ROLL UP ROLL UP for the TOP TIPS Xmas present thread

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For FUDGE eaters
this is the dogs nuts

for drinkeypoos types
these flowers

for bloke teachers - get a cinema voucher
( or love film gift thing)

fopr organic types get them this www.graze.com/gift

for teenagers with iphones get them smart gloves not very glam but hey - GAP.com have them but not in UK

for the man in your life get a Private eye subsicription - one of the most popular gifts ever here! a bargain

and remember the maxim

"I wil not buy a digital photo frame"

RolandButter lol at nobbo!

the cloches are good.
i got my dad a pop up one from marks one year he still uses.

great thread, am loving the literary gift site!

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thingys scrappys mum.
what about a posh shrub> Plants&price=&pagenumber=0 like one of these/

(sorry go to outdoor plants)

Thanks Wiki for the reminder about Lakeland. Such lovely stuff.

or a jo malone candle?
or a sunlounger for summer
or a new garden parasol?

Lakeland would be a good place for the " oh dont get me anything mum" a hamper of useful stuff

i love their precut cake tin liners ( lazy arse)

ooh the HEADONIZER! i got one at hamleys, bought one for mum at Watersones( i know wtf)
are OSSOM

headonizer.blogspot.com/2010/09/headonizer.html

lots of good ideas, keep them coming!
Just marking my place.

get your mum one of these deers heads

These Lego storage things are cool.

More here

What can I get my super clever Oxbridge type mum, then? The Boots 3 for 2 toiletries sets just don't cut it with her.

Even that literary stuff website (which I love, btw) isn't throwing anything up.

Can't buy her books, as she buys anything she wants herself.

headonizer feels amazing- love it

scurry-have ordered dd some UV lenses -thanks

Pressure - anything on the Bodleian site here?

Tickets to a gallery or museum event?

perusing now, Belligerent - thank you!

Marigold - if you are within reach of London how about a vinopolis wine tour? I bought this for my folks last year - they were very happy.

My mum boffiny too. Got her a book. Then realised had agreed to buy her tea at fortnums.

Theatre vouchers? Rhs membership? A pot planted up for spring bulbs. We did that for dhs elderly gran once.

Right, very rich FIL (75)
Likes walking, gardening, and hot mustard.
Does NOT like reading.
Budget £30

Do your best.

For Boffin-mum another idea might be to go down the completely non-boffin route and buy lovely underwear or a voucher for new shoes.

For the mums who have everything, how about a 'promise' gift, all nicely written out and decorated...I promise to take you to Kew Gardens next May to see the tulips...I promise to bake you a cake on the first day of each month next year...I promise...well, you get the idea. :)

Rich fil -

posh oatcakes - Duchy
good cheese
posh mustard - Duchy

good walking socks and Kendal mintcake - hip flask.

Any suggestions for my parents who will spend next year building a new house for themselves (not actually doing it but proj. mging etc) while living in a rental house? They won't want anything for the rental place as it's chock full of furniture (they're downsizing).

What do people think of afternoon tea as a gift for uncle/ aunt in-laws?