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50th birthday; gift ideas
Topic Started: Feb 16 2009, 11:28 PM (198 Views)
temptresss
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my best friend is turning 50 this year and i would like some suggestions on what i could get her. she has been more like a sister to me. any ideas out there? she and her hubby are also celebrating their 10th anniversary in march and i'd like suggestions for that, as well. thanks, guys.
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VIctoria Secrets gift card. :devil: Oh well, I'm so creative... :roll:
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I'm a guy and I am really lazy when it comes to gifts, so I usually just pop one of these into the mail:

Wine Country Gift Baskets

I've noticed that girls really like the bath and spa products or anything that comes with wine...
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lapis, you gave me a GREAT IDEA. not to say michelle's wasn't great, too, but sharon doesn't go for Vic Secret's stuff. i'm gonna MAKE a gift basket for their 10th!!! and include things in there they both like (they don't drink, either).

i'm still at a loss for her 50th in july but i have time for that. she paid for most of our vegas hotel bill which was expensive so i wanted to do something extra special for her as well.

keep your thinking caps on!
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I haven't got any links so you might have to go searching Nancy but....


- newspaper from where she was born on the day she was born

- pamper day

- if there is a special film/theatre she likes and book tickets for it

- personalised t-shirt

ermmmmmmmm will continue having thinking cap on
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Baking Fairy Cakes
Something daring and live a littleish. For her 50th I gave my mother a hot air balloon ride. I got a helium balloon with a long ribbon on the end. I tied the gift certificate to the end of the ribbon and then wraped it in a box. When she opened the box the balloon floated up and there was the certificate right in front of her eyes. She loved it! It was something out of the norm and exciting.
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temptresss
Feb 17 2009, 01:05 AM
lapis, you gave me a GREAT IDEA. not to say michelle's wasn't great, too, but sharon doesn't go for Vic Secret's stuff. i'm gonna MAKE a gift basket for their 10th!!! and include things in there they both like (they don't drink, either).

i'm still at a loss for her 50th in july but i have time for that. she paid for most of our vegas hotel bill which was expensive so i wanted to do something extra special for her as well.

keep your thinking caps on!
I was joking about VS giftcard. :P It's not very creative to give gift cards as a present. I always get them, it's so cold. :pinch: It must be something with your touch.
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very good ideas, jayne!

the gift basket site lapis sent gave me some ideas. i like the breakfast in bed idea, too!

i'm gonna try to personalize the anniversary one. she loves BFM and 50's music, so i'm getting her the BFM sings the 50's, and he likes war aircraft from WWII so i'm looking for stuff like that. they both like ghost hunting! keep the idears comin.

OMG...the hot air balloon was a FANTASTIC idea only sharon is terrified of flying. hahaha. loved how it was presented, though.
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I love breakfast in bed. I always give it to my mother, she loves it.
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temptresss
Feb 17 2009, 01:05 AM
lapis, you gave me a GREAT IDEA. not to say michelle's wasn't great, too, but sharon doesn't go for Vic Secret's stuff. i'm gonna MAKE a gift basket for their 10th!!! and include things in there they both like (they don't drink, either).

i'm still at a loss for her 50th in july but i have time for that. she paid for most of our vegas hotel bill which was expensive so i wanted to do something extra special for her as well.

keep your thinking caps on!
You're welcome. My ex-girlfriend loved the one with all bath and spa products. They won't ship wine to Virginia so I usually get the $24.95 gift baskets that are all chocolate. :drool:
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i DO like the breakfast in bed theme but she'd still have to get up and cook it!
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Ah, I didn't know she would have to cook it.
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Feb 17 2009, 01:55 AM
I love breakfast in bed. I always give it to my mother, she loves it.
Me too. What time can you be here tomorrow morning? :innocent:
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LapisLee
Feb 17 2009, 04:10 AM
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Feb 17 2009, 01:55 AM
I love breakfast in bed. I always give it to my mother, she loves it.
Me too. What time can you be here tomorrow morning? :innocent:
Who will cook the breakfast? :unsure:
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have they got kids??????? they could surely make them brekkie in bed
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noooooooooo kids, they wisely made that decision. :devil:
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so they have no kids at home to do things for them
Jayne x

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Feb 17 2009, 04:15 AM
LapisLee
Feb 17 2009, 04:10 AM
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Feb 17 2009, 01:55 AM
I love breakfast in bed. I always give it to my mother, she loves it.
Me too. What time can you be here tomorrow morning? :innocent:
Who will cook the breakfast? :unsure:
Depends on what you will be wearing... :whistle:
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