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Post by yogiii on Nov 29, 2013 15:22:15 GMT -5
Any ideas for what I can get my mom? She generally buys lots of "stuff" and I'm not a stuff person. In the past I've given her a gift card to a restaurant she likes but trying to be a little more original this year. Thoughts?
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Post by busymom on Nov 29, 2013 15:25:22 GMT -5
Does she have a salon where she gets her hair or nails done? Maybe a gift certificate there. Or, does she like to travel? We (& DH's siblings) all put some money towards my IL's vacation one year. We didn't pay the whole thing, but we contributed so they could go see a place on their "wish list".
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Post by NoNamePerson on Nov 29, 2013 15:36:37 GMT -5
If she likes stuff just go buy her some stuff. She'll love it. Me, I am at the stage of my life if it has to be dusted I don't want it.
You didn't say how old she is.
Does she have car washed at car wash? Gift card. Does she have memebership to museum? Renewal Where does she buy groceries? Gift card Magazine renewal? Renewal Beauty shop/nails/spa?
Then again you can go to any store and purchase something you think she will like/use and be sure and get a gift receipt in case she needs to return gift.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 29, 2013 15:59:08 GMT -5
I agree that if she is a person that values stuff, buy her some stuff.
You could get her a purse, a hat, a piece of jewelry, a book, a serving dish, a decorative piece for her house.
Does she have a hobby? You could buy her a kitchen gadget, 10 balls of yarn, scrapbooking supplies, or whatever relates to her hobby.
Maybe she wears perfume, or would like a special lotion that is expensive.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 16:38:36 GMT -5
Any ideas for what I can get my mom? She generally buys lots of "stuff" and I'm not a stuff person. In the past I've given her a gift card to a restaurant she likes but trying to be a little more original this year. Thoughts? Is your Mom has A passion other than buying "lots of stuff"?
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Nov 29, 2013 17:56:10 GMT -5
Tell us a little more about your mom...
What kinds of "stuff" does she buy? Can you give some examples?
I can tell you that I would love to get recent photos of my kids/grandkids. When they ask me what I want, that's what I tell them. Instead they give me "stuff" (that I don't want).
What are her interests? What does she do in her free time/
Without knowing any more, I like the idea of a gift certificate for manicure/pedicure.
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Post by tcu2003 on Nov 29, 2013 18:05:16 GMT -5
I get my mom gift certificates to get her hair done from her local beauty salon. I also get her favorite salon shampoo as a stocking stuffer.
I've done her hometown local newspaper subscription renewal before, gift cards to local restaurants, an iPod Touch so she could FaceTime with her grandkids, and magazine subscriptions. I'll occasionally get clothes if there is something specific she has mentioned wanting or needing.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Nov 29, 2013 18:34:52 GMT -5
My mom is a "stuff" person and I always get her "consumables" if I can... though I'm not this year. I've done spa GCs, fancy food delivery, etc. I hate getting her more stuff that I'll have to slog through when she dies.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 18:37:07 GMT -5
Go to a Swarovski store, who doesn't like sparkly things?
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Nov 29, 2013 20:13:04 GMT -5
Go to a Swarovski store, who doesn't like sparkly things? People who loathe dusting and don't own china cabinets.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Nov 29, 2013 20:14:37 GMT -5
There ya go, get her a display cabinet for her stuff, then each year after buy her some doodad to put in it. Solves your problem long term.
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Post by MN-Investor on Nov 29, 2013 20:56:16 GMT -5
Are there local plays or concerts? Tickets to one she might enjoy.
Does she enjoy cooking? A Thermoworks Thermopen - a very accurate, quick read cooking thermometer for $96.
Does she have an iPod, iPad, Android, or Kindle device? A gift card for music and apps for it. Or a bluetooth boombox for it.
An planted amaryllis bulb. Or some other kind of indoor plant.
A pretty tablecloth. Or a decorative runner.
Binoculars. Small enough to easily keep in the car or pack for a trip.
An ottoman.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Nov 29, 2013 21:06:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't get her more "stuff" - since she probably has her own taste of what "stuff" is art or collectible - and she probably has more collected already than she needs.
I'd be more inclined to get a Gift Card to a nice clothing store, or grocery store - or like others have mentioned, a restaurant or theater, etc.
Even a basket of some nice bath products would be better than "more things" to clutter her house.
