If someone was buying you a gift for £10, what would you want?

[ImFree2doasiwant]

It's my birthday soon, and I need to give the younger family members gift ideas. I have no clue at all what to suggest. I don't want alcohol.

A really nice bubble bath

No mug, im particular about how my crockery looks.

Id love some wax melts/candles

A new evening brew cup. Bigger than a normal mug, but not Sports Direct sized.

A handwitten voucher/note in card & the cash to spend in the local yarn shop.

A couple of travel sized shampoo bars to try from Etsy - some have free delivery & are less than £2.

@Camomila if you're near a Wilko's, ours has some nice metal water bottles on sale for £2.50 each at the moment. We have several of them between us & have no complaints :)

I think I'd add a nice notebook to my list too. Preferably spiral bound but I'm not fussy & Wilko's always have a nice selection; I wouldn't spend the £4 on one for myself but would be made up with one as a gift.

I've added a pad for the kitchen. I'm enjoying reading everyone's suggestions! I git nice mugs when I became single,and sticked up on candles at Christmas, decent ones so they last.

got and stocked

Amazon voucher
Nice socks
Notebook
Decent torch
Food
Hot chocolate
Things for gardening
Tickets for a film or similar
A CD (I’ve still got a CD player in my car)

Soap making kit (Hobbycraft)
A glossy magazine connected with a hobby they do
A penknife (though tricky for £10)

LOL at “tokenism”. £10 i what we usually spend on family members for birthdays and at Christmas. What great wonders are you expecting to open?!

@NeverTalkToStrangers

Knoops hot chocolate flakes.

@NeverTalkToStrangers thanks for mentioning these. I think I may buy some for my husband. How many servings do you get out of a box? It doesn’t say on the site.

In theory you’re meant to do something ridiculous like 8 heaped spoons per mug, but I do 3 which is still delicious and get maybe 8-10 servings?

Honestly I am beyond gifts. I have everything and more, and I'd want them to save their money or come out with me for a coffee together or to donate to refugee causes.

Voucher for a cross stitch site to download patterns or buy stash.

Have a list to hand of all the things you use and like which are under £10 and circulate/update regularly for this very occasion. Be very specific about brands if you have a strong preference. I really dislike wasting money myself or for others to buy things i'm not going to use. We have avoided getting into the kids buying us presents to a degree for this reason but now they are older I would rather they spent £2 or 3 on something I'm going to use than £10 on something i'm not. If there's a list of items rather than just being told one or two things then they will also feel like they have an element of choice in what they buy.

@NeverTalkToStrangers

In theory you’re meant to do something ridiculous like 8 heaped spoons per mug, but I do 3 which is still delicious and get maybe 8-10 servings?

@NeverTalkToStrangers okay I was wondering about that! Eight teaspoons seemed like a lot but I wasn’t sure. I’m also thinking about the sugar content as well. Thank you for answering!

Candle
Recent novel
Coffeeshop voucher