What present under £25 have you loved?

[NigellaWannabe1]

Ideas for my good friend as her birthday is coming up! Early 50s, likes dog walking, travelling, plays netball, likes restaurants. Not a voucher please.

Jewellery and trinket boxes are always useful

I love listening to the radio although I use Alexa in the house but I have a fear of being out of the loop if there's a power cut . So i asked for a rechargeable radio which I can keep topped up and it will run for about 12 hours which would last me for about 2 days off and on .
The one I got was just under £20 on Amazon and its really a handy little thing,
Best thing is I can take into the bathroom to listen to Radio four while I have a soak .

A selection of 3 novels . . .

Books
Soap (I hate handwash)
Cava or Cremant de Loire (I don’t much like Prosecco)

Books.
Lego sets.
Big bag of various bubble bath.

Ooops- sorry - got carried away and didnt answer your query properly

For your friend I would probably look for a nice handbag that suited her daily needs,

A lovely pla t for my garden. Not very rock and roll but always makes me think of my friend. Its a "martini plant" after a particularly heavy martini drinking session.

Some sort of travel set . Maybe fancy wash bag .

A very small and pretty pair of earrings.

A little trinket plate with our nickname for each other on it.
a key ring with the name of our WhatsApp group (also an in joke)
photos of the good times
replacement of something I was fond of which I thought had been lost forever

A nice plant for the garden, maybe a fruit tree or a planter to go near the front door.
A really good mug (correct size. shape, design and texture e.g. massive, straight sides, picture of a ram, bone China)
Really good chocolate

I was given a cream tea. It was delicious.

One of these mugs https://cathwaters.com/collections/mugs

DH got me some for Christmas and they are even nicer in real life and make me smile everything I use one.

Candles flowers

The Uniqlo bag - the banana shaped one that you can fit a surprising amount in - perfect for my walk or when on holiday

books

plant for garden - usually a David Austin rose or a peony

my Dad likes his wind up radio for the garden

A rose bush

So many ideas! Thank you all x

A pair of Turtle Doves recycled cashmere wristwarmers. I wear them year round on dog walks and couldn't be without them.

make up a little hamper with goodies, smellies etc

I would hate this! A bag is such a personal choice and feeling obliged to use one I didn't like because it was a present would really annoy me.

There's a lot of very generic gifts being suggested, most of which I wouldn't like at all! I freely admit I am fussy though.

Two of the nicest things I was given at Christmas, by my husband who knows me well, were a bundle of my favourite pens (Papermate Inkjoy gel pens in dark purple) and 4 proper notebooks.

Teapigs chamomile teabags, a treat as there are much cheaper brands but these are lovely.

A masssive pic and mix bag of my preferred Lindt chocolate balls lol

A bar of really good chocolate and two interior design magazines

A collection of different herbs from the garden centre

Five small lavender plants

L’Occitane almond oil shower gel. Divine!

A little travel jewelry box