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What have my children bought me for my birthday?

58 replies

CarltonsSwankyJumper · 13/02/2023 15:47

Next week is my birthday and with the children on half term and an errand to run in our nearest small smart market town, filled with trinket, clothing, food, soap and knick knack shops, I took my 3 teenaged boys with me as they wanted to look for a present.

I dropped them off and went on to my appointment and they met me when I came out, everyone was in a good mood. Great, I thought, no panicking about presents and cards (or worse still my DH sorting them out on their behalf the night before)

But, a notification has popped up on my phone from the youngest one’s banking app saying he’s spent 14.99 in Robert Dyas.

Robert Dyas…

Robert Dyas…

What the hell have they bought me in Robert Dyas?????? Grin

OP posts:
SuburbanMummy123 · 13/02/2023 15:51

😂 An apron or oven gloves?! Let’s hope it’s something more thoughtful like a pinboard they’ll fill with family photos…

WishingMyLifeAway · 13/02/2023 15:53

I vote for a mop and bucket 😂😂😂

TeeBee · 13/02/2023 15:55

Cooking things? A blender?

ItWasntMyFault · 13/02/2023 15:56

Waffle maker or something like that

Sparklesandsunshine1 · 13/02/2023 15:56

A nice mum mug ☕️

SusanPerbCallMeSue · 13/02/2023 15:57

Cleaning or cooking stuff?

Or a garden gnome or ornament of some sort.

AdaColeman · 13/02/2023 15:58

Cake tin, so you can make your own birthday cake! Cake Cake Cake Cake

WellTidy · 13/02/2023 16:00

Do you like gardening? Maybe a windowsill propagator or something relating to feeding garden birds or something like that.

LizzieBrooks · 13/02/2023 16:01

😄

A draught excluder? Ironing board cover?

Pascha · 13/02/2023 16:04

Sandwich machine? Popcorn machine? I'm guessing something they'd actually quite like too...

flutterbyebaby · 13/02/2023 16:08

Something that will benefit them😅😅😅

Original poster
CarltonsSwankyJumper · 13/02/2023 16:52

It could be any of these things 🤣. Or maybe a set of padlocks, some Gorilla Glue and a tin of radiator paint..

I wonder if they’ve actually known me their entire lives…🤣

Someone cheer me up with how to point them in the right direction for next year in case I have been bought some lightbulbs and a thermos flask…

OP posts:
Crumpledstilstkin · 13/02/2023 17:01

I wouldn't worry too much, lots of nice bits in RD! I'd be made up with a sandwich toaster from my kids 😂

LadyMargaretDevereux · 13/02/2023 17:04

Presumably there was no obvious huge box they were carrying? I vote for the nice Mum mug. Let's also hope the other two had cash on them for something nice as well.

runwithme · 13/02/2023 17:05

Pokemon cards! Our local one sells them, spotted by my eagle eyed DC, who seems to have a Pokemon card radar!

FineThings · 13/02/2023 17:08

Fairy lights, or outdoor lighting. Bet ya.

ArcaneWireless · 13/02/2023 17:08

A remote control dinosaur.

pilates · 13/02/2023 17:10

Garden tools?

Please update us I am intrigued 😀

TheLazyToad · 13/02/2023 17:19

They sell Yankee candles in our Robert Dyas (OK so long as you like Yankee candles, I guess!)

SusanPerbCallMeSue · 13/02/2023 17:24

This I reckon

www.robertdyas.co.uk/gardenkraft-solar-solar-powered-led-angel-light-ornament-warm-white

Do you like angels?

PoseyFlump · 13/02/2023 17:34

WishingMyLifeAway · 13/02/2023 15:53

I vote for a mop and bucket 😂😂😂

Oh my days 😂

redspottedmug · 13/02/2023 17:38

It must be a single item, as the amount ends in 0.99.

A tub of dried worms?

A pink tool set? www.robertdyas.co.uk/28pc-pink-tool-kit-set-with-carry-case

TangledWebOfDeception · 13/02/2023 18:09

Heheheh, could be anything!!

Placemarking for Birthday Mirth.

SunsetStrip · 13/02/2023 18:11

The last thing I bought from Robert Dyas was a loo seat.... have a fab birthday 😂

Chasingsquirrels · 13/02/2023 18:15

AdaColeman · 13/02/2023 15:58

Cake tin, so you can make your own birthday cake! Cake Cake Cake Cake

Mine once got me a cake tin (their step-mums suggestion).

I might have told them if I'd reached mid-40's without owning a cake tin, it was probably because I didn't want one (I use celebrations type tubs, and it was just a, nice, round cake tin) - opps!

They now know that chocolates, an orchid, or nice socks - however boring THEY think those things might be - will be much appreciated by ME.