Practical gifts for women

[charlie]

I bought my husband a food processor last Xmas...........

I feel a bit bad now

 

[Bensmum]

There are people on here who would love a red Kitchenaid Artisan!

Yes we would, but definitely not for Christmas or Birthday presents! We want a personal present, something that's been given some thought.

 

[Capirossi]

There are people on here who would love a red Kitchenaid Artisan!

BTW I've just had an email from Q, it seems they are now selling the Artisan, not the domestic model (or have I got them mixed up?)

Me me me!!! I would love my husband forever if he bought me one of those!! I would also settle for a lesser, but still nice, mixer, one of those them steam generator thingies or a new vacuum - made even more perfect if he used it now and again

My husband and I don't exchange gifts by agreement, that's why we go to Florida twice a year and also fit in a short break, time off permitting.

Last year we did Horse Guards 5 star in London and this year it's NYC for 5 days, which suits us to perfection. After all you can't splash put on gifts and travel like we do.

If I want perfume I buy it, ditto with clothes and my beloved Mulberry bags.

We're the same, apart from the holidays. If we want stuff we buy it. I am constantly buying clothes, shoes, beauty products and handbags. He buys cars, motorbikes and xbox games!! No-one buys practical things for the house unless they're broken. A practical present would really do it for me - if we did presents of course This xmas we're having the whole of the ground floor floor tiled - beats a whole lot of stuff that neither of us really wants!

From mobile, please excuse any silly errors!!

 

[Bensmum]

I want an ipad this year, a white one to match my phone. I dropped a hint last weekend and a look of relief came over his face. I'm the only person he buys for (I do the all the rest) so that's job done as far as he's concerned.

 

[Breeze]

I used to work with a chap who gave his wife the exact same present every Christmas, a bottle of Jack Daniels & a ten pound note.
I only ever knew her to drink white wine.
How they'd stayed married for twenty years beats me.

 

[Akimbo]

...by slipping JD in his cocoa I suspect!

Jude xx

 

[BusyMum]

I suppose we're all more affluent now - gone are the days when you had to wait till birthday or Xmas to get a bottle of good perfume, a nice piece of jewellery or whatever - if you want it, you more than likely buy it any old time of year. Which does mean that presents can be difficult when everyone's got everything. I like the arrangement OH and I have - from around now, when I see bits & pieces I like, I buy them, he refunds me the money and hides it away - by Xmas I've forgotten half of them so it works ok - I do like surprises, but OH isn't good at them..ever since I got a pair of denim dungarees about three sizes too large (probably fit me now!) we've worked our present arrangement. Wouldn't suit everyone I know, but it does nicely for us.

 

[Vienna]

I email hubby several links to items I like but I never find out which he`s bought me until I open it on Christmas Day. Its a way of getting things he`ll know I like but still has an element of surprise.

 

[China Girl]

A friend's first Christmas gift from her mother in law was a large sack of potatoes.

 

[Disenchanted]

A friend's first Christmas gift from her mother in law was a large sack of potatoes.

I'd have been very tempted to save them - yes, green with eyes and stalks included - and return the thought the following year.

But don't get me started on my mother-in-law or you'll all be begging Graham to close this forum............

 

[Akimbo]

Disenchanted..I think your inlaws and my outlaws (like to keep them as distant as poss) shop at the same shops! Is there a branch of "Cheap, Nasty and Offensive Presents R Us" near them too?

Jude xx