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Suitable thank you for parrot sitting?

shegirl
shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
in Marriage, relationships & families
Me and ds are off on hols next Friday (woohoo!) for ten nights and a dear friend will be looking after our parrot,at her own house,while we're away.Naturally,she deserves something to thank her for this but I'm not sure what would be suitable as a bottle of her favourite drink wouldn't really be much considering the changes she'll need to make in her home and things she'll need to do while looking after her.

Any ideas?
If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
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  • Brighton_belle
    Brighton_belle Posts: 5,223 Forumite
    Pieces of 8?

    A lovely plant for her garden. Magazine subscription.
    I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once
  • Fluff15
    Fluff15 Posts: 1,440 Forumite
    How about a meal in a nice restaurant, so you can catch up after about the hols and pay for the evening?
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    Fluff15 wrote: »
    How about a meal in a nice restaurant, so you can catch up after about the hols and pay for the evening?

    I wish I could,but with no respite or sitters available for ds (severe autistic) I haven't been able to go anywhere or do anything for a year lol :(
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    shegirl wrote: »
    Me and ds are off on hols next Friday (woohoo!) for ten nights and a dear friend will be looking after our parrot,at her own house,while we're away.Naturally,she deserves something to thank her for this but I'm not sure what would be suitable as a bottle of her favourite drink wouldn't really be much considering the changes she'll need to make in her home and things she'll need to do while looking after her.

    Any ideas?

    Several bottles of her favourite drink?
  • TeamLowe
    TeamLowe Posts: 2,406 Forumite
    Could you make her a few scrummy meals for her freezer? thoughtful and full of effort to show you appreciate her effort :)
    Little Lowe born January 2014 at 36+6

    Completed on house September 2013

    Got Married April 2011
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    Dunroamin wrote: »
    Several bottles of her favourite drink?

    Lol that she may appreciate,even need if her other half decides to embark on some parrot training!!!
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    Flowers delivered on the morning you return (or at least before you go and pick the bird up)
  • NervousHomeowner
    NervousHomeowner Posts: 226 Forumite
    I've always gone for a big box of chocolates from Thorntons and a nice bottle of wine. I think that would suffice. No need to go over the top, I'm sure she will see the thought behind any gift :)
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    A Monty python video?
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    geoffky wrote: »
    A Monty python video?

    :rotfl: I did tell her I don't want to come back to an ex parrot and will notice if she's nailed to a perch...she's the right colour too:rotfl:
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
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