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Anyone want to contribute to a special 40th birthday wanky basket for Enid...

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:44

I will be putting in

A trowel (with which to plaster on her orange make-up to hide wrinkles, Boots make-up counter woman stylee)

A crochet hook (for making antimacassars and the like as her hair will get greasier with age)

Some reading glasses (cheap 99p ones from superdrug)

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Marina · 14/09/2006 12:46

I can contribute some Fondant Fancies and a wicker shopping trolley.
Also a lovely foundation garment from our local Old Lady Shop (John's Plus-Sized Fashions and Knitting Accessories)

MamaG · 14/09/2006 12:47

I'll put a plastic rain hood in and a packet of mint imperials

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:47

surely fox's glacier mints or murray mints

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 14/09/2006 12:48

pkt of tena lady pissy pads

twin set and pearls coutesy of littlewoods

bundle · 14/09/2006 12:49

a purple, velvet hat
special buffing cloth for woodburner/aga
iron tabs
subscription to People's Friend

MamaG · 14/09/2006 12:49

oh no, my 87 year old gran swears by mint imperials.

And don't call me Shirley

Piffle · 14/09/2006 12:49

I'll dob her into Nicky H Jones on 10 years younger
So the price of the electricity used to email the show is my true gift.

desperateSCOUSEwife · 14/09/2006 12:49

and a blue rinse to disguise the grey

Marina · 14/09/2006 12:50

Giant Flagon of Youth Dew and a Coty Powder Puff

tiredemma · 14/09/2006 12:50

A voucher for Marks & Spencers ( to buy American Tan tights with)

A tartan check trolly

A magnifying glass to use when trying to read the small print in the Readers Digest Competition rules

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:51

4711 cologne
Vanishing cream (Pond's)

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:51

Lavender drawer liners

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BettySpaghetti · 14/09/2006 12:52

A Battenberg cake
shower cap with frills and flowers on

Marina · 14/09/2006 12:54

Tickets for Shearings Day-Trip to Bexhill-on-Sea

cadbury · 14/09/2006 12:54

an extra long shoe horn to help put her slippers on without bending and some lilly of the valley bath cubes

desperateSCOUSEwife · 14/09/2006 12:54

a selection of eau de toiletees from coty

boots with fluffy inners to keep ya feet warm

tea trolley

HuwEdwards · 14/09/2006 12:57

toilet roll cover in the style of woman with meringue skirt.

some nice frilly nets for her kitchen window which she can twitch.

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:58

a device to help her open jars of pickled beetroot and the like

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 14/09/2006 12:59

corn plasters

duster to brush off the cobwebs

grab a grannie night out at the grafton

Carmenere · 14/09/2006 13:00

Tena Lady pants, and some tinned ham, and some battenburg cake for her tea

Marina · 14/09/2006 13:01

Deep Heat
Roast chicken dinner with dodgy gravy for one from M & S

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 13:01

A bottle of cream sherry

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nailpolish · 14/09/2006 13:01

chocolate violets

steredent

baffies

shoehorn (extra long)

Carmenere · 14/09/2006 13:02

Missed BS's battenburg but as any mature lady knows, you can keep food for years past it's sell by date especially to bring out on special occasions.