21st Birthday Blog
13th Jan 2010 (General)
Need A Little Extra Cash?
OK a totally possible scenario - especially in the current financial climate!
It's somebody special to you's 21st birthday (or maybe even yours) and if you could just get your hand on an extra couple of hundred pounds you would not have to cut corners and could treat them properly to a 21st they deserve. Sound too good to be true? Well one day it would have been, but now thanks to SameDayMoney you can do this with ease.
There are no hidden costs and decisions are made ON THE SAME DAY. In fact, you could make an application and have the loan money in your account in as little as 2 hours!
SameDayMoney charges a fixed rate of £25 for every £100 that you borrow with the idea being that you pay the money back on your next pay day.
EG. You have just been paid £900, but you really need an extra £200 this month. SameDayMoney would lend you this cash, then on your next payday you will have a direct debit of £250 taken out. SIMPLE AS THAT!
Just remember the golden rule....Do not borrow what you cannot pay back!
02nd Dec 2009 (General)
21st Birthday Parties Wanted!
ITV have approached us and are producing a new series for LIVING TV following their hit show FOUR WEDDINGS. It's a brand new sister series, but this time its birthdays.
Think 'Come Dine With Me', birthday party style!
The series is kicking off with 21st parties, and the winning party walks away with a dream present – after all four birthday guys/girls have judged / scored each others.
It’s not just an amazing opportunity, but a great souvenir of the event.
Anyone interested needs to get in touch at fourparties@itv.com or call 02071573596
Just one condition! The event must take place in January or February 2010.
10th Nov 2009 (Gift Ideas)
The Coolest Calendar A Guy Could Wish For
And no, this time it does not involve sexy ladies wearing nothing but black tape or bunny ears. I'm talking about Getting Personal's newest addition to their personalised calendar family. It's called the 'Dream Cars' calendar and features 12 of the worlds fastest, most impressive and desirable cars. The best part is that they all have your name on them!
So whether you (or the special guy in your life) dreams of owning a Pagani Zonda F, a Bugatti Veyron or would happily settle for an elegant Aston Martin then this calendar priced from only £9.95 would at least give some inspiration whilst in the mean time he saves up his pennies! If however somebody has bought one of these supercars as a 21st birthday gift however then forget I said anything!
Get your personalised 'Dream Cars' calendar now!
Plus, dont forget that up until Christmas you can save 10% on this and other Getting Personal products by entering the discount code 'TEN' at checkout!
14th Oct 2009 (Things To Do)
Nissan GTR Experience Review
I recently bought a friend of mine a Nissan GTR Driving Experience and I thought I would write a review for you all to read as I believe it is an experience that no speed freak will want to miss!
Upon arrival we could hear the sweet distant sound of supercar engines revving around the track; but once we had walked into the pits and could see the cars in all their glory… well that was an amazing site. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Astons and even an Aerial Atom, but of course lets not forget the almighty GTR that stand there awaiting us in beautiful white. By this time I was very envious that I was not stepping into the cockpit, but nevertheless we walked up to the reception to sign in and find out our safety briefing time slot.
As my friend was signing in a large whiteboard caught my eye… “Nissan GTR - 1 lap - £40, 2 laps - £65, 3 laps - £75”. I suddenly thought to myself “Why don’t I make the most of this trip and buy myself some time in the GTR too, especially as we have travelled 3 hours!” and before I knew it I had my debit card in the chip and pin machine and was given a receipt! Wow, we were both doing a few laps round a race track in the fastest production car ever to come out of Japan.
After watching a quick information and safety video we walked outside to be collected by staff who were going to run us around the track a few times to allow us to get used to it. We jumped in the bright orange Focus ST’s and were briefed on the track, which was mainly information regarding where to break and the circuit lines. After 3 laps we were ready and were dropped back off at the pits, specifically the helmets room where we collected our medium sized helmets.
Back at the pits and looking at all the beautiful Italian supercars there were people of all ages asking the instructors which of all the cars was the fastest. To their amazement they were told that their new Lamborghini Murcielago Limited Edition car was, very shortly followed by the Nissan GTR. That’s right, it costs a quarter of the price of many of the cars at the circuit but was quicker than all of them bar the new lambo! Impressive, good old Japanese!
Anyway, back to the review, it was Vinnie’s turn to step in to the twin turbocharged 3.7 litre monster…. And he was off! Well, not quite as entering the track was rather slow (just to be safe) but once I could see him reproaching the straight I knew that he was going to give it some juice. He came around the corner and after a couple of seconds was nothing but a blur in the distance. By this time I was pretty excited about getting my chance to drive it!
Before long I was sitting in the drivers seat. The interior was really modern, full of gadgets and everything was laid out in the most perfect place; like somebody had planned out just the dashboard over years! After a quick introduction to the instructor and cars features I was told to fire the GTR up. I pushed the ‘Start’ button to hear the low pitched rumble of the engine and pulled away. I took the first lap fairly slowly whilst I familiarised myself with the car, but as I came back round past the pits and out of the large corner I thumped my foot the floor through to the straight ahead changing gear when asked to by the instructor on the steering wheels shift buttons. The acceleration of this car was out of this world, it just pulled like a train through every gear and felt like it would go on at this rate forever!
