The Captain
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Post by The Captain on Jul 8, 2014 12:27:23 GMT -5
Mine would be licking/eating the tops and not wanting the rest. Then asking for another one... My teeth ache just reading this .
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CarolinaKat
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jul 8, 2014 14:53:01 GMT -5
Mine would be licking/eating the tops and not wanting the rest. Then asking for another one... I have to admit, after the day I"m having, I'd be joining your kids and being a terrible example.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jul 8, 2014 16:06:39 GMT -5
You could hang fourty pairs of depends up as decorations, that would be pretty tacky
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jul 8, 2014 16:19:27 GMT -5
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Tired Tess
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Post by Tired Tess on Jul 8, 2014 16:32:52 GMT -5
Buy a pretty candy bowl and put 41 hershey kisses in it.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 8, 2014 16:41:50 GMT -5
40 of her favorite color of roses
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Post by plugginaway22 on Jul 8, 2014 17:43:19 GMT -5
went to walmart and found a huge 40EEEE bra for my SIL 40th b-day that you could put your head into one cup
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 19:44:11 GMT -5
40 books? Since she is a writer, i assume she likes reading.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 23:04:07 GMT -5
Is there something from your childhood that you remember she loved? 40 butterfly hair clips 40 Smores 40 Sharp #2 Pencils 40 Index Cards with stories about stupid or bad stuff you did as kids 40 Gummy Worms 40 Rice Krispie treats 40 bucks on an iTunes card 40 Hugs & Kisses (the Hershey's kind) 40 lightning bugs in a mason jar 40 in Monopoly Money if she loved playing that game 40 pipe cleaners 40 facts from the year she was born 40 pennies from the year she was born A litre of booze is almost 40 ounces (33.8 for real)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 23:09:54 GMT -5
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Post by marvholly on Jul 9, 2014 6:03:10 GMT -5
Both my DD1 and my DIL turn 40 in 2015. I am going to have to make and save a list of these ideas.
ETA to add: I am already leaning toward the 40 lolipops in a planter and 40 hershey kisses (DIL is a chocolate nut). Even better, I can probably get both candies on clearance after Halloween and/or Christmas. Containers from the $ store.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 9, 2014 7:49:23 GMT -5
Forty reasons why you like your sister, daughter, mother, aunt, grand-daughter? I did this for one of my friends. Only I said I was giving her 29 reasons why I love her. It would be cute if you got 40 envelopes and printed out each reason on a nice piece of paper and put one in each envelope. Then she would have to open each one. It would be like 40 little gifts.
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muttleynfelix
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jul 9, 2014 8:13:41 GMT -5
OMG she LOVES that game and she loves to destroy me at that game (still). So, I think I may have to steal some from my parent's game and put it in an envelope.
Thanks guys for the ideas. I'm sharing (most of) them with my mom because she's been having trouble thinking of things between planning Grandma's party and taking care of Grandma from her broken hip.
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muttleynfelix
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jul 9, 2014 8:14:24 GMT -5
went to walmart and found a huge 40EEEE bra for my SIL 40th b-day that you could put your head into one cup My sister is extremely flat chested, so that would be even funnier.
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Post by Peace77 on Jul 9, 2014 9:17:29 GMT -5
40 shares of DRIP stock.
40 different stamps
40 of her favorite cookies or treats
use toothpicks or penne pasta to spell out 40 and glue to colored disposables plates for decoration. or, add them to the top of cupcakes to write 40.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 9, 2014 9:20:01 GMT -5
OMG she LOVES that game and she loves to destroy me at that game (still). So, I think I may have to steal some from my parent's game and put it in an envelope. Thanks guys for the ideas. I'm sharing (most of) them with my mom because she's been having trouble thinking of things between planning Grandma's party and taking care of Grandma from her broken hip. Is there a version of Monopoly that she'd love and doesn't have? I have the Space Ed. Even though it rarely gets played.
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Post by bookkeeper on Jul 10, 2014 9:05:13 GMT -5
I once went to a 40th birthday party where the sign on the door said "let's all support Carrie as she turns 40" inside were hundreds of used bras all looped together like a garland.
Pretty funny.
I also was at a woman's birthday party where they had set up a "red neck wine rack". The party host had leaned a sheet of plywood against the wall and stapled men's whitey tighty underwear to it. As the party guests brought wine bottles for the birthday girl, they put them in the underwear with the bottle necks sticking out the fly.
I have given the 40 sucks gift several times too, always well received.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jul 21, 2014 12:02:08 GMT -5
Thank you all for the suggestions and ideas.
My mom is doing 40 - $1 bills folded into little flowers.
I'm going to make 40 cupcakes on Friday (with DS, he loves to help bake with me). This also helps my mom out since she was going to make a cake that my niece can eat (she's allergic to soy). So, we'll make that cake into cupcakes and then do a box cake as cupcakes as well. Now my only dilemma is if I want to do one more thing for my sister and not say anything to her about her party while we're talking about this weekend.
Now, I just have to get through the next 3 days with my boss out of town for the next 2 weeks! The first 2 hours of the day were pretty rough, but it seems to have calmed down.
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