Gift ideas please!!

[Rugbycomet]

I have been friends with a lovely lady from NZ over the past year and we get on really well. She's going back to her homeland in a couple of weeks for good and I wanted to get something for her but can't think for the life of me what.

Someone else has already given her a lovely piece of jewellery which is what I initially thought of but wanted to try and be original.

It needs to be light to take with her or something I could post to her home in NZ after she's left.

Any ideas please??? Brains gone numb!!!

Thanks

This might seem a bit crass but it's what I would want in that position... Vouchers! The shopping here is so much better in my opinion and places like M and S and other high st shops now ship there.
I would check first that that is def the case. And that they are usable from abroad regarding currency differences etc. in fact maybe it's not worth it, but it's still what I'd want! Sorry, not to helpful after all.

Do you know what her favourite snack type things are? Why not tell her you'll ship her a packet of hobnobs or whatever she fancies every now and again? Or some royal baby memorabilia?! It will be gratefully received either in the spirit intended or (equally good) as a kitsch reminder of her last month in the uk, depending on her views.

Hope you come up with something you love.

Do you have a picture of the two of you to put in a frame?

Thanks for taking the time to reply. We do have a photo of us together so that could be the answer.

I was thinking that I may put a little package together of small sentimental things and post it for near her arrival date, depending on cost!!!

I don't see why you can't give her jewellery just because somebody else has! Any little token that would remind her of your time together would, I'm sure, be much appreciated. When a friend of mine (who I used to go cycling with) moved abroad, I bought her a little pendant with a bike on it.

Drawing on both the photo and "package of sentimental things" ideas... I met my best friend at University, she was a foreign student. At the end of her degree she moved back to her home country permanently (), but she spent her final weeks here making me a scrapbook of all our great times together. I thought it was a really lovely gift!

Thanks....I thought I could do a photobox book but will need a good few hours to be able to sit down and think.....

Some souvenirs of where you live? Photo of local landmark or beauty spot ?

Thanks....she will have lots of souvenirs around the area as she knew she would only be here for about a year and so has taken loads of photos herself.

I think I might wait and send something to her back home. She won't be expecting that!!