My MIL is so hard to buy for so I dont bother now. We have bought her so many presents for her birthday and Christmas over the years and she has never used them, lost them or just didn't appreciate them.
Real pearl earrings, she loves pearls but all fake. She never wore them.
Clothes from the shop she buys her clothes from, right size and the same as the clothes she wears, brought them back because she was planning on losing weight and didn't want more clothes, it was literally two tops. She never did lose the weight.
Dermalogica set - asked what skincare I used and requested a set as a gift. Never used it. Didn't even take it out of the gift bag as I seen it gathering dust on her landing dresser.
Tickets to a concert of a singer she called my DH after. She went to the concert but left halfway through as sound was apparently bad, it wasn't.
More tickets, said performer was miming and made a joke about stupid people not noticing. Myself and DH were also at the concert.
Luxury hamper with specialised foods as she had recently diagnosed food intolerance. She said she wouldn't eat anything in it as she was staying away from the free from food. Her press was full of gluten free products.
Voucher to get nails done after she admired mine and enquired about getting them done. Let the voucher go out of date and then said she could do a better job herself, she couldn't.
Designer sunglasses, left them in a hotel bathroom.
Camcorder, left it on a table in Croatia.
Vouchers for many shops didn't use them.
Specialised runners that were recommended by her podiatrist. She had other footwear from the brand but not runners. She wanted to go walking so we bought them. Never wore them.
Designer bag, gave it to a charity shop as said she didn't think it was real, it was.
Lots of other stuff. DH now gives her cash which I hate but she loves. Sorry op just needed to get that of my chest.