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Present for Mil, around a fiver or so......HELP!!!

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lucysmam · 04/12/2011 21:04

I don't have a clue, dp doesn't know what to get & dd1's oh so very helpful idea was Matey for a Friday night when she stays at nana's!!

We suggested shoes because she's needed some for months & hasn't got round to buying any (yes, I know they'd be more than a fiver) but we got told off for it so dropped it.

She always says chocolates for either a birthday or Xmas present but we know this is because she knows we're as skint as she is & not because she actually wants chocolates, just for us not to spend a fortune.

Any suggestions?

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storminabuttercup · 04/12/2011 21:23

A nice smelly candle?
Picture of dgc?
A picture calendar?

mckenzie · 04/12/2011 21:26

How about making her up a mini hamper with a few luxury food items that she perhaps loves, but doesn't buy herself because they are more expensive than basic food items? It needn't mean you have to spend a lot. You can make a small 'hamper' out of an old tissue box (lots of sneezing going on in our house at the moment so we seem to have lots of empty tissue boxes and that's where I got the idea from), a tin of red salmon perhaps, some cashews or brazil nuts??

PomBearAtTheGatesOfDoom · 04/12/2011 21:30

Earrings? ornament? Teddy bear with Best Grandma or similar on it?
Could you get a really big T shirt and let DD fabric paint it for Nannato be a nightshirt?

omaoma · 04/12/2011 21:31

nice plant from the garden centre? wrap it in some nice paper and ribbon?

Oxfam unwrapped do things that start at a fiver (if she'd enjoy that kind of thing!)

can you knit or sew? could probably make a cushion cover or tea cosy for that amount of raw materials?

does she like puzzles - these are quite nice www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Posh-Sudoku-100-Puzzles/dp/0740777866

PattySimcox · 04/12/2011 21:31

Nice hand cream

Sparkling wine

Baileys minis

celebmum · 04/12/2011 21:33

Does MIL wear jewels?! I got some lovely fashion jewellery bits from Dorothy perkins this week fir £1 each, they were originally priced £10 so bargains! Grin

zandy · 04/12/2011 21:34

A book/magazine, bar of choccy and a box of teabags/bottle of wine. In a nice wrapping.

bushymcbush · 04/12/2011 21:34

Pretty notecards?

omaoma · 04/12/2011 21:39

or even make some? family member mounted some nice glossy prints of v. nice wildlife pictures he took onto blank cards and packaged them. they're actually really nice pics and i happily use them!

Jcee · 04/12/2011 21:43

bulb kit?

Gloves? I saw some nice ones in M&s - all different colours - for about a fiver this weekend

makemineapinot · 04/12/2011 21:47

M&S do those bottles of cocktail drinks - Mojito Fizz, gin fizz etc - the mojito one is rather nice Grin

droves · 04/12/2011 22:01

Nice photo album , filled with pictures of the dc and include some of their little drawings ( as in the I love granny type)

Homemade biscuits in a little basket ?

A mini hamper .... Little box filled with little treats , nice biscuits , include free samples ( like perfume,ect) if you've got any .

Nice fancy soaps and hand cream ?

An " oldie" DVD , and a box of micro popcorn ( movie night box ?)

Bottle of wine?

Box full of packets of seeds and gardening gloves ?

A photo of the dc in a nice frame ? You get lovely ones in tk maxx for less than a fiver .

HandMini · 04/12/2011 22:08

MMmm, definitely the home made hamper. Little bag of cashews, homemade biccies, nice jam, decorated by the DCs.

droves · 04/12/2011 22:08

Actually , there is a site called Freelabelmaker.com.

You can make a personilsed wine label .

Do one that says mil Christ ass 2011 , lots of love lucysmama & mrlucysmama .
Shove it on a bottle of plonked , shove in a box with tissue paper and wrap with a bow !

Personal , and delicious , what more can you ask for ?

Grin
droves · 04/12/2011 22:09

Hahaha pmsl , not Christ ass ...christmas !!!!!

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lucysmam · 04/12/2011 22:11

So many suggestions & I only gave control of the computer to dp for an hour, I quite like the idea of a mini luxury hamper maybe. Or the movie night box, she's quite into scary horror films

She's not really into papering, although I'm not sure if that's by choice or dictated by money. & she's not really a display family pics on the wall kind of person either whereas I'd love for someone to get me a nice frame for yet another picture of my girls.

Not a drinker or a gardener either really, she takes care of the plants that were in the garden when she moved into her house but that's about it.

Will have a look at those puzzles as well, omaoma, she does occasionally dabble in the odd puzzle book.

Thank-you so much. I'll run these by dp since she's his mam but I can see it being left to me to decide in the end

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woopsidaisy · 04/12/2011 22:13

For small gifts around a tenner,I head to Paperchase. They do little boxes of cards-blank inside. These are perfect for sending thanks you notes,RSVPs etc. I always have a box in the house. I usually get a pen too. I know I'm too generous! Grin
Cath Kidson do similar ones. Although these are mini-ones.

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lucysmam · 04/12/2011 22:13

droves.....I lost an M&M giggling at your post!! She's not a drinker really but I will suggest it just because it made me laugh lol

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droves · 04/12/2011 22:21

Lucysmama , that site does labels for everything , you could get one for any gift , or even for a box of popcorn !

All you need is a printer , prit stick and paper Grin

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lucysmam · 04/12/2011 22:24

Brill, will use them then if we go with something like the hamper ideas. He's playing xbox at the mo & chattering away over the headset to some random being or other playing footy on there

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