If you’ve ever felt like listening to your music in the bath, around the pool or out in the garden but have been too scared of ruining your iPod, this Wireless Floating Speaker could be just what you need. A small transmitter is used to hook your sound system up to the speakers, enabling you to wirelessly hear your tunes up to 150ft away. The speakers are waterproof so you can even float them in the bath with you if you want a relaxing soak with your fav tunes.

The speakers are reasonably priced at £39.95 and available from I Want One Of Those.com

Going to the gym, using weights… boring, get yourself a pair of FitFlops instead and walk your muscles to toned perfection! FitFlops are a genius invention that allow you to work out while you walk, plus they look fab too. The shoes have a special mid-sole that activates and stimulates muscles by challenging your support and balance helping to tone up your legs and bum.

I don’t know about you but I always feel really sluggish on holiday because I eat and drink more than usual and lay on the sunbed for most of the day. I take my gym stuff with me but sadly never quite make it to the hotel fitness room! Now I’m not even going to bother taking my trainers and support bra with me - I’ll tone up by walking on the beach or from club to club!!

FlipFlops are available in a number of styles for both men and women, the ones pictured are my personal favourite and they cost about £36 depending on where you shop. Check out the official FlipFlop Website for all the styles and stockists.

During quite a long power cut at home the other day I became increasingly frustrated that I couldn’t get anything done. I realised how lost I would be without daily use of electrical appliances and I can’t imagine living without them now. Here are some of the goodies I simply can’t get by without!

My Laptop - I spend a large portion of my day on this laptop, without which I wouldn’t be able to blog about my favourite things, or have a job! It’s a Toshiba Satellite and it’s light and easy to carry around. If I’d expected the power cut I would have charged the laptop fully but no, the battery had about 2% left so I nothing to watch or work on!

iPod Docking Station - also known as an Intempo Digital RDI iPod Speaker Dock With Built In DAB is one of my absolute must haves. It’s an alarm clock, radio and iPod speakers in one. The best thing about this gadget is that you can select a song for the alarm clock and wake up to your favourite tunes! The station is currently available at Amazon for £95.

Water Imp - I live in a particularly hard water area and therefore for me a water softener is a must, we use a Water Imp and it makes such a difference to the quality. Having a shower is much more enjoyable now I don’t have to scrub the door every time I get out!!

Sky TV - I’m sure many of you will agree with this one, once you’ve got it, its hard to let it go. It took my boyfriend ages to persuade me to get Sky but now its me that spends more time watching it and series linking all our favourite programs. Life without Britain’s Next Top Model, Scrubs and the old Sex and the City episodes seems unbearable to me now!

GHD’s - My best friend and a daily routine. Without these bad boys my hair definitely needs a paper bag! Get your own at www.ghdhair.com.

The BBC has confirmed that plans are under way to make their iPlayer compatible to use with the iPhone. It is not clear exactly how this will happen or when but it will bring a whole new level to the iPhone’s capabilities. Rumour has it that we will only have to wait a few weeks for the application, yey!

As an iPhone user myself I am extremely excited about the news and I am sure people are celebrating all around the world! We’ll never have to miss Eastenders again.

More information about the iPhone at the Apple Store.

Find yourself in need of a USB Memory Key a lot at School, College, University, or work? Want it to be glitzy and glamorous to match yourself? Swarovski may just have what you’re looking for.

Looking at its exterior you’d think it was just a stainless steel heart pendant with silver shade crystals set in Ceralun, on a silver silk cord but when you open it up you’ll find a Heart Beat USB Memory Key. Place this on a key ring for maximum colleague/fellow student envy. Practical, stylish and dazzling … all hail Swarovski.

You can purchase your Heart Beat USB Memory Key from www.swarovski.com priced at £105.

Check out these great gift ideas from Life & Style Magazine, there’s something for everyone on these two pages alone. The world will be going mad on Christmas Shopping sprees but I seriously can’t be bothered with the hassle and prefer to do everything on line.

Have you seen the Argos advert? that is exactly how I imagine shopping centres will look!! So browse around and see what you can find on the net, and you can start off with the great ideas above.

These wine tags are a great idea for parties. When you offer your friends a glass of wine when they arrive simply mark their glass with one of these stickers with an individual design. Then all they need to do is remember what the picture on their glass is and they can identify it easily from all the others left lying around the place.

I have experienced the embarrassment of drinking from someones glass that I’ve never even spoken to many a time, so I think these are a great idea and a good conversation starter too. However sometimes there comes a point in the night were everyone is too drunk to remember their own name let alone their picture but then at that stage who cares whose glass is whose anyway! Get them at Gadget Storm.

A new and exciting way of losing weight has arrived and has become a very popular craze.

Wondering how it works? Power Plate is a vibrating exercise machine that transmits ‘waves of energy throughout the body activating muscle contractions between 25 and 50 times per second’. Overall the results are that after a session as short as 15 minutes you will see immediate results in blood circulation and over a few sessions a decrease in dreaded orange peel (cellulite), better flexible and stronger muscles, to name a few of the desired outcomes. Beats going to the gym for hours on end.

