Golden Wedding Anniversary Gift on a Budget?

lyndorset

The in-laws celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 10 days time. Obviously I want to do something special for them.

However, funds are very tight, OH has lost a lot from self employed business and is now looking for work, which in our high unemployment still in recession area is difficult. I cannot work extra hours, due to recent hospitalisation illness.

So, we need a way of doing something very special for them at a low cost?!

I make soap and bath bombs, but she does not like being given soap as gifts and they don't bath they shower. I also make jam, but she is diabetic and I don't know a way to make jam with out lots of sugar and cannot find any recipes? They are in their 80's. We live about 200 miles away from them. so doing things is not going to work!

I intend to contact the local paper and place an ad in the relevant section, but what else can I do? OH is an only child, so no-one to share the cost.

They are not a romantic couple, they fondly tolerate each other, so romantic treats are not appropriate.

Any ideas?

ciderwithrosie_2

lyndorset wrote: »

They are not a romantic couple, they fondly tolerate each other, so romantic treats are not appropriate.

I think that's only to be expected after 50 years of marriage :rotfl:
you should hear my mum and dad (at 55 years married)!

I was going to suggest a Golden Hamper (e,g. things like Gold Blend Coffee, Golden Grahams or things that have gold wrappers) which is what we did for my grandparents when they had theirs years ago, but then I read your MIL is diabetic!

Do they like gardening? How about an appropriately named or coloured rosebush?

lazysheep

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

I was going to suggest a Golden Hamper (e,g. things like Gold Blend Coffee, Golden Grahams or things that have gold wrappers) which is what we did for my grandparents when they had theirs years ago, but then I read your MIL is diabetic!

Do they like gardening? How about an appropriately named or coloured rosebush?

I seem to recall my mum putting together something similar to this hamper when my grandparents got to 50 years and us scouring the supermarket for 'golden' things or '50' things. Think they were also given a rose (as my grandad was into his gardening) and there is a specific rose - Golden Wedding Rose that could be nice as a permanent reminder without cluttering the home!