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone does ecards--amazon, omaha steaks (HA. MIL sent me an e-giftcard for my bday), VS, Nords, ..<br /> I would send your friend a care package.. do you know her size, favorite snacks, etc? I sent SIL cereal, gum, chocolate and some other things because they don't have american cereal and chocolates in the UK. (SIL couldn't find reeces and was shocked that they didn't eat cereal there). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-a-friend-in-london#post-77292 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:14:56 +0000 mrs. wagon 77292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So a close friend of mine moved to London with her family last year, and she surprised me last week with a delivery of beautiful flowers on my birthday. I was so shocked and I ordered from a London florist to send her flowers on her birthday just a few days later (yesterday), and the order confirmation went through and everything... but today I checked to make sure they charged my credit card and it wasn't charged... so I emailed the florist and my email bounced back. Then I go to look for the phone number on the website and there's no number...!!! I just checked the yelp reviews and realized all the great reviews are from 2008, and someone posted a negative one yesterday saying they too ordered (for Valentines Day) and received confirmation of delivery time and everything, and flowers were never delivered. ACK!!</p> <p>I cannot believe that as a professional in the industry of internet and e-commerce I totally ignored the red flags (not a great website, only 4 yelp reviews, SSL cert didn't go all the way through with my order...) I think the whole internationalness of it totally distracted me. </p> <p>So now it's past 4pm on Friday in London so even if I find a local florist to place an order with, it probably won't get to her until Monday, a full 5 days after her birthday. UGH!!! Couldn't have messed up any worse. (I blame Rob Sr., who found the florist and said I should order from them. Haha.) </p> <p>I'd love to send something TODAY... any ideas? I've already gifted her a music album on itunes lately, so no go there... I'm wracking my brain for ideas about e-gift cards but I'm at a total loss and frazzled by my massive screw-up. GAH!!! </p>