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Sweets for your sweet sugar for your honey | Retro Sweets from GettingPersonal.co.uk

28 September 2009

Choosing gifts for a partner can be difficult, particularly when you have only been dating for a short time. You feel pressure to choose something that suits their personality and worry that if you misjudge it, they might think you don't pay enough attention. You want to get something special but may not have a lot of money to spend and you also want something they will enjoy, not something boring and practical that their mother might have bought. So, where to start? Well a good start is to focus on the fun things you like to do together, maybe there is a special place you could go for a romantic meal together or, if the weather is nice, perhaps you could organise an al fresco picnic with champagne and tasty snacks to share.

Sweet Memories

Of course they say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach but edible gifts are a great idea for girls too as the act of eating together is all about closeness and fun. So if your loved one has a bit of a sweet tooth, why not pick up some sweet treats that you can enjoy together and have fun with at the same time. Stay away from traditional boxes of chocolates, as delicious as they might be, this screams impersonal and might create the impression that you put no thought into the gift at all – not a promising start to the evening.

A really fun alternative is to pick up some retro sweets that will remind him or her of their youth as well as tasting delicious. The best thing about retro sweets is the way they always spark off memories of childhood visits to the sweet shop after school, friends' birthday parties or the magical jingle of the ice cream van and his mobile array of sweet delights. Retro sweets therefore encourage you to share stories of your youth and get to know each other that little bit better.

If you are hosting a party to celebrate your loved one's special day then a great idea is a full hamper of retro sweets that can be shared by all your guests. Guaranteed to keep everyone talking long into the night, these make great centre pieces and will have perfect strangers trading personal tales within minutes. In this basket of treats you'll find all sorts of candies from yesteryear, including Sherbet Dip Dabs, Flying Saucers and Chocolate Mice.

You could even create a whole theme around your retro sweets and lay out the contents of the hamper in the form of those magical sweet shops of your youth, where candies of every colour of the rainbow were set out on the counter in tempting arrangements with little paper bags to hold your sugary treasures. To help recapture those memories, perhaps you could get everyone to come dressed in the best (or worst) styles of the day, complete with shoulder pads, platform shoes or leg warmers. To extend the retro sweets theme further, you might also like to introduce a few party games to break the ice. Musical chairs is a good choice for this as it will get people moving around and talking to each other.

Like a Kid in a Sweet Shop

If you are planning a more personal celebration rather than a full scale party then retro sweets can still play a role in injecting some fun into your plans. Remember the days before huge supermarkets when independent sweet shops were a popular fixture of any High Street? One of the most appealing features of these shops was the feeling of entering and gazing in awe at the incredible range of jars on the shelves in front of you and trying to decide what to choose. It's possible to try and recreate the excitement of that moment by choosing retro sweets in traditional shaped jars. Best of all, you can even give personalised jars of retro sweets with a specially tailored label displaying your own personal message. Crammed full of goodies, a jar of retro sweets makes a unique and personal gift that is ideal for sharing.

Retro sweets also make a fun gift for siblings or friends you've grown up with as you have common childhood experiences. Reminiscing together with a selection of the tastiest memories of your youth is a fabulous way to spend time together, particularly when you don't normally get to see as much of each other as you would like. Or why not take some along to the next school reunion and get people talking about more than just their careers. Whether you want to throw a themed party or just enjoy a giggle with your new partner, retro sweets make a great talking point and an alternative gift choice that everyone will love.



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