a Twilightumbrealla, thats what all the women im buying for is getting, and no trapsing round shops either. http://www.iwantoneofthose.com...umbrellas/index.html

That's gawjuss, Gyps!  I've just bought a Twilight Turtle from the same place for one of my new nephews.

That brolly is bluddy gorgeous. I want. (I expected to see a brolly with vamps on).

Tickets to the theatre or a session at the beauty parlour ??

I have to have one....

I want a brolly!

That brolly is ace.  Though I too was expecting a vampire themed brolly

Elemis bath and body products, Champagne, dvd's , books, computer games, watches, electric peeler. jewellery, perfume, new car

I was going to say voucher for a local beauty salon!

i think theres going to be a little brolly boom in the new year. see spidermonkey, every girl would want one

I always like more unusual presents like silly gadgets and novelties, or computer games.  I would be quite pleased if someone bought me one of those nice light up umbrellas.  I hate getting things like toiletries, make up, and perfume, and would be very, very insulted if anyone gave me a voucher for a beauty salon.

A cheapish bit of bling is a clip-on charm (they can be placed on even a quite cheap bracelet and make it look special). I especially like Guess charms.The enamelled and crystal ones look great. But I'm addicted to Guess and Links of London.


http://www.thejewelhut.co.uk/g...ess-Steel-Charm.html

Thank you, you've all been extremely helpful.

Why would you be insulted? i use them to have a facial or massage - lovely!

Moleskine notebooks are my ideal gift. I wuv them.

I would find it insulting that someone thought I needed a beauty treatment!  I don't think giving someone a present like a voicher for a beauty salon shows any thought or imagination whatsoever.  Apart from that, I can't imagine anything I would enjoy less!

I don't think I would be insulted by a gift of any sort! if it was given in good faith!


A manicure or a massage are lovely!..but each to their own I guess!

We should all get one, it could be a way of us FMs identifying each other, like the secret handshakes the masons have.....we could have sparkly brollies

Growly, now deodrant would be insulting. A beauty voucher would be fantastic, I certainly wouldn't be insulted, I'd love it.

How about a scrapbooking kit, so that they can make a lovely book of photos and memories for themselves or for someone else.  I made one for my mum with photos and handwritten notes, and she loved it.

I would be insulted by any toiletries or any kind of voucher - I just think those are the sort of things you buy for people out of desperation at 5.55 on Christmas Eve when you can't be bothered to think of something more original.    I'd much rather have a little gift that cost a fiver but which a lot of thought had gone into than a voucher for a day at a health spa that cost a couple of hundred pounds.

I think that would be a lovely gift.

I'd love to help but I'm still struggling to find what to get for my neighbour - she finds fault with everything you buy   can't buy make up or girly things cos she ain't girly, doesn't drink alcohol, dresses like a chav - so I'm stumped.


good luck though - think the Twilight umbrella's a good idea

ohh i like that idea, we could wink as we pass a fellow brolly holder

That's a very insensitive statement Growly...How about for the likes of my mother who had a stroke many years ago & is paralysed & blind...she loves a day of pampering!.....I certainly don't think about her last minute on christmas eve!

hopeless at picking presents take them out on shopping trip so they can choose their own

Don't you just hate people like that!

I would ADORE a beauty salon voucher

On my birthday last year my Mum got me one and babysitted my then 3 month old baby and made me lunch for when I got home. It was the nicest , most thoughful present I have ever had.

My Mum had obviously heard me bemoaning how tired I looked (facial) how sore my back was (massage) and how unglamourous I felt (manicure). I felt fab afterwards

Me too - I can't think of anything I want really so something like that or a theatre trip is great

same really...to me its a bit like getting my OH a voucher for the snip (which was apparently one of the top xmas pressies a couple of years ago in the US )

ohhhhhhhhh the best gift i had was last year. went to the inlaws and my SIL made everyone a homemade hamper. (well one for each household). big lightly decorated basket filled with homemade cookies, chirstmas puds, sweets and little gifts like mugs, pez, socks, few toileteries (novelty ones for kids though...like inflating sponges) a water powered clock, mini games, keyrings, little toys, hot chocolate... just little bits and bobs. meant alot to me esp as she made them herself and spent pretty much all year buying the bits and bobs and adding them

but her some earplugs and then throw a VERY loud party

she might be grateful for that gift

Plenty of this..