I thought i would start a list of what we have bought for the blokes

jorose

Mine is getting a bath rugby shirt £45
Tickets to a Bath v Newcastle £36
Tub of Jelly Bellys £7
Jeff Stelling Book £8
not very manly but he loves his lush bath things lol so i'm making him a lush hamper prob be about £25
2 Pint glasses with his footy team logo on £8

thats it so far prob a beers from around the world set thing from boots too

:santa2:

jackomdj

My OH is very lucky this year.

Hacket scarf & smellies set (£11 was £44 boots 75% off sale!)
Joy Division DVD
Control DVD
Decent Electric toothbrush (50% off boots, on a £12 night)
Boss smellies
Gillette shaving set
Ozzy book
Peter Kay book
Charley Boorman book
comando set (joke present)
superbike subscription (got LY using tesco vouchers, they offered it cheap direct for another year)
Dipping Sauce
Bungy man bird seed
Super Dad DVD (DVD with his photo as a superhero!)
Henckels knife block (he asked for a good knife)

that is it....think it may bring a smile or two an Xmas day

Kazipoo

Some excellent ideas for presents there so far... I'm at a bit of a loss so far, he generally gets quite spoiled, but this year we just can't afford it... however, as you guys have given me some ideas, I thought I would let you know what I have bought in previous years....

..... my hubby is a big kid, as are many hubbies, so in the past I have bought him toys, ya know, stuff they can play with, that send them right back to their early teens.... year before last I bought him a small remote control helicopter, which was reduced down from £30 to £15 in the pre-christmas sale. He loved it, he was worse than the kids, told them to take all of their stuff upstairs so he could play with his new toy, and to tell the truth, it kept him busy for hours, and he proudly showed all of his mates when they visited.

Last year I bought him a Scalextric Need for Speed set, I remember the woman stood behind me in the queue, she had overheard me telling my friend about it and just had to ask if she had heard me right, that I was buying it for the hubby, I said yes! She thought it was a fantastic present idea and told me she thought my hubby was so lucky because I thought of something a bit different. I was a little embarrassed, because I always thought they were a bit daft, but I of course thanked her for saying so. That went down a treat too.... the kids were cleared out, the table was moved, the rug was lifted and he set it up in the middle of the living room floor (we are talking about a 40 year old bloke here lol).

For any of you Simpsons fans out there, you may recall an episode where they all go to family therapy, which involves being hooked up to an electrical device, and when one said something the other didn't like, they were meant to give a short sharp burst of electricity through the device.... only the Simpsons being the Simpsons meant that it went too far and they all ended up electricuting each other.... what has this got to do with things I hear you say?? Well, the hubby, being the piece of work that he is, had told our girls (aged 10, 11, 14 and 16) that one day he would hook them up to a device and electricute them... well this year, I managed to make his dream come true.... I bought him something called "Shocking tanks". They are basically remote control tanks.... the object is to get a direct hit on your opponent, who then receives an electric shock through the handset!! Well, he did get the girls (and me) but they were quick and got him too.... very, very funny, a bit painful and definitely worth getting if you can manage to get them on a special offer (I think I paid something like £15).

jetty

got mine:

Stretch Bart Simpson
Duff beer mug with matching keyring/bottle opener
Simpsons Chess

You wouldn't guess that he loves The Simpsons! lol

jetty

Kazipoo wrote: »

For any of you Simpsons fans out there, you may recall an episode where they all go to family therapy, which involves being hooked up to an electrical device, and when one said something the other didn't like, they were meant to give a short sharp burst of electricity through the device.... only the Simpsons being the Simpsons meant that it went too far and they all ended up electricuting each other.... what has this got to do with things I hear you say?? Well, the hubby, being the piece of work that he is, had told our girls (aged 10, 11, 14 and 16) that one day he would hook them up to a device and electricute them... well this year, I managed to make his dream come true.... I bought him something called "Shocking tanks". They are basically remote control tanks.... the object is to get a direct hit on your opponent, who then receives an electric shock through the handset!! Well, he did get the girls (and me) but they were quick and got him too.... very, very funny, a bit painful and definitely worth getting if you can manage to get them on a special offer (I think I paid something like £15).