There are a number of facilities across the country that hold power plate classes, visit uk.powerplate.com to find one close to you and call to inquire about prices.

Check these out - funky pink headphones that double up as ear muffs ready for those long cold days we have recently been experiencing.

I’m not normally a fan of large headphones, I much prefer the subtle look of my iPod earphones that are thin, white and hide away nicely in your ear, but I have to admit there is something very appealing about Skullcandy. I think it could be the fun pink colour, the use of fur and the fact that they actually look and give the same quality as pro DJ style headsets that I find so irresistible.

Get these over your ears and keep warm whilst bopping. Experience how music should sound and log on to www.catapult.co.uk and get your very own Skullcandy for £52.99.

Getting a spot of bother or sick of using endless amounts of spot clearing cream that just don’t work and wish for perfect skin? Invest in the new Zeno Acne Clearing Device. Switch the device on and hold the tip on the spot for several minutes, letting the heat cause the spot to ‘self-destruct’ and after a couple of tries, you should see the spot disappear, over 12-24 hours. A pain free and easy way to have clearer skin!

Spots appear at the worst times, create bad moods and spoil a perfectly preened face, so get rid of them in perfect time for the Christmas party season!

The Zeno Acne Clearing Device costs £129 and is available from www.hqhair.com.

Why waste time having to pour drinks for you and your guests when you could simply prepare a drinks fountain before the nights entertainments begin!

I’m sure if you’re not holding a festive party yourself, you will most likely be going to a few so its definitely worth spreading the word on this great gadget I have found. This drinks fountain, in my opinion is a great saviour from all those party groans you often get when people aren’t impressed with what the party has to offer - and lets face it there’s always at least one moaner in the crowd! The idea is that people will be so impressed with the fountain that they will forget about what it was they were moaning about!!

All that’s involved is simply pouring your chosen beverage in to the fountain and then turning it on. It couldn’t be simpler. The fountain then pumps the drink from the lower bowl up to the top tier. Once the drink overflows it then cascades down from the top level to give the fountain effect. Guests can now fill their cups without the use of a ladle, in turn this opens up more time to get that drinking on the go!!

This great little gadget is sure to keep everyone satisfied so £24.95 is not a bad price to have too pay. Be the perfect festive party host and log on to www.gadgetshop.com to get your very own drinks fountain.

Lovin’ this clip advertising the new portable iPod Speaker, some of the dance moves are so cool and I think the dude from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ is in there (the one that likes baton twirling), if not it looks just like him! Anyway have a watch, its fun!!

For me, there’s nothing worse than waking up to a song you can’t stand and its one sure way to start your day in a bad mood! As if having to wake up at the crack of dawn every morning isn’t enough, you then have to listen rubbish tunes and pointless chit chat you regularly get on morning radio shows.

However, from now on there appears to be a chance of waking up happy every day and that’s with the Retro iPod Alarm. Its a cute little clock that’s available in white, pink and black and its actually a dock for your iPod. Once its inserted it syncs with your iPod so you can wake up listening to any song, podcast or sound file you like!!

Its a great way to listen to your iPod without having to use headphones and will also charge whilst you’re asleep. Its been described as gorgeously chic and an ideal pressie for a sleepyhead iPod owner who simply hates beeps and bells. So make sure you get your hands on one from www.firebox.com for £39.95, before everyone wakes up to the idea!!

I have been a customer of 3 Mobile for many years now, at first I joined because they had the cheapest deals available and I was a poor student! Over the years they have continued to offer me great deals and even though I haven’t been overly impressed with their customer service team I have been a loyal customer pretty much since they launched.

I was therefore very excited today when I heard about the new Skype Phone technology they have developed. The new phone allows users to make free calls via Skype on their mobiles to anyone in the world, even customers on pay-as-you-go can benefit from the service as long as they top up a minimum of £10 per month.

If only their customer service skills were as impressive as their products, they’d probably take over the mobile world!!

Via Pyrosoft

We all love a good bargain, so this on line store www.hqoutletstore.com that provides a huge selection of name brands at an amazing reduced rate is probably a girls idea of heaven!

They have everything from Christmas gift ideas and skincare to jewellery and men’s fashion, there really is a huge range of bargains to search through. Its all surplus stock, end of line ranges and past seasons items that are available with superb deals.

I think the best bargain I managed to find on this site is these Diesel Hipper Jeans. I have never managed to bring myself to part with the hundreds of £’s that Diesel normally demand but £29.99 I’m definitely willing to pay, which is how much you can pick a pair up for - that’s a whopping 73% discount as they normally retail at £115.

I will also now be buying one of my favourite beauty products - YSL Touche Eclat from this site only as they are charging a mere £17.95 compared to the normal £24. I would be be crazy not too!!!

With Christmas getting closer and purse strings pulling tighter, I would recommend everyone visiting this site and with savings like these you never know you might find yourself having some spare cash to hit the new year sales - everyone’s a winner!