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What you all buying Mum for Christmas?

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  • terri72
    terri72 Posts: 131 Forumite
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    I've got my mum a leather handbag that I picked up on ebay for under £10. I've also got her a wheat bottle (like a hot water bottle, that is filled up with wheat and heated in the microwave), a small bottle of perfume and the Mama-Mia DVD.

    MIL will be getting a digital picture frame that hubby found half price, some very (70%) dark chocolate and a Dove gift set.
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  • emay
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    lynzpower wrote: »
    My parents requested the national trust membership this year which is a ovely gift- also what about heritage.

    Dont know how mobile she is though, if not very what about a nice mag subscription, gift that keeps giving all year round.

    My mum & dad are lifetime members and this year got me and my sis year memberships so we can all meet up for days out (my sis lives quite away from us) and i can't wait, already been through the book and marked everywhere I want to go!!!)
  • emay
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    Got mine a bit of a fridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!








    It's a split pressi for her and my dad, from me and my sis, for Xmas and their anniversary (a month ago), although my dad is more impressed with the fact the old one is now in the garage keeping beer cold!!!!!

    She keeps asking for a photo of me, bf, sis and hubby, may have to give in and get it done next year!!!
  • i've got my mum:
    pj's and slippers (a primark speciality lol)
    wheel for her wii (which is currently residing in my room..shh)
    bath set
    some dvds
    perfume
  • tealady
    tealady Posts: 3,850 Forumite
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    I bought my mum jigsaws cos she loves them. I buy mine on line from a great company (Jigsaw gallery if anyone is interested) it's so much easier than trudging round the shops.
    She loves Torntons coffee creams as well but I usually just buy her those as and when
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  • mooomin
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    I got mine:
    • Chocolate from Boots which came in a nice blue and white china box. My dad will eat the choccies and she will like the box! 3 for 2 - it was the free one
    • A book (I forget which one) which came with the Times £2.99 book offer that I thought she would find interesting
    • A leather photo-frame (£3 in WH Smith sale) with a picture of my dad dressed as Santa in it :rotfl: I know she will like that as I bought the same photo frame and she commented on how nice it was :D
    I know that some will think I'm being cheap with my mother for not spending a lot, but I have had my first Christmas in about 5 years without resorting to credit, and I want to know that I didn't get in (more) debt for anyone's presents.
  • skylight
    skylight Posts: 10,716 Forumite
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    I know that some will think I'm being cheap with my mother for not spending a lot,


    Absolutely not!!

    It IS the thought - nothing to do with how much has been spent. And besides, the biggest problem is (and parents know it), most of them have everything they want already and if they don't they can afford to go out and buy it themselves.

    If your Mum is going to love and enjoy what you have bought her, then it matters not if you spent £5000 or £5.
  • Those pressies sound great FF, they don't sound cheap at all, I bet she'll never guess.
    My lovely Mum is getting Mamma Mia DVD as we saw the film together and loved it, a book ('La's orchestra saves the world' by A. McCall Smith) and some smellies.
    By the way, I must recommend Waterstone's website for books, for some reason they are half the price of Waterstones store and have free, quite speedy delivery - very good!
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  • There's lots but be careful on the choices...

    I bought my mum the Julie walters autobiography.

    But in Waitrose, there's a very MSE present idea of lovely bits of stilton presented in a nice china case. That's like a tenner.

    Dear Fatty, by Dawn French, however if you're mum is of the lifetime dieting variety then that might not be so good!

    Hotel chocolat chocolate is perfect for diabetics because it's all natural, tastes great and is low in sugar (due to the cocoa content)


    Just a list of suggestions for the more decision-challenged!
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  • I've got mine a book she's been pining over. It's a complete visual encyclodepia of history, gorgeous book! It was reduced to £10 in WHSmiths so went to get it and they were giving out flyers with 20% off evreything so I got it for £7.50 in the end!! My mum would be proud ;)
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