This Sunday, why not give a local gift to your Valentine?
ST VALENTINE’S Day is this weekend! Shopping for that perfect gift is a bit different this year with online sales coming to the fore. In the interest of supporting locally-based businesses, be sure to check out some of the lovely gifts that can be purchased in Sligo at the click of a button. QuirkyFlowers.ie have you covered for flowers, especially if you are looking something extra special to mark the occasion. Among their stock is a large heart-shaped floral hat box complete with teddy, red roses and two-tone light blush roses and “Be My Valentine” wooden pick.
This gift is available from www. quirkyflowers.ie/valentines-daygifts.
Kate’s Kitchen has created a Valentines Snuggle Sunday Kit.
This kit is perfect for anyone who wants to treat their loved one to breakfast in bed. The kit includes pancake batter, crispy bacon, fresh orange juice, a bottle of prosecco, maple syrup and Kate’s Kitchen’s own homemade boozy tiffin bar. The kit can now be pre-ordered from kateskitchen.ie and can be delivered by February 13.
Sweet Beat has launched a new Vegan Valentine’s Treat Suite.
This can be shipped anywhere in Ireland and comes packed with many vegan goodies including a Sweet Beat chocolate and orange sweet loaf, a bag of Sweet Beat chocolate and a bag of delicious 3fe coffee.
The Vegan Valentine’s Treat Suite is available from www.sweetbeat.ie. Liber Bookshop has added lots of Valentine’s Day cards to their website and have recommended several titles for your reading pleasure including Love by Roddy Doyle, The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis and Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. Products can be purchased from Liber over the phone between 10am and 5pm until Sunday.
Also, he keen reader in your life may also enjoy delving into our own title – The Best of The Sligo Weekender Volume One. The book contains the the stories of well-known Sligo individuals, while we also look back on some well-known names of the past.
The book is available from our office on High Street, in all leading newsagents in Sligo town and county and can also be bought through email, phone or online at sligoweekender.ie/book.
If you fancy getting some food in, Flipside is giving away a meal for two. Those interested in having a chance of winning the meal can do so by sharing the post on their Facebbok page and tagging the person they want to share the food with.
However, the title of the competition is ‘Sharing Is Overrated’, should you take it upon yourself to eat in your other half’s honour while they are locked down elsewhere!
The competition winner will be announced later today, Thursday. Meanwhile, the Yeats County Inn Hotel in Curry has a special weekend Valentine’s menu available. Meals are available to collect from Saturday between 5pm and 8pm and Sunday between 12 noon and 7pm.
The menu is priced at €20 per person.
Orders will also be taken during the hours listed above, but if you place your order before 5pm today, Thursday, you will be entered into a draw for a €20 voucher.
If ou want to treat your significant other to some new threads, EJ Menswear have some unbeatable bargains. The Grattan Street store has the Ted Smith 1/4 zip jumper and Superdry polos available for purchase online from their website, ejmenswear.com.
Higgins Pharmacy is sharing the love with a special skincare hamper worth €275 – but it could be yours for free.
The pharmacy is giving away the hamper on Facebook where you simply need to like and share the relevant post and tag two friends.