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sentimental birthday gift for mother?

SunnyDub1 · 2013-05-24 08:35:36

So it's my mother's birthday next Friday and I usually put very little thought into her presents - very hard woman to buy for :o Usually it's a voucher for a spa or shop. She doesn't are jewelry. So this year I want to get her something sentimental, any suggestions AH?

24-05-2013 8:35am

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So it's my mother's birthday next Friday and I usually put very little thought into her presents - very hard woman to buy for

Usually it's a voucher for a spa or shop. She doesn't are jewelry.

So this year I want to get her something sentimental, any suggestions AH?

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#2 24-05-2013 8:36am

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Asking strangers for a personal "sentimental" gift for someone we don't know? How does that work!?

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#3 24-05-2013 8:37am

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A Super Nintendo?

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Dick in a box

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#5 24-05-2013 8:41am

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bluewolf wrote: »

Asking strangers for a personal "sentimental" gift for someone we don't know? How does that work!?

Didn't think you needed to know a person to give a few suggestions/ideas.
Not like I'm asking someone to go out and actually buy the gift for her :rolleyes:

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#6 24-05-2013 8:41am

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A new jumper

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#7 24-05-2013 8:42am

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An imprint of your size ten feet in plaster of paris ?

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#8 24-05-2013 8:43am

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iDave wrote: »

Dick in a box

Is this like a jack in a box? She might be a little old if it is :pac:

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#9 24-05-2013 8:43am

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For my mother's 50th I had no money, so I got a scrapbook from my sister and I filled it with pictures of my Mam from when she was born to that point and wrote in facts about different historical events that happened on her birthday each year, and what was number one in the charts etc. I got all her friends to write a little message in it too - it was a big hit, she loved it!

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#10 24-05-2013 8:47am

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My mam once gave me a load of pictures of me and me family on a board and in a frame. she said it cost her less than a tenner to put together but i love it, one of the best presents i have ever gotten.

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#11 24-05-2013 8:53am

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Something placenta related to remind her that you came out of her once.

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#12 24-05-2013 8:55am

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A washing machine.

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#13 24-05-2013 8:57am

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Sergeant wrote: »

A washing machine.

Don't forget the Calgon.

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A doll drenched in blood and slime to remind her of when you were born.

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Come on OP, are you really that lazy and unimaginative that you'd ask AH for advice about your mother's birthday? Good god woman, at least ask someone who knows her.

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A wooden spoon.

So she can happily recall beating you with one.

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#17 24-05-2013 9:10am

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Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Come on OP, are you really that lazy and unimaginative that you'd ask AH for advice about your mother's birthday? Good god woman, at least ask someone who knows her.

Gese I'm sorry I asked now - What's with people assuming you need to know someone to suggest a gift
just looking for a few ideas, ideas lead to possible choices. As I said she's a hard woman to buy for.

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might be a bit late to do this but this is what I did .. on amazon buy "PT Photo Family Time Frame Clock, Coloured"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photo-Family-Time-Frame-Coloured/dp/B000Y3P4U4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369386461&sr=8-2&keywords=Family+Time+Photo+Frame+Clock+Brushed+Aluminium+Multi+Colour

It is a clock with 12 photo frames around the side.. I then took photos of family members .. each of them holding a number to correspond with the time on the clock and stuck them into the frames.. took a bit of work but looks fantastic and my mother-in-law loved it!

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AH

Driving lessons

or get her something expensive that she'll never use, like chemo

Cook her a meal AND do the washing up afterwards ( or order in chinese )

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#20 24-05-2013 9:31am

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Serious answer.

My mother got a new TV with a USB port on it so as a random gift, I bought a flash drive and loaded it up with 100s of photos of her kids, grandkids and other family photos so she could look at them on the TV.

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#21 24-05-2013 9:32am

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#22 24-05-2013 9:44am

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If it's something sentimental you're looking for a vacuum cleaner
will bring a tear to her eye.

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#23 24-05-2013 9:45am

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OP I always used to have the same problem as you when it came to my mother's birthday or Christmas present.

She wasn't into jewellery either. Over the years I gave her vouchers, clothes and other usual stuff.

In the end the gift she most appreciated was a picture of the place where she was born. By picture I mean a copy of a photograph taken around the time she born. It didn't even cost very much.

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#24 24-05-2013 9:46am

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Your Mum would love this.

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A good old fashioned made at home porn film. Mum's love that.

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#26 24-05-2013 10:33am

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After Hours was really the wrong place to ask but here's my mother's favourite sentimental present......
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81626938&postcount=8

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A cake jumper.

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silvervixen84 wrote: »

A cake jumper.

Like this?

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#29 24-05-2013 11:08am

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SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Gese I'm sorry I asked now - What's with people assuming you need to know someone to suggest a gift
just looking for a few ideas, ideas lead to possible choices. As I said she's a hard woman to buy for.

what about afternoon tea in a really posh hotel.i know a few people it went down well with.

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#30 24-05-2013 11:56am

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Without sounding too smug.....I surprised my mum for her 60th with a trip to Prague for six days. She didn't put her hand in her pocket and loved every second of it.
Great memories and a great time.

I'm not saying everyone can afford it or have the time, but a great break and spending time with her doing something she really likes will be remembered far longer than a fancy gift.

Invest time rather than money.

Thats me being serious, now back to acting the maggot.

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