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Why is it so bloody hard to buy a birthday present for your mum?

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  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
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    poet123 wrote: »
    I might be your mum!! I don't like Kipling bags......I can't stand that daft monkey thing!

    I hate Kipling bags and I'm 32.
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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  • Big-Package
    Big-Package Posts: 63 Forumite
    smileygill wrote: »
    I'm your mum's contemporary and love Kipling bags too.

    Another thought if your mind's not completely made-up yet; does she have an e-reader or tablet? I bought a Kindle for a friend a few years ago and she was so pleased it didn't take long before I treated myself to one. And though initially I didn't see the point of an iPad, now I'd grab mine if the house was on fire (cat under the other arm)! The best thing about both of those - taste or size don't enter the equation.

    HTH :)
    She has an ipad and i expect she has an ebook reader on that. Kipling bags seem popular with women on here so i hope i cant go wrong there.
  • Big-Package
    Big-Package Posts: 63 Forumite
    poet123 wrote: »
    I might be your mum!! I don't like Kipling bags......I can't stand that daft monkey thing! I love my Kindle though.
    Dont say that :rotfl:you have me worrying. How embarrassing would it be if you are actually my mum? Do you live near swindon?
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    Big-Package wrote: »
    Dont say that :rotfl:you have me worrying. How embarrassing would it be if you are actually my mum? Do you live near swindon?

    Well, funnily enough, I was there yesterday;)
  • karlie88
    karlie88 Posts: 9,114 Forumite
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    What about a £1 birthday card and £249 cash tucked in?

    :D
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  • LilElvis
    LilElvis Posts: 5,835 Forumite
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    gunsandbanjos wrote: »
    I hate Kipling bags and I'm 32.

    Ditto at 47!

    Also loathe Cath Kidston and Radley. For practical bags I like Orla Kiely, but OPs Mum doesn't like leather and all her bags are trimmed with it.
  • Big-Package
    Big-Package Posts: 63 Forumite
    poet123 wrote: »
    Well, funnily enough, I was there yesterday;)
    You are joking? Right i better delete this thread just in case you are my mum :rotfl:this will look so bad.
  • nerfdad
    nerfdad Posts: 13,795 Forumite
    What about handcuffs and a gimp mask;)
    Also I know a lot of older ladies like a fresh cuecumber :cool:
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    Big-Package wrote: »
    You are joking? Right i better delete this thread just in case you are my mum :rotfl:this will look so bad.

    I live oop north but I was down in Swindon and Oxford this weekend.:D
  • TrulyMadly
    TrulyMadly Posts: 39,754 Forumite
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    Does she like Jazz apples?
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