birthday crisis

[discoinferno]

HELP! what do you get ur mum for her 50th?? obv wanna get her something nice but i'm skint so it needs to be cheap, no more than �50....any ideas??

[MustangLady]

For my mums 60th last year, I took her to London for the day. We spent some quality time today for the whole day and evening. Visiting places we hadn't been before and not having to spent too much money; we went into Harrods (only buying a cup of tea and cake after browsing around). After visiting many famous shops & landmarks, we went to the theatre to see Mary Poppins - excellent show (having obtained cheap tickets for the show which I purchased from ebay !) In total it cost me about �60.00 including the cheap day return train ticket. Not bad ah, and we spent a lovely day & quality time together ... I think that counts for a lot more than money can buy. Don't forget to take your camera, you can have a photo done of the both of you and have it framed, something to remember the day by.... Enjoy !

[discoinferno]

thanx, sounds great!! i'd love to do that for my mum the only prob is that i live in guernsey so it would cos at least 60 each to get to london in the first place...

[MustangLady]

It there somewhere you could take her that is closer to you.... just spend the day together shopping (or window shopping), go for a meal and to a show locally. You could possibly adapt what I did for my mum, for you mum locally.
Whatever you decide, my best wishes to your mum for her special day!

[discoinferno]

yeah good plan! thanx for ur advice x

[Hellion]

Hi Disco Inferno Is she a young 50 or an old 50? I ask because I'm 50 next year and I'd hate to go and see Mary Poppins I'd rather go and see a rock gig!!
As far as a pressie goes I always think a luxury version of something that you use every day is a really nice gift (something your Mum wouldn't spend that much momey on if buying for herself). Like a really nice designer leather purse like radley or louis vuitton, or a pashmina, or a leather belt, cashmere scarf, really expensive cosmetics.

Or as Mustang Lady says spend the day together shopping. lunch etc and let her choose her own gift.

Hope she has a great day.

[Bev2007]

Go to e-bay and type in the year of her birth for a memento. For example you can pick up a 1957 sixpence for �2.25 !!

[chimpanzee]

What about �50 in 50 pence pieces?

[bonbon28]

What about naming a star or a rose after her?

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[gemcoops]

What about a beauty treatment? like a facial or manicure.

[Tiny E. A]

There are interesting ideas at buyagift.com and I've always recieved stuff I've bought with no problems so it's a trustworthy site.

[discoinferno]

thanx guys! am on holiday for mothers day, not a popular daughter for that one, so can use one of ur ideas to get me out of trouble for that as well! yippee!

[crete]

a card and a cuddle. and tell her you love her, wont cost 50 pounds but will be a fabulous birthday present,

[Alibobs]

I bought someone 40 lottery tickets (individual ones!) for their 40th birthday. I would love to say they went on to win a jackpot but they only got �10......you may say I would have been better off giving them the �40 but they didn't need the money and thought it was fun!

[dunwerkin]

For my 00th birthday I was treated to a facial and lots of lovely skin stuff to keep the wrinkles at bay !

[discoinferno]

do mums appreciate being told they have wrinkles?

[shivvy]

Step 1) put a photo album together which costs close to nothing.
Step 2) take her out for a coffee, reminisce about the photos and tell her how much you love her.
Job done!
Good Luck

[morbidstorm]

I agree, the photo album is a fab idea - first thing I thought of - or an A3 clip frame with a collage of photos of all her nearset and dearest.

Buy a Gift is an excellent site - give it a look - there'll definately be something on there.. http://www.buyagift.co.uk/

[campari]

I received a digital photo frame for Christmas. It is just fab. My son put on loads of old family photos and some of my first grandchild,( Holly born 8 weeks early on Christmas Eve.) You can choose to have a slide show at different intervals and everyone who has seen it wants one. I have seen some advertised for around �40. I am sure you Mum would like one if she enjoys having photos around, and it takes up much less space.
Wish her all the best from me

[nobletom]

get your old home videos put onto dvd

[Trillipse]

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