Secret Santa- Woman 50's £30 limit.... Go...

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I'm at a loss what to get.

What she doesn't like:
She's doesn't appreciate smellys/ candles.
She drinks way too much so don't want anything alcoholic.
Clothes
Anything sweet like chocolate

Any ideas

I'm over 50 and would like

a plain glass vase
£30 of fresh flowers
a costa voucher
chilli's travel mug (current one wearing out)
£30 of vouchers for a decent facial.

no chocs, alcohol or paper products, I'm very picky

Sounds odd but a cheese board?
Some of those turtle dove fingerless gloves?

This is the best gift thread of 2021 and there have been some hilarious ones already thank you OP.

A Dignitas gift voucher seems to be the consensus. In a cashmere envelope.

I'm over 50 and at that budget I would like

Fingerless (or even with fingers) gloves from an ethical, UK source
Scarf- sourced as above
£30 of Flowers
Selection of preferably unpasteurised cheeses
Yotam Ottolenghi hard back cook book

Absolutely not perfume , jewellery or stationery or a voucher for spa or facials.

By the time you reach 50 if you don't already have a pestle (I do) it's very unlikely you'll ever want or need one.

I am 50 + and I would like this

jodowns.com/collections/dishes/products/shoreline-medium-deep-dish

Ideally I would like a big one but budget doesn't stretch

Seasalt usually have really nice boxes of good quality bamboo socks for £28 (currently on offer 20% off usually £35).

Do you have any idea whether this person is comfortably well off (and used to silk pillowcases, cashmere socks, chilli flasks) or perhaps paid on minimum wage - in which case, if she's anything like me, she'd resent £30 being spent on an expensive version of something she can buy much cheaper. I'd be sat there looking at the cashmere socks going "Somebody spent £30 on these, that's my food budget for the week, for goodness sake why didn't they just get me a voucher".

In that age bracket and my favourite would be flowers. At least l wold enjoy them while they lasted instead of sticking it in a cupboard and forgetting about it.
Or a hamper in a nice basket with some homemade..from a market etc..Nice Christmas treats.

If she loves chocolate how about a brownie delivery? I was given a box from Bad Brownies and they were amazing (and it's not something I would think to buy for myself)

I second a silk pillowcase, so cool in summer.

Whatever you get include receipt so she can change it if she hates it. M&S will change anything with a receipt.

Ah sorry, misread your OP, ignore my unhelpful suggestion

Wow, so many suggestions, thank you.

One persons says definitely X, whilst the next say definitely NOT x. So subjective and personal.

Thanks for all the ideas!

Gift hair care box
DIY/art kits (like paint-by-numbers or mosaic puzzles)
Custom desk calendar
Portable humidifier
Coffee voucher

@caringcarer

I second a silk pillowcase, so cool in summer.

It"s winter.

Not that id be disgusted to receive a silk pillow case. Id never buy one but id try it if it was my ss gift.

I risk outing myself here but somebody upthread said "hand cream" and i held up the still untouched hand cream i got 2 years ago and said in hood humour (i hope that was understood!) no handcream i have a lifetime's supply

I'm close to that demographic and my top rule is a ban on anything that needs to be dusted. Consumables are good.

Flowers or a plant, p'raps with a festive these so no guilt if it doesn't survive the season.

More importantly, why does she need a present? I regift most of what I am given (

see rule above)

@FearlessSwiftie

Gift hair care box DIY/art kits (like ]] or ]]) Custom desk calendar Portable humidifier Coffee voucher

No to all of them.

And no to silk pillowcase too.

@ExcessiveIyDisorganised

I had a silk pillowcase, it made zero difference to my skin and hair and felt all cold and slippery, I gave it away.

yep, that would be me. I don't have trouble brushing my hair in the morning, and I am not aware of waking up looking creased!

I’m nearly 50

I’d like
I small hamper of nice food - maybe a few bits from m&s that I’d actually eat or nice coffee etc.
Good candle (which I see she doesn’t like)
Book (v subjective)
Pyjamas - next have some nice ones in that price range but it’s a bit odd maybe getting an unrelated adult pyjamas
Nice mug (large, China, useful)
I quite like cook books and cooking stuff and also bolloxy craft stuff but, again, subjective.
Houseplant
Really good flask/travel mug (I have 143 shite ones)

I don’t like
Anything smelly - hand cream, perfume etc
Silk pillow cases - tried them, don’t like
Anything alcohol related (but I have opposite problem - I don’t drink enough)
Flowers - love them growing outdoors - hate them inside in a vase. Although I do like bulbs/plants
Vouchers - just think it’s a bit crap for a secret Santa - you join in because you want a present, not because you want your money back in a less convenient form.

I think consumables are best. Failing that something from a big shop with a gift receipt.

@FearlessSwiftie

Gift hair care box DIY/art kits (like ]] or ]]) Custom desk calendar Portable humidifier Coffee voucher

sorry, but all these are a firm no.

I am very very picky about any products on my skins and hair, as otherwise I get severe eczema. I immediately regift any smellies at all, unless they are ones I have specifically asked for. Even so my family still get this wrong

For that reason I never gift smellies of any kind.
and as someone who likes crafts, I would seriously hate a 'craft kit.

lots of good suggestions on this thread, it is really hard as people have such different tastes, but, in general, I would say buy from a high street shop, and include gift receipt. Make sure it looks nice and well thought through.

@TheNarwhalBalloon

I just wanted to point out it's so rude to use a title as you have, with "Go" as though giving an order, and nowhere in your post do you say please or thanks. I see this all the time on facebook... We're not your minions.

Thank you for highlighting this, I hate it. It just seems rude to me, I find please and thank you to be lacking amongst adults recently.

If somebody presented me with a portable humidifier, I actually don't think I'd be able to stop myself from asking them if they'd gone stark staring bonkers.

@TheNarwhalBalloon

I just wanted to point out it's so rude to use a title as you have, with "Go" as though giving an order, and nowhere in your post do you say please or thanks. I see this all the time on facebook... We're not your minions.

Not quite as bad as the discuss thing. E.g. Should I tell people what they should or should not post. Discuss!

Ok you said not clothes, but what about slippers or a hat, gloves etc

A book or voucher

Costa have so e nice xmas bits