30th Present ideas?

bella121984

Hi everyone!

My husband will be 30 in April, and I had a great idea that rather than getting him a "main" present, I would get him 30 smaller ones...seemed like a great idea at the time! Anyway, ive started, and want to finish, but last week (or the week before) I had a bit of a lightbulb moment as far as our finances go and have majorly overhauled just about everything I could think of and sold most our our stuff on ebay lol.

So I was wondering if anyone had and cheap/ thrifty ideas I could get for him? Im looking for just small "tokens" really, the cheaper the better!

Thanks for your ideas everyone :-)

alisong1

Here are some things I've bought for my 33-year old son in the past: candies (he loves Haribo), Blu-ray movies (great bargains on Amazon, £9-£10), books (based on what he is interested in), caps, iTunes card (£15.00), iPhone case (£4, if he has an iPhone).

yummy-mummy-amy

i got my husband a box of bits - a cd from the year he was born, a copy of the newspaper from the day and place he was born, coins from his yea of birth and then things like socks, beer, etc.

podperson

How about some fun little things from his childhood - retro sweets, little toys, maybe a dvd of his favourite kids tv show (I got OH a Dangermouse dvd a bit back and was great fun watching it!).

Rubynewshoes

I did this in July last year for my husbands 30th. I got him the following (will try to remeber them all!)
Retro sweeties (£5)
Goonies DVD (bargain £3 from Amazon!)
Voucher for a restaurant (£30) Not much but it pays some of the way
Cinema voucher (£10) Enough for 2 tickets
Homemade voucher for a family walk and gourmet picnic
T-shirt (£5)
Wallet (£10)
Made him a family tree, starting with our son based on this one http://www.marthastewart.com/article/family-tree-fan-chart
Family days out book (£5) but got it with tesco vouchers
Nando's spicy cooking sauces (£1.50 each on offer, think I got 3)
I wrote him a little love poem and put it in a nice glass bottle
CD (£3) amazon again!
Boxers
Pint of socks
Homemade vouchers for a bit of, ahem, 'sexy time!' :kisses2:
Some real ale (£5 gift set from tesco)
Photo collage of our wedding photos (we were married in June)
Voucher for a men's pedicure (£18) well worth the money. He was a bit reluctant at first but he absolutely loved it!
Homemade voucher to go shopping for some new clothes.


Can't remeber the rest at the moment, I'll come back when I do!

HTH

alisong1

yummy-mummy-amy wrote: »

i got my husband a box of bits - a cd from the year he was born, a copy of the newspaper from the day and place he was born, coins from his yea of birth and then things like socks, beer, etc.

I love the newspaper idea. It is so exciting to read what happened the day you were born. I kept the newspaper the day my granddaughter was born last september. Well done yummy-mummy-amy :T

karamunroe

Best husband ever mug? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Husband-Ever-Personalised-Gifts/dp/B004B9Z8OY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1296681314&sr=8-1 They look pretty cool!!!! Quite a fun gift too!!! 30 small presents is a great idea - I would never have room for them all though lol :-)

FunnySaving

How about a nice photo of the two of you in a frame? You could buy a cheap frame and decorate it yourself, or just pick a cheap simple frame which will emphasis the photo - cheap, sweet and a lasting reminder of his special birthday!

jcr16

it was my hubby's 30th last yr.

i bought him a really nice watch i got in the sale for about £90 bargain is stunning which i'm gonna get engraved, but i want to make sure he liked it first,lol

then got him lots of little bits, like xbox 360 games, dvd's, £30 itunes vouchers, socks ( bit of a wind up tradition),stuff for his trains hobby chocs, smellies. i didn't have much money to spend on him as it our dd birthday 6 days later and we were going on holiday the day after that. if i'd had more money i would of splashed out and bought alot more.

rainbowstar

What about:
-plectrum (if he plays guitar) or other musical stuff eg sheet music to his fave songs
-bookmark
-remote control helicopter (every single man i know loves these!)
-hankerchiefs
-photo book filled with photos of you both over the years (you can sometimes get these books free as seen on this site a lot)
-hat and/or gloves and/or scarf
-cook book (perhaps by his fave tv chef or his fave type of food)
-mechano set/lego set
-candle (a manly one!)
-t-shirt (you can get them cheap these days)
-a mixture of £5 vouchers for his fave shops
-bottle of wine/his favourite tipple

jennifer1

Treated my hubby to some lovely wine from Great Wines Direct (.co.uk)
If you live in South England they will even do a Free Wine Tasting in your home....
Just 29 other things to find now :beer: Hope he has a great day

Good Luck

Jen