Gift's for ladies for xmas ..

Gally05

Hi ,
Im not sure if there is a thread on this already , i cant see one anyway
basically im rubbish at buying xmas presents .. and i mean rubbish i never know what to get and always end up rushing to get them last minute and there usually crap

so this year im gona be prepared .. well i hope i am

Basically i need some idea for :

GIRLFRIEND - i have been buying gifts for her for over ten years now so im clean outta idea , ive done the weekends away, holidays , pampering breaks, sun/ski holidays ...so now im looking for new inspiration

Mother /mother in law/ sister ...... looking for something really different this year


thanks

Mountainsandh

Personally I wouldn't get tired of getting pampering breaks/treats or breaks away
For Mum, there's a lovely inexpensive necklace I got for my Mum one year that's a nice touch, it's a little nest with eggs in it, one for each child she has had. There's lots of different types http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=bird%26%2339%3Bs+nest+necklace&order=most_relevant&ship_to=IE&view_type=gallery

My Mum loved it, and then my sister who has kids really like it too, so she got that for her birthday .

No need to go really expensive, honestly for women I think the thought counts a lot more than the price.

Gally05

thanks very much for the necklace idea , might just look into that ...

i not too push on expensive/inexpensive gifts for my gf , i just need somthing new/romantic...id like to give her a good xmas this year as she's had a tough year

Gally05

anybody ??

star-pants

It depends on what they're into, and if you're ruling out the majority of present ideas it makes it tougher to suggest things because it becomes a lot more personal.

Is there something perhaps from your girlfriends' childhood that you could get as part gift? or something that means a lot to her / from a point in her life?

Is there something that she'd enjoy doing? like horse riding or dirt biking or lessons for dancing / skill perhaps?

Mountainsandh

Yes it's hard to give you ideas when we don't know what she's interested in. One thing that occured to me is how you said she had a tough year, that suggested to me that maybe something that would make the next year more pleasurable for her would be a good thing. So maybe something like a course of treatments, or yearly membership of a club/theatre/concert venue, or for example these magasine subscriptions that last a year or two, see the idea ? something that would last more than just the Christmas.

Madam

You may get some inspiration here(.

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/

Gally05

star-pants wrote: »

It depends on what they're into, and if you're ruling out the majority of present ideas it makes it tougher to suggest things because it becomes a lot more personal.

Is there something perhaps from your girlfriends' childhood that you could get as part gift? or something that means a lot to her / from a point in her life?

Is there something that she'd enjoy doing? like horse riding or dirt biking or lessons for dancing / skill perhaps?

now that u mention it she has said before about learning how to play the guitar , maybe i could get her one and some lessons aswell ..but i would really like to get her sum thing also with a bit of a WOW factor !!

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A new bag and belt.Make that old hoover purr

orchidsrpretty

I came across a site that did a sort of "this is your life"book, you could put whatever you like into pictures, ticket stubs etc, memories and things like that, you send everything to them and they will make it up for you in a really nice looking leather book. I thought it was a really nice idea, but can't remember the site.

smcgiff

Girlfriend of over 10 years, eh? Some jewelry perhaps - a ring maybe - you could go all out as it's Christmas and make it a diamond ring. Present it to her while tying your shoe.

Either that or the latest steam iron.

Gally05

smcgiff wrote: »

Girlfriend of over 10 years, eh? Some jewelry perhaps - a ring maybe - you could go all out as it's Christmas and make it a diamond ring. Present it to her while tying your shoe.

Either that or the latest steam iron.

hmmmm well ya sort of ..its complicated, ya i might give thatdiamond one a miss !!!!!


thanks tho !!

boobar

Gally05 wrote: »

Hi ,
Im not sure if there is a thread on this already , i cant see one anyway
basically im rubbish at buying xmas presents .. and i mean rubbish i never know what to get and always end up rushing to get them last minute and there usually crap

so this year im gona be prepared .. well i hope i am

Basically i need some idea for :

GIRLFRIEND - i have been buying gifts for her for over ten years now so im clean outta idea , ive done the weekends away, holidays , pampering breaks, sun/ski holidays ...so now im looking for new inspiration

Mother /mother in law/ sister ...... looking for something really different this year


thanks

Not sure what they're all in to, but here are some ideas:

Into reading - kindle, great little gadget, got one myself recently
Into computers - nifty little netbook or a tablet IPAD 3 if you can afford it or you could much cheaper ones like an Archos
Into music - nice MP3 player perhaps
Clothes - a day and night in a hotel in Cork/Galway/Dublin/ Limerick and a nice shopping spree followed by a nice meal in a nice hotel
Guitar sounds good as well.