Gift ideas ladies in 50s

[lancslass17]

Hi,

I have 2 friends birthdays soon struggling for ideas ( done scarves , books ).

What would you like as a 50 year old lady (£20 max).
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Are these things you would actually like to receive yourself? I can't imagine anyone actively wanting a personalised plaque.

Nothing dainty, nothing scarfy, nothing chocolatey. Definitely not a cheap scented candle.

A bottle of decent Pinot Noir would do the trick.

Something consumable. I don't need any more stuff. No more scarves, gloves, socks, jugs or mugs. Maybe a candle, chocolate or wine. Although in our group of friends we have now decided to no longer do presents and just go for lunch and cocktails together. We all have more 'stuff' than we need and don't really want to add to it.

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I've just seen the £20 max bit.

Wine then.

Sounds good to me. Or a big box of Booja Booja chocolates.

A coffee voucher?
A diy hamper with some nice chutneys, biscuits, chocolate etc
A nice notebook and pen
A plant
A mug

Yes, I would love any of these. I have some beautiful personalised plaques with lovely saying on them. Other people could hate these suggestions, but I have seen some suggestions on here that I would rather not receive, although I am grateful for any gifts I receive. One of my plaques is from a very close friend who sadly took her own life 2 years ago, so it means so much to me, i will treasure it forever

I am 46 and my best friend is a few years older, its getting harder and harder to find gifts these days as she isn't much into fashion, or make up and while she uses skincare it tends to be very specific stuff and she buys it herself. She isn't a reader and sold all her dvd's and Cd's years ago and is a bit of a minimalist. I previously gave her some experience type gifts but couldn't do that over covid and now she has a young child so doesn't have a lot of free time. I think as you get older it is harder to find gifts.

I love things like:
Nice consumables so Hotel Chocolat Hot Chocolate 70% Dark, Turkish Delight, Cake, nice Jam and pickles, a mint or dark chocolate orange.
Books and Book tokens
Nice body lotion and shower gels
Cosy socks
Ink for my fountain pen or a nice notebook
Vouchers for anywhere I like to shop or a café I go to.
Best of all might be a trip out with the person, so they buy me a ticket for a show or to the cinema and we go for a meal (we both pay for that of course) and just spend some time.

None of it has to be expensive, essentially I appreciate anything anyone gets me these days but I still really struggle to get things for other people and worry if I give them chocolate, chutney and a book token they will think it's crap.

Have a look at Vinted for lego sets, the lego Gingerbread house I bought myself for Christmas made me very happy

Sorry, that was rude of me.

Ugh.

Tbh unless you know the person well enough to know what they'd actually like to be given it's probably best to stick to something bland and conventional that they could regift or donate if they can't use it. Knowing someone's hobbies isn't necessarily helpful as by 50 they may have all the kit they want and/or have specific preferences.

An Amazon voucher, if you’re going off age alone for gift ideas it’s going to be shit, get them something you know they’re interested or like in life or just get them a voucher and let them buy something they will actually use and like.

I'm a little older than 50 (60+), but as others have said, it depends on their interests.
For me I would like books, art materials,craft materials, good walking socks, a selection of treats from Holland and Barrett type shop (nuts, dried fruit, weird healthy snacks) accessories for my bike, nice water bottle, a shrub or fruit bush for the garden.
No candles.

I love nothing more than a bunch of flowers. I don't want stuff that will clutter up my home. Flowers are lovely because you can enjoy then they are gone.

Flowers are lovely and the OP should know whether her friend gets hay fever or similar.

Last time someone gave me flowers, though, they had to go high up out of the way in a room that was kept closed unless I was in there. I was fostering a marauding mountaineer of a cat at the time & it was the only way to protect them from each other!

No cheap jewellery.
No candles.
Nothing to clutter my house up.

I'm 58. I wouldn't want candles or scarves. I got turtle dove gloves last year which I was very happy with

I would love you to take me out for coffee and cake at a cafe

I have more hand cream than I will ever use !

£20?

Afraid that’s barely going to stretch to one decent bottle of wine / tin of EVOO / chunk of cheese special enough to give.

So any newly published prizewinning volume of science fiction or poetry would probably be best.

Silencers for my drumkit
A tattoo voucher
Take me out for lunch and drinks
A good lipstick

I am 50ish and i would like a book, plant or flowers or some nice chocolates. Candles would be OK, or a really nice smelling hand cream or diffuser maybe.

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I'm in my mid-50s and adult DS usually gets me a bag of carrots for birthday or Christmas. Sometimes a watermelon.

£20 worth of coffee would be good.

Lunch and drinks for £20? Where are you planning to go?

And the last time I bought a lipstick for less than that amount it dried out my lips for days …

@lancslass17 I’d suggest you don’t just pick any old random thing that can be had for £20 - or anything that’s likely to be in someone’s weekly Ocado delivery. That’s not a treat. Pick something for which £20 would be the luxury version (like a very fine paperback book). Decent (as in desirable) candles / perfume / yoga mats / bits of tech / nights out at cocktail bars generally cost multiples of that - and as you’ve seen, a large proportion of 50 year old women have very expensive tastes.

A voucher for my favourite dog gubbins shop, a cinema voucher, a garden centre token or a voucher for my favourite coffee shop (or a selection of good coffees - caffeine free though). Vouchers, pretty much - then I can get what I really want. Or good quality homemade chocolates- I’ll happily take those off you.

Do not get me flowers, scarves, Prosecco, gin or a candle - or our friendship is over.

A woman of 50 is a Gen-Xer from the grunge era. please no "dainty" earrings for the "lady". Ffs.