I got a thumb war thing that gives electric shocks, lol, there are a lot of 'shocking' games out there

lynzpower

Im buying for OH (hope he doesnt spy on this post:D) 50.00 limit.

So far Ive got
2x charlie brooker books ( 5.98) hmv
reggae reggae cookbook 4.00 whsmith
t shirt from the hut really cool, 3.98

Something else thats 5.95 but I cant say what it is incase he reads

p-pincher

my oh has got-

Main Present
England t shirt £25.00
Next Jumper £18.00
Babyliss I tirm £40.00

Stocking(from the kiddies)
York Friuts £2.00
King of shaves smellies £7.00
Socks £3.00
Boxers £2.00
PSP football manager Game £25.00
Aftershave £27.00
Inglorious Bast***s dvd £12.00

li'l_p

So far for OH I've got:

-Viz Annual (get's the latest one every year!)
-'Where's Stig' book (because he took a liking to the one I got my friend)

Mrs_Ryan

Just adding something else I forgot :rotfl:

OH's surprise is a DAB radio from Studio catalogue. I know he'll love it but Im beginning to worry as stock not expected until 4 December!! Will also probably get him some M&S undies and a pair of jeans from Matalan. Last year I got bargain of the century in Matalan sale on Xmas Eve believe it or not - a chunky blue jumper reduced from about 25 to 10 - and hes worn it to death! Will be sneaking into town Xmas Eve while hes at work again this year (overtime paid on the 23rd, thank god!!!!) to see if I can pick up any more such bargains

For my other male family members....

Brother and BIL have Adidas sets (you know the ones, deodorant and shower gel) which were £2.99 each from B&M Bargains;
Dad has:
A Share in a Gold Mine - (mum thought this was a slightly strange present but agreed he would like it!) this was £25 from Studio catalogue.
Best of Father Ted DVD - £4, Asda
Old Spice set - £4, Tesco
Pack of 6 'fresh feet' socks (these go for about a tenner in M&S but I paid a fiver in Matalan - whether or not theyre any good though remains to be seen :rotfl:)
'Dad's beer' glass (this is genius - it has it written in Budweiser style writing and my Dad loves Bud so I couldnt resist - he also has 6 bottles of Bud to go with it)

Zimm190

This year I have got my OH (26-year-old boy)

*Antique-style globe £70
*Spaced DVD box set £9 (Amazon)
Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol £13 (eBay)
*Two Flashman paperbacks £3 each (eBay)
Hardback Tolkien book £3.50 (chairty shop)
Hand-knitted Christmas jumper (free, knitted by me)
Special edition Marmite £2.50 (Morrisons)
I love Spreadsheets mug £5 (Play.com)
Condom selection box £5 (Play.com)
24 Season 3 £20 (Amazon)
Alien Quadrilogy £12 (Amazon)
*Two John le Carre paperbooks £4 each (eBay)
*Pride and Prejudice and Zombies £3 (Amazon)


So it's about £150, which is much less than I spent last year. The things with the * are from his Christmas list (he's been after the globe for years).

Brother (23)

Both Turtles films on DVD £8 (Amazon) (he loved them when he was a kid - well, we all did!)
Lonely Planet China £12 (Amazon) (he's going in Feb)

Brother (2 months)

Knitted stocking (free)
A baby present, still to buy!

Dad (50, has everything, blind, loves gadgets)

Retro sweets £6 (Bury market) (especially sports mixture)
5 Audio books £5 (my audio book dealer!)
Poptastic keyring £5 (Play.com)
Possibly a wine-brewing kit as he used to do it and was fantastic £20?

The other men I have to buy for are two teen (19, 17) cousins (probably beer), grandparents, and OH's dad. Hampers for the grandparents went down well last year, probably do something similar this year.