The Great "What Women Want For Xmas for under £75 bargain" Hunt

Thing: Sky plus Box
Bargain Price: £49.99
Cheapest place to get it: https://www.sky.com
Who it's suitable for: Anyone who already has SKY
Any other info: You do pay an extra £10 per month if you aren't sunscribed to two or more premium channels i.e. Sky movies 1 and 2 would count as two premium channels as would Sky Sports 1 and 2. If you are subscribed to these (or upgrade to them) then you don't pay the £10 extra a month

( I am getting this for myself for Christmas )

personally everything i want is under £75!!
what i would really like is someone to do my housework / washing up etc. especially as had ceasarian on wednesday! i think most women would appreciate some help & acknowledgement of how much we do in the house rather than £75 of stuff. i could be wrong.
please do not buy anything for the house such as a vacuum cleaner unless it is specifically asked for. my mum made my dad return it.
pampering gifts are always good - vouchers for manicures, facials etc. that are only for you & not bought cos hubby really wanted it - e.g a digital camera that he has been after for ages! (didn't take long for it to be referred to as daddy's camera by DS even though was my pressie!)

SamC wrote:

Thing: A camel
Bargain Price: only £75
Cheapest place to get it: www.goodgifts.org
Who it's suitable for: Nomadic pastoralists who eke existences by following the rain through Ethiopia, Somalia and Somaliland depend on them for food, transport and income.
Any other info: The nomads get the camel, your giftee gets a card and a warm feeling. Camels are delivered by Vetaid.

This concept isnt intrinsically female-friendly but all the women I've mentioned it to have gone "awww" and all the men have gone "huh."

Other "good gifts" on this site include bikes for midwives in developing countries (£35), new baby parcel for needy mothers in the UK (£25), bag of medicines for a vet in Africa (£45) etc.

Interesting idea but a bit far out...


The following from the same site could prove to be a popular stocking filler though:


Thing: endangered seeds
Price: 12 squids
Who's it suitable for: Someone with a saucy sense of humour !

5040 - ADOPT-A-VEGETABLE £12.00

For people with taste

Commercial pressures threaten many vegetable varieties with extinction. Stay execution by adopting a veg (as many as you like) for a year, and keep them safe in the seed bank. Choose from dozens of intriguing names: Ernie's Big Eye (a dwarf French bean), Lady Godiva (a squash), Uncle Bert's Purple (a kale). And, if you’re feeling exceptionally protective and adventurous, what about adopting a mixed salad of rare tomato, lettuce, cucumber, radish and celery varieties?

I think this would fit in at under £75
a bottle of champagne were it not that I had a case from tesco as it was half price! Cava would do and thats cheap in Iceland or tesco.
a box of chocs (delivered by a man on skis in a black polo neck so much the better) (leicester market - you can get a nice one for a couple of quid)
a freezer full of meat, for example half a lamb, or else some game such as venison or pigeons. Pigeons are about £1.50 each, half a lamb is about £30 to £40.
I don't really want many 'things' though the prodigy cd is on my list, and the white stripes cd.

Please. Just nothing for domestic use such as a Hoover, Frying pans, or washing machine etc for Womens Xmas pressie!