Xmas present for my mum!!!

Essexdelboy

i cant think of anything to get my 55 year old mum for xmas.

She is one of these people who gives you no clue what so ever. I dont want to get her anything related to the kitchen (bread maker etc) as she always gets this sort of stuff and it is pretty degrading. If my mum kept buying me stuff to do with the garden or for maintaing the car for xmas i think i would disown her!!!

I am really stumped

Has anybody got any suggestions? Maybe things you have your mum for example.

frizz_head

How about a voucher for a day at a Health Spa? Does she have a sister or friend who could tag along with her?

Raggie

A gang of us clubed together this year and got her a "hot Air Ballon" ride.. between 4, was about £30 each, solved a lot of peoples pressie problems in one go.... ;D

lllnorrislll

http://www.annsummers.com/single.asp?gid=7&cat=2&pid=2409

Essexdelboy

any more of that ann summers s@#t and it will all go wonky!!!

Watch it

bubbles_2

how about a personalised calender with your digital pics, you can upload and create it... or maybe get a favourite photo blown up and framed? blueyonder.co.uk are the only company i know of m=but there must be more?

Mustang

Suggestions?

A glider flight. Don't use those 'virgin'-type experiences, but contact your local glider club who usually do trips to give their new instructors experience? Will cost a lot less.

Likewise, a 'try-dive'. Contact your local sub aqua diving club and ask for a try-dive. They usually cost around £5, last 30 - 60 minutes, and can be great fun evening.

Take copies of family photos, make a collage of them within a picture frame.

A pair of goose-down booties ... very warm, very snuggly.

Go down to your local antique show-room and get her something unique to her tastes.

A day at a local 'top-of-the-range' gym eg David Lloyd, Next Generation etc.

A digital camera?

Take her to France, Austria, New York etc for a long weekend?

Savvy_Sue

One year when we knew MIL would be on her own on New Year's Eve we bought her some nice smellies, a book we thought she'd enjoy, some nice choccies and a miniature of her favourite tipple.

Realised after we'd bought it that the book was a murder mystery which might not be the most fun thing to read alone on NYE, but she did enjoy it.

But it is very difficult buying for some mothers, myself included! If she has any hobbies, then sometimes buying for that can work, especially if you can afford to buy something she'll appreciate that she wouldn't buy for herself.

Does she wear earrings? other jewellery? scarves?

Last year I think we bought her a clock in a wooden hand-carved apple.

Final suggestion: could you give up and buy a goat instead or send a cheque to her favourite charity? If you don't understand the goat reference I'll find the thread for you!

Squidgy

Hi

My mum has fallen arches in her feet, and they get really sore and swollen really quickly, so I brought her some cold gel sandals that you put in the fridge from presents direct.

Perhaps you could get her something to make her life more comfortable? A lavender pillow for example or one of those electric feet warmers?

Pink.

But it is very difficult buying for some mothers, myself included! If she has any hobbies, then sometimes buying for that can work, especially if you can afford to buy something she'll appreciate that she wouldn't buy for herself.

Does she wear earrings? other jewellery? scarves?

Last year I think we bought her a clock in a wooden hand-carved apple.

Final suggestion: could you give up and buy a goat instead or send a cheque to her favourite charity? If you don't understand the goat reference I'll find the thread for you!

Savvy sue,

I think the thread you are referring to may be:

http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=fiddly;action=display;num=1097603130

Pink

elfmay

how about having a rose named in her honour?

http://www.prezzybox.com/products/index.aspx?pid=2812

or buying a plot of land entitling her to use the title Lady *****

http://www.prezzybox.com/products/index.aspx?pid=3122