Xmas present ideas

sick_of_being_skint_2

Right, I need some ideas please on what to get the following people for Xmas!! I dont want to get gift vouchers, more little personal gifts.

Mum: Budget of £50. (have already bought Keane DVD!!) Likes going to the gym, reading (novels, autobiographies etc),

Dad: Budget of £20. I dont really see my dad that often but.....he likes LFC, wine and motorbikes

Brother: Budget of £30 likes r n b/hip hop music...and beer :beer:

any ideas. I cant buy online though so any thoughts greatly appreciated...!

hopingforahouse

Your Dad - a subscription to a motorbike mag? MCB I think is really popular. Not sure on how much it is.

Mum - a massage voucher for when she's overdone it at the gym?

Bro - I've got mine some smellies and a penknife. I have no idea here!

Hello

You may be better off in the Christmas thread.

My Dad is always a problem. This year he is getting a mag subscription and home made peanut brittle (hope he's not reading!!)

Can you take your Mum somewhere special? The theatre and dinner, just the 2 of you? Or you cook and the pictures?!

Seaxwyn

Wow those are big budgets, I'm hoping to get all of mine for under a fiver.

For your dad you could get a nice selection of wines - maybe four bottles all different. Two red, one white and a dessert wine. Or really unusual wines, go to a specialist wine merchant and see what they recommend.

For my my mum I'm planning to make a calendar with some family photos - a mix of old and new ones - and I'm going to try to design it to look good and not totally naff, then print it out on good quality card.

It's worth keeping an eye out on freecycle for free presents - I've done pretty well so far with an iMac and two pairs of roller blades - just for the price of petrol to pick them up.

sick_of_being_skint_2

big budgets cos my second job is paying for them ;-) plus my DMP kicks in next month ;-)

Willsnarf1983

Seaxwyn wrote:

Wow those are big budgets, I'm hoping to get all of mine for under a fiver.

i agree but then FIVER is tight!

Will

elliedfwannabe

Hi,
I'm new to this and it's my first post so please b gentle with me!!

Well, my ex of 3 weeks has left me in about £2500 worth of debt he has run up in my name, (stupid i know but the credit cards i really didn't know he was using) and the bills i paid when he "temporerily" lost his job (ie he was sacked) have run up and i'm seriously getting scared i don't have enough money to pay it all.

to make matters worse we are in the middle of a 12 month tenancy which i am having to fight to get out of to move away from him and into cheaper accomodation.

AND i am now 27, single again, have no money to socialise and meet new people, and comfort ate for the past few months so none of my clothes fit even if i could go out!!!!

Sorry to rant, but felt this was the best place to find a shoulder to cry on! and i am now a mse convert and i will print off the budget planner at work tomorrow!

Diamondgirl

i agree but then FIVER is tight!

well if like me you're on a DMP and had to change your job and now working for an agency earning less, having a fiver to spend on everyone in my family would be a great but not sure I'll manage that!!! So dont talk about being tight!!! If had the money would spend a lot more!!!

Diamondgirl

ellie I would start a new thread of your own and lots of people will come up with some advice for you

amosworks

Don't forget that lottery tickets in cards make excellent cheap alternatives to really expensive presents and can bring lots of fun in anticipation of the results! Plus if anybody wins you can be sure they will rid you of your debt to say thanks

polki

If your mum likes biographies, I saw Kelly Holmes' book at Poundland yesterday - hardback - price £1!