Lesley - re the bottles. My view was that I bought the bottle, not the water. They are on the windowsill as I type and a brief burst of sunshine has given them a stained glass effect.

I also buy my sister in law something forty percent alcohol for birthday and Christmas. I usually go for vodka in an unusual bottle, because it is fun. I got her Absolut in a leather sort of 'jacket' last summer. I am contemplating a bottle of vodka with a scorpion in it this time, but I want her to enjoy it so I will probably not.

Part of me would love to collect unusual and coloured bottles, but I hate the idea of having to find space and dust them etc.