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Post by cronewitch on Nov 29, 2013 23:29:25 GMT -5
Something she wouldn't buy for herself but would like. Sugar free candy if diabetic or if not then some overpriced food like a live lobster. Assuming it is hard to pack a live lobster then maybe a lobster pot and everything needed to cook one with a lobster to follow the next week. Almost anything in a basket like wine with wine glasses, banana split fixings, bath products. Some kind of lessons, flower arranging, dance, fly tying, fly casting, golf then go with her so she doesn't have to do it alone. Tickets to an event like concert, flower show, special museum event make sure she has a date. Organizational tools like shelves and baskets.
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Post by grits on Nov 29, 2013 23:33:55 GMT -5
What about a special outing with you? A day when the two of you can do whatever she wants, and there is no time pressure that you have to be somewhere with someone else. Mom, I draw the line at buying food to take to eat in the cemetery.
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Post by yogiii on Nov 30, 2013 8:49:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the ideas so far. She's early 60s, active, likes to keep busy but is fairly particular. She travels and already gets plenty of pics of the grandkids (I did make a calendar for her through shutterfly for xmas last week). I don't really want to add to her stuff because although it's my own hangup I hate to see when stuff isn't used and she already has plenty of stuff she buys on her own that doesn't get used. I like the idea of specialty meats or wine. I'll keep thinking.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 30, 2013 9:05:54 GMT -5
it's my own hangup
You realize that gift giving isn't about you, right?
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Post by yogiii on Nov 30, 2013 10:45:53 GMT -5
it's my own hangup
You realize that gift giving isn't about you, right? You're right, I'm an awful person. In the past the restaurant gift card I've given her is to a place she frequents at least 2x a month with her friends. There is a chocolate store near me that she loves so if I go there I'll usually pick up her favorite thing and give it to her spur of the moment. I was just trying to think of something different this year, maybe I'll just stick with the usual stuff.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Nov 30, 2013 10:54:08 GMT -5
Since she likes to travel, how about a gift card for Magellans? I love their catalogs.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Nov 30, 2013 10:55:40 GMT -5
Somebody on here was talking about a DNA kit the other day. I thought that sounded interesting, for genealogy purposes. I might get one for my mom and MIL. dna.ancestry.com/Familytree DNA is having a promo. I've done the one with Anc.com, but they are limited to autosomnal DNA only. Familytree DNA is not limited. You can get the Y-DNA and the MT-DNA in addition to the autosomnal.
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Post by grits on Nov 30, 2013 11:13:49 GMT -5
yogii, if she goes there twice a month with her friends, it would still be a good gift. How about nice chocolate, and a gift card inside a Christmas card?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 16:31:09 GMT -5
Why not do what my daughter does (or did since adults have stopped exchanging gifts)? Give her some stuff you wouldn't mind having in your house someday. For example, I have a pastel blue compote with matching candlesticks in the closet. There is nothing blue in my entire house. I have a huge Cuisinart something or another in the kitchen cabinet that my daughter swears by. She forgot to give me the recipe. She gave me an inexpensive sewing machine so I could make curtains for her. You get the idea. To cut my daughter some slack, she and her brother liked to shop at her grandmother's antique shop a lot where the price was "right." I can hear my ex-Mil telling her exactly what I would like. That would explain the sappy framed Mother's Day sentiment that my very unsappy son gave me one year. However, I laughed yesterday when my daughter was admiring my Christmas china and said how much she looked forward to using it after I die. She inherited my china fetish, but her husband won't let her buy any. I solemnly promised to take good care of it for her. So what stuff do YOU like?
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Post by grits on Dec 1, 2013 1:38:10 GMT -5
I swear if one of my relatives gives me a pastel blue compote with matching candlesticks, I shall give them a "bro". If you don't know what is a "bro, refer to a past episode of Seinfeld.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Dec 1, 2013 3:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 1, 2013 21:04:49 GMT -5
Typically I do an annual photo album for myself then customize onw for my folks and the in laws. Its stuff but contained. This year we paid for family Portraits with my in laws and ordered a it wrapped. Canvas print of the whole group for them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 17:27:12 GMT -5
Go to a Swarovski store, who doesn't like sparkly things? People who loathe dusting and don't own china cabinets. They sell jewelry too. Do you dust your jewelry? Is that a Canadian thing. lol
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 3, 2013 17:31:02 GMT -5
Spa?
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 3, 2013 17:31:47 GMT -5
As in facials, massages, what not. Spa days are big where I'm from.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 17:47:23 GMT -5
Some kind of plaque or picture about her being a fantastic mother. You know the type with the really mushy messages. People that collect "stuff" like that kind of thing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 17:47:33 GMT -5
yogiii, you sounds as very caring Daughter, why don't you send her "your happiness" as a gifts to her. I'm not saying you ain't. And tell her how much she means to you and give her a big fat hug.
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