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

ikkleosu

For hubby (on a £75 budget):
Hideous bright yellow Reebok hi-tops he's been after since seeing someone walk down the street in them £30 Schuh sale

Hellboy II Blu-ray
300 Blu-ray 2 for £15 from Tesco
Long-sleeved grandad top £4 Matalan
Star Wars T-shirt £5 Play.com
Superbad T-Shirt £3 Play.com
Charlie Brooker book £2.50 Play.com
Terry Pratchett Fable book £1 Poundland

Stocking:
Watchmen badges £1.25 Play.com
Toni & Guy hair stick £1 Poundstretcher
Real Shaving Company Cream £1 Poundland
Lipbalms £1 Tesco

Will get him an Xbox 360 game nearer Christmas (one the the special offer ones or a second-hand one)

Still got 2 brother to get (though they provide lists) and more problematic is 2 16 year old nephews. Do not want to get them vouchers as it's a lot of money for not much but not sure what to get them. Don't want to be an "uncool" auntie.

Jammygal

OMG this makes me realise I have so little;-

North Face back pack
Carribbean cookery book
Fresh ground coffee (will buy near the time)

Dizzie77

OMG - I feel really tight now - I have set a budget of £10 each for everyone this Christmas - and I have spent £9.97 on OH! (42)

He has got a box set of books (reduced in Asda from £5 to £1)
Some quality car cleaning cloths (reduced to £2)
A miniature bottle of scotch in a tin from M&S (reduced, obviously!!)
A big box of tea bags (He is addicted to tea!)
A road atlas
and some other little bits.

Dad (60) is getting a big bag of wild bird food from Focus (£9.95) - he has everything he wants, and loves watching the birds in the garden

Brother (35) is getting some business cards

Brother in Law (45) is getting joint presents with my sister - but his individual present will include alcohol...!!

Am I a skinflint????

lynzpower

hart44 wrote: »

I forgot to add I have got my OH a Quick Chinese cook book from The book people £4.99, as we are all fed up with spag bol and he is a great cook but lacks insperation and we all love Chinese.

Im still looking for something to go with it lol.

Why not make a hamper to go with it- including rice bowls, cheap chopsticks, chopstick rests, perforated spoon, chefs hat, apron etc?

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001801&productId=1500583579&langId=-1&engine=froogle&keyword=Jamie+Oliver+Denim+Oven+Glove+and+Apron&_$ja=tsid:11527|cc:|prd:8422903|cat:Kitchen+Linen Jamie oliver apron is 5.99 in argons including a glove, but Ive also seen them in HBs ( although not for a while ) with something like "hot stuff" written on.
You should be able to do this hamper comfortably for around a tenner, maybe even less?

LilacPixie

Struggling for my Hubby. His birthday is 27th December so I need gifts for that too.

I have MW2 for ps3, socks and a fleece jumper. I have been thinking about getting him a watch, frankie boyle dvd and some aftershave then some little stocking pressies

RustyFlange

Dizzie77 wrote: »

OMG - I feel really tight now - I have set a budget of £10 each for everyone this Christmas - and I have spent £9.97 on OH! (42)

He has got a box set of books (reduced in Asda from £5 to £1)
Some quality car cleaning cloths (reduced to £2)
A miniature bottle of scotch in a tin from M&S (reduced, obviously!!)
A big box of tea bags (He is addicted to tea!)
A road atlas
and some other little bits.

Dad (60) is getting a big bag of wild bird food from Focus (£9.95) - he has everything he wants, and loves watching the birds in the garden

Brother (35) is getting some business cards

Brother in Law (45) is getting joint presents with my sister - but his individual present will include alcohol...!!

Am I a skinflint????

No you are sensible!!! you will still have money after christmas whilst the rest of us will be wondering why we spent so much money :rotfl:

If it makes you feel any better for each member of my family we have a budget of £15 .... but for BIL I bought a ted baker wash set off a friend for £2.50 then made him a pot of gold so his only cost me £4.50 but has a RRP of £20

Don't feel bad, its good honestly!

RustyFlange

LilacPixie wrote: »

Struggling for my Hubby. His birthday is 27th December so I need gifts for that too.

I have MW2 for ps3, socks and a fleece jumper. I have been thinking about getting him a watch, frankie boyle dvd and some aftershave then some little stocking pressies

What sort of budget do you have? Have you thought about buying him a blu ray dvd? he can play these in his ps3 (sorry if you knew this already but most people forget!) Or you could get him some kind of stand charger for his controller? Or you could get him a game gift voucher?

Dizzie77

Thanks RustyFlange (what a great name!!) - traditionally, I have gone over the top at Christmas - but as I am desperately trying to pay my way out of debts, I just thought it was ridiculous!!
We've had an expensive year, with my sisters' 40th, Dad's 60th and Niece's 21st - all within 6 weeks!
I made the executive decision to stick to £10 each and I am really proud that I have done!!

salesadmin

I'm buying my OH a Kelvin 23 multi tool, it's something he's mentioned before - doubt he will ever use it but it's what he wants!!

Apparently it does everything

hart44

Thats a great idea lynzpower, makes sence realy lol. I will have a look around tomorrow.
Many thanks again