A special 65th birthday present

WychWillow

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right board to be posting on but I wanted some assistance as I have asked for my partners advice but he is pretty much useless!

It is my mum's 65th birthday in 3 weeks time and as it is quite a milestone birthday I wanted to get her something special. I was thinking of getting her and my dad tickets to go and see Cliff Richard in concert as she really likes him, but I think I have left it too late and I will find it really difficult to get tickets now.

So I have around £125 - £150 to get her something with and I am lost for ideas. Any suggestions on things I could get?

Thanks

gentlepurr

hi ww, what does she enjoy?

i got my mum a gorgeous garden statue and plinth, you could get something with a real WOW factor for the value you are suggesting.

alternatively, it was my friends 60th last month, and i treated us both to a makeover day, haircut and consultation, makeover and advice, and a photoshoot with free 7x5 pic. it cost £45 but it was so worth it, we really enjoyed ourselves, and a cut at the same salon is normally £35 on its own, so good value for money. it took 4/5 hours. we're normally the outdoorsy type, but felt really welcome and comfy there. it was from www.prezziebox.com, but you can "buy it now" on ebay as well. burlington new id.

xx

WychWillow

Hi,

Thanks for the ideas they sound really good, although probably not something my mum would enjoy, she is a little difficult to buy for!

Saying that though I did manage to get the tickets that I wanted origionally, after calling the venue itself and being told that it is highly unlikely they would have any tickets left as people were queueing up for 4 days (:eek:) just for the tickets the lady on the phone checked anyway and found exactly 2 tickets left over which are some of the best seats they have which somehow had been overlooked and not sold. So I managed to get those :T :T :T Just hoping my mum will like the pressie now

Thanks again for the suggestions

alikat_3

I'm unsure of what this would cost & depending on where your parents live, why not treat your parents to something like a night in a country inn with a lovely meal or a city break with theatre trip.

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When I had a milestone birthday my lovely husband had passed away:( and we had planned to do 65 differemt things together that we had never done before ,odd and unlikely things.
Well my two smashing daughter's said that no matter what I would still get to do them.:j
I have so far done about 29 of them ranging from a trip on the London Eye, to walking around the red-light district of Amsterdam.;) Two weeks ago I went to a concert in the Mermaid Theatre in London for 'Friday night is Music Night' .It was being recorded for the BBC and it will be broadcast on Good Friday in the evening. The guest start was Vittorio Grigolo and he was amazing.:cool: Next Wednesday I am going on a Ghost Walk around Chatham Dockyard in the evening.:eek: Last November I was a guest of my nephew's at the British legion Festival of Rememberance in the Royal Alabert Hall in the evening ,this was followed by dinner and drinks at the RAF club in Picadilly. :beer:
My whole family have been wonderful in coming up with odd places for me to go to and things to see.
I shall be off to Brugge for a long week-end in A:beer: pril and then I am going to a book-signing in Bournemouth a few days after that. I have flown over my house in a small aircraft and will be going to Thorpe Park shortly with my two eldest grandaughters for the day.:j every daft or out of the ordinary thing I get to do gets put down on 'granny's daft list' All of my 7 grandkids have joined in thinking up silly things for me to do.:o
At the moment my eldest Grandson who is 16 this year wants me to do a 'dash'n'dangle' in Darbyshire that he has seen advertised in his Gym. I'm not too sure about that one.:eek: although I am definately hoping to get up to Blackpool and meet up with others from this site on the week-end of 5/6 May this year :beer: .I'm game for almost anthing and it keeps me on my toes .Age is a state of mind and I may be a bit old and creaky on the outside but I am still daft and silly inside:D

Norman-B

JackieO wrote:

When I had a milestone birthday my lovely husband had passed away:( and we had planned to do 65 differemt things together that we had never done before ,odd and unlikely things.
Well my two smashing daughter's said that no matter what I would still get to do them.:j
I have so far done about 29 of them ranging from a trip on the London Eye, to walking around the red-light district of Amsterdam.;) Two weeks ago I went to a concert in the Mermaid Theatre in London for 'Friday night is Music Night' .It was being recorded for the BBC and it will be broadcast on Good Friday in the evening. The guest start was Vittorio Grigolo and he was amazing.:cool: Next Wednesday I am going on a Ghost Walk around Chatham Dockyard in the evening.:eek: Last November I was a guest of my nephew's at the British legion Festival of Rememberance in the Royal Alabert Hall in the evening ,this was followed by dinner and drinks at the RAF club in Picadilly. :beer:
My whole family have been wonderful in coming up with odd places for me to go to and things to see.
I shall be off to Brugge for a long week-end in A:beer: pril and then I am going to a book-signing in Bournemouth a few days after that. I have flown over my house in a small aircraft and will be going to Thorpe Park shortly with my two eldest grandaughters for the day.:j every daft or out of the ordinary thing I get to do gets put down on 'granny's daft list' All of my 7 grandkids have joined in thinking up silly things for me to do.:o
At the moment my eldest Grandson who is 16 this year wants me to do a 'dash'n'dangle' in Darbyshire that he has seen advertised in his Gym. I'm not too sure about that one.:eek: although I am definately hoping to get up to Blackpool and meet up with others from this site on the week-end of 5/6 May this year :beer: .I'm game for almost anthing and it keeps me on my toes .Age is a state of mind and I may be a bit old and creaky on the outside but I am still daft and silly inside:D

Blooming heck! Do you ever get time to sleep?

Fantastic and well done. I'm jealous.

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Norman-B wrote:

Blooming heck! Do you ever get time to sleep?

Fantastic and well done. I'm jealous.

This is what':j s called retirement and it's great

Secret_Lady

JackieO wrote:

When I had a milestone birthday my lovely husband had passed away:( and we had planned to do 65 differemt things together that we had never done before ,odd and unlikely things.
Well my two smashing daughter's said that no matter what I would still get to do them.:j
I have so far done about 29 of them ranging from a trip on the London Eye, to walking around the red-light district of Amsterdam.;) Two weeks ago I went to a concert in the Mermaid Theatre in London for 'Friday night is Music Night' .It was being recorded for the BBC and it will be broadcast on Good Friday in the evening. The guest start was Vittorio Grigolo and he was amazing.:cool: Next Wednesday I am going on a Ghost Walk around Chatham Dockyard in the evening.:eek: Last November I was a guest of my nephew's at the British legion Festival of Rememberance in the Royal Alabert Hall in the evening ,this was followed by dinner and drinks at the RAF club in Picadilly. :beer:
My whole family have been wonderful in coming up with odd places for me to go to and things to see.
I shall be off to Brugge for a long week-end in A:beer: pril and then I am going to a book-signing in Bournemouth a few days after that. I have flown over my house in a small aircraft and will be going to Thorpe Park shortly with my two eldest grandaughters for the day.:j every daft or out of the ordinary thing I get to do gets put down on 'granny's daft list' All of my 7 grandkids have joined in thinking up silly things for me to do.:o
At the moment my eldest Grandson who is 16 this year wants me to do a 'dash'n'dangle' in Darbyshire that he has seen advertised in his Gym. I'm not too sure about that one.:eek: although I am definately hoping to get up to Blackpool and meet up with others from this site on the week-end of 5/6 May this year :beer: .I'm game for almost anthing and it keeps me on my toes .Age is a state of mind and I may be a bit old and creaky on the outside but I am still daft and silly inside:D

Sorry to hear about your husband but I'm sure he'd be really pleased and happy that you've been able to carry on the idea and enjoy yourself, well done. :T :T :T