The experience was over way too quickly for my liking and it has left me craving another drive in the GTR. Maybe if I start saving my pennies I will be able to afford one in ten years time…donations anyone?
If you would like to go on this experience for yourself or perhaps it would make someone you know's 21st birthday one they will never forget, then you can purchase this experience at the following two online shops:
Purchase this from Red Letter Days
16th Sep 2009 (Gift Ideas)
HURRY WHILE STOCKS LAST
An absolutely amazing birthday present has been hugely reduced over at the Sharp website.
This 32" LCD 1080p HD TV has been reduced while stocks last from £749 to £399. Thats a whopping saving of £350.
What better gift could any young lad dream of getting for his 21st than a huge wide screen TV with built in freeview.
To take advantage of this saving you will need to add this product to your basket and enter the dicount code 'my3277'.
01st Sep 2009 (Gift Ideas)
Remember Getting Vouchers For Your Birthday?
Everybody remembers getting vouchers for their birthday or at Christmas. Whether it was Marks and Spencer, Next or perhaps your buyer was a little more generous and gave you HMV or Game vouchers!
Store vouchers always seemed to be the present people bought who really didn’t know what to get but had a vague idea of the recipients interests. It was a little better than writing out a cheque or giving cash as the buyer had to walk into a store and purchase the vouchers, however they did/do restrict the recipient to that store and their products.
The good news is there is a great way to give vouchers that are both meaningful, special and put a huge smile on the recipients face.
I am talking about vouchers for experience days from companies such as Red Letter Days or Virgin Experience Days.
With an ever growing list of things to do for males and females of any age and of any interests this makes the perfect present. The best part of all is that if they cannot find any suitable experiences (you would be hard pushed!) then vouchers can be exchanged for gifts such as Blu Ray players, watches etc (whatever the voucher is worth).
You can not go wrong with giving experience day vouchers for a 21st birthday!
Click here to buy Red Letter Days Vouchers
Click here to buy Buyagift Vouchers
Click here to buy Virgin Experience Day Vouchers
06th Jul 2009 (Gift Ideas)
A Gift For Girls Who Love Shopping
One of our most popular gift ideas has to be our VIP Personal Shopper Experience. If your girlfriend or daughter loves shopping then this experience of a lifetime will have her bursting with happiness.
Ok here's the not so good bit... it's quite expensive, but worth every penny. The lucky 21 year old will receive the following:
- £950 worth of House Of Fraser vouchers
- A fantastic makeover from an experienced stylist
- A personal shopping consultant to pick out the clothes to suit her best
Upon arrival at the store, she will be greeted by her stylist and over a nice cup of tea or coffee will discuss the kind of clothes and colours she is into. Then it is up to the stylist to explore the store looking for perfect clothes for her while she puts her feet up.
What a brilliant and memorable gift for your 21st birthday, especially if you love shopping and clothes!
For more information or to purchase this gift click here.
If you like the sound of this, but the VIP version is a little pricey, then have a look at these shopping experiences for a couple more options.
18th Jun 2009 (Gift Ideas)
Wrapping Paper Just Got Better
With this fantastic wrapping paper you will either be in your friends really good books or really bad books!
There are two types, red and blue gift paper. the reverse however has eiter raunchy half naked women or... well the same for men!
So if your a guy and you want to have a laugh get the red wrapping paper and watch your friend caught up in a moment of shock. If you're a little nicer though, get the blue as men can never see enough half naked ladies!
£2.95 will buy you a supersized sheet (84cm x 59cm). That should be enough to wrap up any sized gift unless you are buying a television!
Click here to buy some raunch wrapping paper or read more!
09th Jun 2009 (Gift Ideas)
Unique Gift Wrapping
Are you fed up of the whole gift wrapping scenario?
Are you one of those people who cannot wrap presents to save their life?
Do you just want to stick your middle finger up to wrapping presents and make a mockery of perfectly presented items?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, then crapwrapping may be just what you are looking for. It is exclusively available at Firebox, the online gadgets and gizmos superstore.
Simply select the products you would like to purchase, then select individual or multi wrapping at checkout stage.
For further info you can find out all about Crapwrap here.
31st May 2009 (Party Ideas)
Personalised 21st Birthday Party Banner
Partybox have a brilliant feature on their website which I had not noticed before; A giant personalised banner creator!
It's really easy to use and allows you to add up to 3 lines of text (changing font, size and colour) and also upload a mugshot for the birthday guy/girl!
Wait, here comes the best part.... The smalles version of this banner which will fit at the top of a door is just £6.99. The larger size (2 metres long) is only £18.99. They do offer a 'giant size too' however this comes in at a price of £43.99 and is just a metre longer.
I would personally go for the large size and buy a few :-)