Expensive ideas for granddaughter

peachyprice

Are you going to tell us OP, which other brands your son suggested, or did you only mention Joules as you consider it the least appropriate of the three?

dandelionclock30

Give her the money and tell her to get what she wants.
At 11 she will want to be fashionable and trendy like her mates, not dressed sensibly like her granny wants her to dress.
Can you not remember being young and wanting to fit in and look nice? If you get her things or give her vouchers for anything she doesnt want then she will never wear them.
Its about her and her christmas, she's not asking for anything outragous.Tell her to get what she wants, and be a forward fun Granny, not an old stiff.

Treevo

Newly_retired wrote: »

So I conclude there is no such thing available as a clothing voucher accepted in many places , rather like a book token is?
Nobody has provided me with this specific information, though I have received some good suggestions.
I have also received lots of people's opinions based on a misreading of my post.

There is something like that. Very attractive designs, timeless really. Comes in all sorts of amounts, in anything from cotton paper to a variety of metals and it's accepted nearly everywhere in the UK. It's called British Sterling.

I can't say I'm surprised that your daughter-in-law isn't fond of you. You seem quite controlling and almost as if you'd go out of your way to undermine her choices as a parent. That's not a welcome quality in a grandparent and your granddaughter will notice, however well you think you hide it.

arbroath_lass

I don't understand why you asked your son and not your granddaughter what she'd like for Christmas. Most 11 year olds know exactly what they want.

Money is the way to go in this instance.

SingleSue

I've never even heard of Joules.....and even worse, I thought Superdry was a type of deodorant!

Hmm, I really do need to get out more......

OP - I would give cash in a nice little presentation package so that she has choice of what to buy and where.

Edit - I say cash as my boys love to receive cash over vouchers, they find vouchers far too restrictive on what they can buy and would rather have the choice to spend some in one shop and some in another shop to get the best value out of it. I usually end up giving them the cash value of the vouchers they receive and then find myself having to try to find something to spend them on.

Cash is so much easier and no risk of the shop going bust in the meantime and making the vouchers worthless.

peachyprice

SingleSue wrote: »

I usually end up giving them the cash value of the vouchers they receive and then find myself having to try to find something to spend them on.

I do this too, £10 here, £10 there between the 3 of them adds up to a fair bit, but at least OH and I get more use from the Tesco/WHSmith/Boots vouchers they usually get.

red_devil

children are growing up too fast she is only 11 and she wants expensive clothes no doubt got a mobile phone etc.

Who pays for these things?

the op is right to be cautious.

Treevo

red_devil wrote: »

children are growing up too fast she is only 11 and she wants expensive clothes no doubt got a mobile phone etc.

Who pays for these things?

the op is right to be cautious.

Joules isn't expensive by normal means. It's only expensive when compared to tat.

So what if she has a mobile phone? What does that have to do with this?

Why do you need to know who's paying? It can't be that difficult to work out, surely?

The OP isn't being cautious - she's being controlling and doing her best to undermine her daughter-in-law's choices as a parent.

ziggy2004

Give the asked for vouchers or cash this year and next year ask whether she can write a small wish list as you enjoy going shopping and choosing a gift.

We do this for the older childrens birthdays which means they get to have fun making a list and the people buying the gifts can still have the joy of choosing a present which will be loved :j

Newly_retired

Update
I gave her cash and she bought a top and some stationery from Jack Wills.