Ideas for my 88yr old granny....

[sammysam]

...who says "don't buy me anything"-really can't do that but I have very few ideas-any suggestions?

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My mum's 88. I'm giving her Alexi Sayle's new book and a lemon tree in a pot.

She is the woman who once confided to a friend (who blabbed to me) that if she saw one more photo of her grandchildren she's scream!!

Wow-thank you so much for all your inspitation! It is so hard as she is of the generation of make do and mend, and keeping things for best (so never using them!) for example last year she treated herself to a new expensive outfit for a wedding saying that she should wear it more often during the year, like to church or on her birthday but she still hasn't!!!!
She is active, but wouldn't feel able to go out for anything like the theatre, she loves her art but is so frugal with her stuff that i don't think she has even used the set i gave her last year, and she does love plants but she is so good with them-they never die and her house is quite full of them!!!!

I loved the blanket idea but made the mistake of mentioning it to my mum who said that she would save it for best and she is perfectly happy with the ones she has-the same with everything!!!!

I'll work my way through the suggestions for more ideas, so far I'm thinking:
hamper
towels
cd-there is one she mentioned to my mum she might like
blood pressure monitor-as she said she gets very stressed going to the surgery all the time to get it checked
picure of her ggd

Then hopefully there will be something from each of us!

Maybe a hamper with all those things in it

Flowers - heavily scented (unless she has allergies), bright bold colours, glittery stuff.

Chocolates, biscuits - real treats. Do you know which types she likes?

DVDs etc of old films maybe, or comedy shows (Morecombe/Wise, Dads Army, Fawlty Towers - what did she laugh at?)

Maybe a digital photo frame which would slowly change photos?

Perfume etc - again what is her favourite scent? Nice talc - dusting powder with a fluffy pad.

Not sure about bp machine - people in their 80s do see themselves as young as we are so health stuff may not go down too well.

I think the most important thing - time with her to chat and have a laugh.

Flowers - heavily scented (unless she has allergies), bright bold colours, glittery stuff.

Chocolates, biscuits - real treats. Do you know which types she likes?

DVDs etc of old films maybe, or comedy shows (Morecombe/Wise, Dads Army, Fawlty Towers - what did she laugh at?)

Maybe a digital photo frame which would slowly change photos?

Perfume etc - again what is her favourite scent? Nice talc - dusting powder with a fluffy pad.

Not sure about bp machine - people in their 80s do see themselves as young as we are so health stuff may not go down too well.

I think the most important thing - time with her to chat and have a laugh.

Skydiving lessons.

Jam/preserve.
Posh teabags.
Hot water bottle.
Fudge.
Snugly,soft fleece blanket in her favourite colour.
Hand cream.
Voucher for garden centre.

white water rafting trip.

Or has she ever done a bungee jump?

I forgot to say also; cider and fags.

...though she shouldn't mix those with skydiving and that.

Lion taming lessons.

I know exactly what my 88 year old mother would do with the "heavily scented, bright coloured glittery" stuff!

My grandfather does the "put away for best" thing too! We usually get him plants, which he loves.

We have bought the GGParents those china mugs that you paint yourself. The kids will decorate them before Christmas and they will be told that thaey are for using not looking at

Thorntons chocs always go down well with my grand parents, they always have such a lovely selection.