Very very cheap and lovely gifts you've received and loved

[Inthetropics]

Asking out of curiosity really, because some of my favorite gifts throughout the years have been very cheap and i wonder if it also applies to other people as well.

My best friend knitted a lovely scarf for me using letfover yarn and it turned out to be one of my favorite gifts ever. When i was around 18 a good friend gave me a dessert his mom had made for me as an Easter gift and i remember how delicious it was. One of my patients gave me a pair of very cheap earings that i really love and use very frequently because they go with almost all my clothes ans are so 'me'.

[newnewnewbuild]

This thread has made me cry, these thoughtful gifts are all so lovely

My most thoughtful "gift" was when me and my now DH were long distance as he was away at uni, and he turned up on my door step unexpectedly with tickets for a show. That was over 10 years ago now

[TheLadyOfShallnott]

When I had to move back home to my parents at too old an age, my mam made me a stocking and hung it on my bedroom door.

Exactly as it was when I was a child. Sock. A tangerine in tissue paper. A shiny red apple with a sticker on (v posh when I was small). A handful of mixed nuts. Some chocolate gold coins. And a small gift. And a note to say Merry Christmas and I was never to old to be her bairn.

I cried.

It is simply the most beautiful gift I’ve ever been given and probably cost less than a tenner.

The love in that sock was priceless to me and it will forever be my best ever present.

[maggiethecat]

Lovely ideas! Feel inspired.

[Lulu1919]

Primark not primary !!!

[Lulu1919]

Primary fluffy socks and a foot moisturiser

A packet of my fave chocolate (dairy milk buttons ) and a magazine

A bath bomb that smelt awesome ...lavender it was

[JustAnotherUserinParadise]

I've actually stolen the idea for another friend - she's been super stressed lately so I've made her a "self-care kit" - fancy toiletries, the teabags and chocolates I know she likes, a nice candle... She also lives with all boys so loves a bit of girly stuff!

[JustAnotherUserinParadise]

When I was about 3 months from finishing my PhD and super stressed, my friend gave me a "PhD survival kit".
It was a shoebox covered in red paper with a red cross "first aid" kind of logo on the top, and she put all the useful things I'd need in it, biscuits, tea bags, eye drops, relaxing bubble bath, post it notes and lists, highlighter pens...
It was so lovely and thoughtful, we were all skint so probably didn't cost much but it was very much used! I only threw the box out a couple of years later when it'd gone all manky.

[BikeRunSki]

My 50th was just at the start of this lockdown. I was pretty despondent. Over the weekend, various friends made and delivered lovely food. Homemade ice cream; afternoon tea; enchiladas; an amazing curry and all the sides!!

[littlestpogo]

A homemade cupcake and chocolates from my work mates.

My ex husband had left me 2 weeks before my birthday. We never do anything for anyone’s birthday at work and are quite a reticent lot, so I didn’t expect anything at all. I came into the office to find my desk had been decorated with some of the Xmas decs, there was a little cupcake with a candle and someone had made my favourite flavour truffles plus a card with some lovely words. The colleague I sit next to got up and gave me a hug. No one made a fuss at all but I was so moved I actually cried!

[Zenithbear]

A dog biscuit cutter from Lakeland.
Hotel chocolat tiddly pots.
A mini whisk and mini chocolate grater.
Adult colouring book.

[BikeRunSki]

When DS (12) was in year 1, he coloured in a tiny, readymade, hexagonal cardboard box and out a chocolate in it for Mother’s Day at school. The kind of “blank” you’d get from Hobbycraft to decorate. The box is exactly the right size for my favourite necklace. I use it every day.

[AliceMck]

I have a little tea light holder a friend gave me 15 years ago. It’s very antiquey looking, i love it, and always kept in every time I’ve moved. I know it didn’t cost much in monetary value but I love it and it always reminds me of her x

[33goingon64]

Back in our early relationship, DH made me a photo album of our holiday and even wrote out and stuck in the diary I'd written about it. Most thoughtful present ever.

[Itsonlymakebelieve]

That’s lovely
@HotPatootiebootie 💐

[HotPatootiebootie]

I've just thought of another one.

When I was about 7 I bought my Nan a mug from hall Mark. It wasn't much, but it actually said "nanna" and she used to joke that it was her full official title. I used my saved up birthday money to buy it for Mother's Day because she was better than a mum to me. I lived with her until I was three and then started with her every weekend and holiday. She died 13 years ago and I still miss her terribly. Anyway, last week I was moving my bedroom around and found the box with her photos in it. Nestled in the box, wrapped in 13 year old newspaper is the much used, well lived mug of hers. I actually brought it out and have washed it and rewrapped it to leave in the cupboard. I am going to be taking over the title myself in February and she would have loved that I carry on using her mug. So that £3 mug will get a new lease of life 37 years after I bought it.

[uncomfortablydumb53]

A couple of Christmas's ago my DS1 found a lovely photo of all 3 DS's aged 2-6 and had it printed on a mug... I wasn't aware he still had the photo So thoughtful, I actually cried

[ritzbiscuits]

The joke in our family is the best present we've had from MIL is a £3 butter knife! It's been used more than any other present as we've never had one!

[TheChosenTwo]

@AmIAWeed oh gush away, no judgement here, I think my friends mum has a crush on him
I was just really tickled by his busy schedule not allowing for birthday messages to fans! I mean, I’m sure he is really busy, I don’t know why I found it so funny to be honest!

[toria658]

MIL bought me a mug that is now 16 years old, bone China and shipped it to NZ from the UK in one piece. It has inspirational women on it and is a thing of beauty and thought. MIL sadly no longer dancing her way through retirement. Every hot drink I have I think about her lovely ways, feminist ideals and the fact she was a disaster in the kitchen!

[sofiaaaaaa]

My best friend is generally amazing in the kitchen and made me a cake for one of my birthdays (we lived together and were poor students at the time). She recreated a lovely rainbow cake from Pinterest and placed soo much effort into it, it was delicious and literally looked like it could have been a bake off entry!

[AmIAWeed]

@TheChosenTwo That's the guy - but without wanting to sound like a gushing fan, hes a rockstar with elbow patches!!
As well as gardening, he's a writer and this year became a very proud Grandad. For me, I find him incredibly relaxing and have re-watched many of his series like Italian gardening when I'm feeling stressed

[Sevensilverrings]

One year when my mum knew I was feeling really down (had just lost my baby girl) she left me her cozy pyjamas when she travelled home again after Christmas. She died later that year. It’s nearly ten years ago, and they are getting a bit threadbare, but they are still my go to when I need a hug from my mum. They’re not pretty, and they don’t fit that welI, but I think if my house was on fire they are one of the things I’d try to save.

[Mrsmadevans]

Love this thread
Best present given to me by my darling Mil , it was a pressed flower picture of the rose petals from my bridal bouquet . Remember her with love.

[HoxtonBonnet]

Also, I remember my grandma knitting me the most amazing patchwork cardigan for me when I was little. Some of the patches were sparkly 😍. I love all things that sparkle.

[HoxtonBonnet]

My daughter went on school trip when she was about 9. I gave her some spending money for sweets/gift shop tat. She came back with the most beautiful Christmas tree decoration and gave it to me.