£250 to spend on myself !! What would you get ?

[crikeybill]

MIL has had a bit of a windfall and wants to get us all a lovely gift each this year. She has just rung me at work and asked me to think of something, value of about £250 just for me !!

I have no clue !
I have never even thought of spending that much on myself to be honest !

I already have a phone and a Google Nexus.
I am too fat for clothes as I am planning on losing weight in the new year for our first holiday abroad.
I have absolutely no idea !

What would you get ????

Handbag? You could get a lovely, lovely bag for that budget.

Fab winter boots?

Can you put it aside until you know what you want ?

A spa weekend perhaps?

Ooh, GHD's, a new coat and a really good face primer.

Or a posh coffee machine.

Or a night in a nice hotel and a meal?

Tickets to a show?

I enjoy cooking so I'd choose something for my kitchen- I am lusting after a k-mix stand mixer so that would be what I'd choose!
Have you any hobbies? Anything you'd like for your home or garden? Or does it have to be just for you?

Or if your planning on losing weight at a gym then membership that lets you use the spa/sauna too so you can treat yourself afterwards?

I would put it towards a nice new pair of shoes

oooh lots of good ideas thank you.
Apparently it has to be just for me as she has already bought our usual gifts for the home . This is something different and special apparently. She is spending the same on DH and BIL and SIL. I dread to think how much she is spending on the kids !! I feel terribly , terribly spoilt

Similarish scenario here and I got a pair of diamond stud earrings that I wear constantly. If it happened again I'd go for a plainish diamond drop on a necklace now. Something classic that will keep forever...

I think I'd put it towards an iPad if that was allowed, or a KitchenAid if I didn't have one. Otherwise I don't know, I don't care about clothes, or shoes, or handbags or jewellery so I guess I'm one of those difficult people to buy for. Theatre tickets would be nice but you wouldn't want to go on your own, ditto a weekend break. Is that kind of thing acceptable?

Diamond studs
Kitchen Aid or similar (perhaps not if you want to lose weight)
One of those Phillips laser hair removal zappers
I'd also think about upgrading some of my old crappy kitchen stuff (eg sharp knives, pans etc) to really good ones.
A new bike - would be good for helping lose weight
Something for the garden, a water feature or similar

Jewellery - diamond studs or pendant, dressy watch, something I could wear loads & keep forever.. what a lovely MIL.

Personally Id get an ipad. Or a new camera.
Lucky you, enjoy!

I would have a weekend away with my DH. In a hotel. Bliss.

A little blue Tiffany box can contain something lovely for £250. Enjoy!

id save it for my holiday as a treat :)

How lovely!

Three options.

1. I'd buy several different things that I have had my eye on for a while, none of which are by themselves particularly amazing but which would, taken together, enhance my quality of life no end. A fountain pen, a merino wool base layer, some really high quality chocolate, some new perfume and a pair of earrings.

2. I would go to Hatchards on Piccadilly, and I wouldn't leave until I'd spent £230 on books. All sorts: fiction, art, travel, reference. I would then take the remaining £20 and go and have a lovely lunch on my own in Soho somewhere while reading my books.

3. Right now, I have a ridiculous fantasy that involves checking into a really really nice hotel for the night and ordering room service. On my own. I'd buy a really absorbing, trashy paperback, have champagne and a club sandwich, and lounge around in my pjs and a fluffy bathrobe watching movies. £250 possibly not quite enough for Claridges, which is where I'd really like to stay, but certainly somewhere fairly lovely.

Have fun with it, whatever you decide.

I'd love to get SLR camera, 250 would pay for most of it. Or photography course. Or dressmaking course, sewing is my other hobby and would like to learn pattern making.