My son always loved anything from the Gadget shop, guitar strings, music books, book tokens etc.
You can get swipe gift cards with so much money on from places like Top Shop (these can be topped up) and can be used at a number of other shops.
My Mum is just a bit older than yours - and she's a pain these days to buy for. I'm totally stumped this year! Over the past few years I've always made her things out of glass, I've now ran out of arty inspiration! I think I'm going to avoid xmas this year and pretend it isn't happening - its the only way out of it :lol2:
I have the same problem Nola... my folks are impossibly hard to buy for. They have pretty much everything they need and are in the fortunate position that if they need something they can buy it.
They have a little restuarant they like to eat at so I'm going to make them a gift voucher for there.
They're pretty keen gardners though so in the past though I've bought them stuff for the garden. My dad has a monkey puzzle which has grown quite a lot in the last three years considering how dinky it was when I bought it. I got them a coral acer on their coral wedding anniversary too which they appreciated. I guess it depends on what your mum likes to do.
For your nephew you could - they always have cool stuff!
What about a large frame for your mam with lots of smaller pictures of the family past and present in??
Lovely idea Tan but for some reason the year I did the photo album for a wedding anniversary it went down like a lead balloon. Odd.
My brother did the digital photo frame last christmas and it never gets switched on.
Hmmmm... restaurant vouchers would have been good DG but bought my Dad something already. Maybe will save that for anniversary in Feb.
My rules are to never buy clothes or jewellery. Taste in these are far too personal to the recipient.
If in doubt DVD/Blu-Ray of a title I know they like, voucher at a shop I know they shop at, get them to do a wish list at Amazon.
Failing those default stand-bys I'd have to know the person to figure out what to buy them.
tan that really made me laugh.
bless him.
as I don't do crimble not a present bought nor a present received in the 'splendid' household so I am unable to contribute.
I've given up buying my Mum things - she has everything she wants and better than I could ever afford!
I now buy her a ticket to something she'll enjoy and go with her. West Side Story in Jan, La Boheme for mothers' day, Sound of Mucus in the summer for birthday...
I've also given vouchers for massage or facial (the vanilla kind :shock: ) at a snazzy spa.
Don't know if that sort of thing would appeal to you or your Mum your Mum, Nola.
We stopped buying our parents 'material' presents a long time ago. Well, for most part anyway. What we do is get tickets to theatre shows and concerts.
As for kids, I usually bring them something from my (many) holidays. Cool t-shirts and things like that work well because they can't just go to the next shop and get them.
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They have 2 varieties ... 1 a normal pillow and 1 is a memory pillow which remembers the shape. Good for music lovers perhaps?