Gift ideas for middle aged lady - drawing a blank.

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She's approaching late 40s. Likes to be a bit younger in the way she dresses and says she doesn't feel her age.

Budget around 20-30 , she has just received a huge bottle of her favourite fragrance so that's a no go.
She doesn't do cook books and so on as she trained in restaurants and prefers to research her own recipes. Cooking gadgets a plenty.

She's quite practical but also a bit partial to something "nice" but not OTT.

Any ideas would be really handy as I'm drawing a blank!

Champagne
Decent candles
Chocolate hamper (hotel chocolat/green & blacks)
6 bottles of wine
Gin (if they like gin obviously)

So my group of middle aged ladies (all in our late 40s-late 50s) and we tend to get each other beauty vouchers. £30 should be enough for a pedi. It goes done well particularly with people who wouldn't normally bother getting a pedi (or manicure) as it is really a treat then.

Candles isn't a bad one actually @converseandjeans
We tend to keep away from alcohol as their partner is a recovering alcoholic and they don't keep it in the house.

@Pipandmum I like that idea but I'm unsure if she would use it as she works in catering and I know she generally needs to keep them short.

If she works in catering and is on her feet all day what about a voucher for a foot massage?

Nice White Company toiletries.

Personalised Emma Bridgewater mug?
Molton brown?
Posh hair stuff - kerastase l?
Lsa glasses?

A chunky, quirky statement necklace? Oliver Bonas has some nice not too expensive jewellery (I’m younger than her and I like it)

Something crafty? A tapestry kit/card making/painting?

I'm not sure why 'middle aged' is relevant or 'not feeling her age'.... Women the same age as each other aren't a homologous group in terms of taste. For example, I'd hate a pedicure and a beauty voucher would sit in a drawer until it expired.

Letterbox gifts www.letterboxgifts.co.uk/ do beautiful boxes with a variety of gifts for a rang of interests/themes, regardless of age. They'd be worth a look.

This middle-aged lady would be very happy to receive a plant I can grow in the garden or some cool earrings.

I'm 50+ and someone just bought me this eyeshadow palette and I absolutely love it! zoevacosmetics.co.uk/collections/eye-palettes-1/products/cocoa-blend-eyeshadow-palette

On my list this year is a glass trinket/ jewellery box - places like Debenhams have them for around £30. Pretty & useful and not too middle aged!

Don't get six bottles of wine! Get one bottle of lovely wine, especially if she's into food.
I'm still trying to get my head around 40-something ladies who 'don't feel their age'. Surely they should be up for a blue rinse and a perm!

Sorry. just seen the bit about no alcohol. But I stand by quality over quantity; a mini-Diptyque candle rather than a massive Yankee!
I'm another who hates vouchers, especially for experiences that will be enquired about months later - no, it's still in the drawer because the idea of a spa day/footmassage/afternoon tea somewhere I don't want to go fills me with horror. If it comes with expectations of follow-up, it's not a gift, it's a chore.

Another one cringing at 'middle aged'. I'm sure she'd be thrilled to hear herself described as that. 😂

Must we have an attack of the vapors every time someone asks for gift ideas for a specific age range? Ffs

I'm early 40s and happy to be described as middle aged. I would be happy to receive:
Wine, champagne, absolut vodka.
Candle
Pyjamas
Socks
Hoodie
Fitness clothes
Dumbells, kettlebell, resistance bands etc.
Books: crime, historical fiction, domestic noirs etc
Ferrero rochers

The white company cashmere bed socks? Every woman 30+ loves cashmere, and winter is for bed socks obvs

A nice bottle of Prosecco and a jar of the hibiscus flowers that you put in fizz. You can get them from Lakeland and some garden centres.

Oops sorry about the alcohol, but I’m desperate to try the hibiscus flowers !

I wouldn’t buy bedsocks for anyone hurtling towards the menopause. I’d go for the big bottle of fancy gin ( with plenty of ice)

Cashmere accessories - hats, socks, gloves (the stylish fingerless ones).

As a non-drinking middle-aged lady I always like a Tea-Pigs gift set or a bottle of Seedlip as an alternative to alcohol.

Middle aged! I'm 48 and would love a drinking goblet so I can pretend I'm on game of thrones.

Sorry, missed the bit about the alcohol. Are there any bath products that match her perfume?

Luxury hand cream
Fortnum & Mason biscuits in a Christmas tin
Luxury soap or body lotion
Christmas bunch of flowers

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