What are you buying your Mother in Law for Christmas and can I please steal your ideas?

[TheGoddessBlossom]

In theory she should be really easy to buy for as loves clothes, smellies, make up, and all girly things, but she has loads of all of the above so would welcome any ideas please.

Thanks!

A camera apparently. And I'm offloading the DCs scribbles by sticking a calendar thing at the bottom and putting it all on card

Mine's getting a pasta maker.

Jewellery. We get her the same for every birthday, Christmas and mother's day.

In our defence, she loves it. She has millions of rings, bangles, necklaces and wears different things with different outfits so never tires of being bought something to add to her collection.

We have a lovely boutique shop in our town that does really unusual pieces. Nice and easy and even DH can manage to go and buy her something (the only Christmas shopping he does!).

Dunno. What's your dh getting your mum? Just get the same for your mil. Lucky mil - ours only gets the one pressie, from dh on all our behalf

Dunno. What's your dh getting your mum? Just get the same for your mil. Lucky mil - ours only gets the one pressie, from dh on all our behalf

My mil passed away 16 years ago but this is what Id buy her ....<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mouth+zip&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=547&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=IlywC5mxGVITtM:&imgrefurl=nowsomethingserious.blogspot.com/2009/05/mouth-zip.html&docid=ckXtYGL_87IPaM&imgurl=2.bp.blogspot.com/_adWhW0JWGZo/SgB8XZDyBJI/AAAAAAAADnY/o-1f75k1ze8/s400/ZIP%252BIT.jpg&w=320&h=238&ei=ayraTv3jG8SnhAeet72tDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=258&vpy=167&dur=3560&hovh=190&hovw=256&tx=145&ty=143&sig=115463976010096642607&page=1&tbnh=165&tbnw=201&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lol

Couple of jigsaws and the new masterchef cookbook. She has asked for both.

Cookbooks, some nice bakeware, Cake storage tins and apron/oven gloves/tea towel set.

She has just retired and loves to cook

a digital photo frame with pics of dc's on it, my mum's got a camera from us

A joint gift (with fil) -a voucher for slap up meal at local fancy restaurant

Kindle (joint with dp's brother) and a garden ornament

Mine's getting a membership to The Wine Society

MIL- little black sequinned cardigan from Monsoon here but it was cheaper 25% off!

My mum is getting a bread maker.

Oops pressed too quickly.
Cookworks bread maker

Well my MIL is very materialistic and tends to prefer huge presents (something in a huge box I mean) or lots of little things. This usually causes grief. This year seh's getting a book on Scottish cookery, a book about life below stairs in a big house and the downton abbey series 1 box set. Also getting a small gift bag with hand cream, foot cream, shower gel, diary and bar of choc - all bought in poundland.

MIL and FIL get a toiletries gift set (Boots 3 for 2) and a joint present, this year it's a big framed picture of their first Grandson.

Dh has ordered his Mum a nice necklace and bracelet from amazon.

A nimbus 2000.

Gosh, I have no idea what to give Mil either. She is not materialistic at all. It'd be easier if I could get away with some obvious object of desire...

This..
www.containerstore.com/shop/closet/jewelryStorage/hanging?productId=10030180

She chose it. I think it's fugly personally.

MIL has got fading eyesight(sad) and is missing her weekly fix of library books. We have got her a Kindle and will put books on it for her as and when needed.

Nothing, dh will sort his family's stuff, he loves buying presents.

MIL is getting a stocking (she's staying over) with: gardening gloves, sweets, small 2012 diary, crochet mats off ebay, tea towels, Body Shop soap and something else I've forgotten.

Her main presents will be a computer course and a handmade display for her teabags (tea fanatic). She has everything she could want or need really so is very difficult to buy for.

Cinema voucher.

My late DMIL was easy and great fun to buy things for, socks, gloves, kitchen bits, nice salad dressing, pickles etc to brighten up veggi food. Chocolate, port, sloe gin, ginger wine etc. All kinds of things because DHs adult family tradition was to do stockings rather than big expensive things.
My mum is impossible, she doesn't mean to be. She doesn't have a sweet tooth and is a very large lady so clothes are really difficult (she often made her own).
She's a brilliant cook, but not into fancy ingredients. Kitchen gadgets are banned because the cupboards are full. She doesn't like ornaments or large photos even of grandchildren.
She's now pretty much house bound so no one gets to see her in mice earrings ( the one thing we were allowed to buy)
Books and DVDs are about it.
So far I've got Marry Berry's baking bible and a snap fish calendar (small photos being ok).
I'd like another £10-15 worth as DF is getting a chunk of a kindle.
She doesn't mean to be so difficult.
For years we had very little money do Christmas and Birthdays tended to be the major things you really wanted, bikes etc for us and sewing machine, video recorder etc. Little frivolities are just a waste to her.