£20 challenge with DH

[FieryGlassSlipper]

Money is a bit tight this year so DH and I have set a challenge of £20 each for presents to each other. I want something interesting and perhaps a bit quirky. He is a techie and into games but also likes history/nature.

Come on then, inspire me

have a look on iwantoneofthose.com or firebox.

my hubby is a store manager at maplin, and is so chuffed with some of the xmas things they have just got in, and the xmas promo has just started so lots are half price!!! he is also a bit of a techie (if not already guessed from working in an electrical components shop!!)....have copied and pasted a few links for some good girts below:

mini digital desktop photoframe

didital photo keyring

another digital photo keyring

and none of them even fill your budget!! so you'd have change to buy him a nature book or something!!!

Thanks for those links, we're going to get the MIL one of those keyrings and they're cheaper than where I saw them!

glad i helped you save some more £££'s!!! haha

Oooh I love those!!! Will be getting one for my friend, one for my mum, and one for DH

oh the hubby will be proud of me!! free advertising for him!! haha!! we are getting one for my dad, the FIL and the step-FIL....all techie guys!! even considering getting myself one too so i can show off all the pics of my kids!!!

They look great glaskham! definitely on the list.

Any other ideas?

Just reading the hamper thread in this topic and that had some good ideas... why not do him a personalised hamper (you can buy a box/basket for just a couple of £)

then fill it with all of his favourite things, sweets, chocolate, wine, beer, cheese, etc etc - whatever you know he likes and whatever you can get for £20.
(if you make some home made things such as cookies you'll be able to do even more)

or sepnd £10 on perhaps one of those keyrings or a book or something you know he'll love, and the other £10 on the hamper...

That's a good idea. I guess it would look like more, wouldn't it.

I have a post about pamper kits in chat and christmas.....look them up for more ideas
(not sure how to do the whole link thing yet.....give me time and I will lol)

www.boysstuff.co.uk or www.firebox.co.uk i always buy dp bits off here

leggylil, put your web address inside a and a and it makes a link....if you want it to say a word or something instead of the web address then leave a space after the link and type what you want it to say before the ]]

baskets for xmas ok heres a link

didn't work

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1375/417424?stamp=071105194613

try this instead hope it works this time

use tesco vouchers to fund or part fund a subscription to History mag.

DH and I always have a "under a tenner" challenge each year. I won last year by getting him an almost new stereo system from Freecycle! He was thrilled with the stereo but miffed that there was no way he could beat me in the challenge.

I also got him some cordless headphones with my Nectar points. Another one to me! Be interesting to see what he comes up with this year.

Thanks leggylil. I will take a look.

Freckle - that's impressive.