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[Closed] OT: What presnt for wifes birthday? (not bike related)

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Getting nowhere fast - she seems to have most things she needs and when I ask her what she'd like......."I'm sure whatever you get will be lovely" - that doesn't help- before I head off to the Trafford Centre on Thursday and buy jewellery - anyone have any ideas?? Upto a max of about £200


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:42 pm
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Rechargable rabbit?

😉

Up to £200? How about a really nice pen. Not aMontBlanc, though, something with style like a Pelikan or a Cross. Maybe even a vintage Conway Stewart?


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:49 pm
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Anything by Dyson


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:51 pm
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LOL at Quinn

For that kind of money, you should get her an experience or something, perhaps a weekend away, or maybe an afternoon at a spa/beauty treatment place. There is one in the Selfridges in the Trafford Centre which is very posh.


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:55 pm
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[url= http://www.swarovski.com/Web_US/en/0108/category/Jewellery/Necklaces.html ]Swarovski[/url] jewellery is pretty good, my wife seemed to like the necklace I got here.


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:56 pm
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That's an idea, actually...why not give her a pearl necklace for her birthday?


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:57 pm
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Or what geetee1972 says, a session at a spa (with you looking after the kids, if you have any)


 
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lol@CFM


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 2:58 pm
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How about a [url=


 
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Nothing says "I love you" like a gift chosen by a committee of the internet. 🙂


 
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Then maybe a nice meal somewhere? You could [url= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/oxo_tower/ ]take her up the Oxo Tower, perhaps[/url]


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 3:01 pm
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One and a half Asda gas barbeques?

How about a weekend break somewhere?


 
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Now, if I was to received a nice pen- I'd like that but not sure whether she would- we've got a dyson- last year involved a spa day in southport, got a night away booked for loch lomond in next few weeks :((


 
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[i]You could take her up the Oxo Tower, perhaps[/i]

Is that some kind of euphemism?


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 3:10 pm
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A shii - tempting - already been to the oxo tower, good gravy!


 
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already been up the oxo tower, good gravy!

Is [b]that[/b] some kind of euphemism?


 
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How about a really nice pen

A pen? A poxy bloody pen??? 😯

£200 in Elizabeth Duke vouchers? She could buy half the catalogue for that. Bling Bling! I think they do a Jordan/Katie Price range.

Knickers. Women can never have enough knickers, IME. I went out with a lass once, who had over 60 pairs (and that was after a 'cull'! 😯 ). I had six. Although I think the total amount of material of my pants was still greater than hers.


 
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RudeBoy, if you had one ounce of class, which I know you don't ( 😉 ), you'd know that a pen makes a great present. A really good one will stay with you and remind you of the giver of the present each time you use it.

That said, some filthy smalls is also a good idea...! Agent Provocateur, Coco de Mer or Myla would be my tips (Not linking to them as many of the images therein could well be NSFW)


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 3:17 pm
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You had 6 pairs id knickers, something you want to tell us then?

Can't honestly understand why people post on here asking what to buy relatives and even more so their partners for a pressie.


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 3:54 pm
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bit of inspiration!?


 
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I once let my wife go underwear shopping, she spent £2k 😯 I've not made that mistake since.

The best present isn't always the most expensive but the one that has had the most thought gone in to it.

Send her on a pamper day, drop her off (get in a bit of riding) tidy up the house, get dressed up and cook her favourite meal with some nice wine. Do something cheesy, I made some ice cream in heart moulds for mine.


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 4:46 pm
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My Dad once bought my Mum a food processor for her birthday.

Bit of an atmosphere in the Spanner household that year.

She was a bit touchy about her cooking though, which was, TBH, awful - when I was a kid and my mates used to come round for tea, they'd come only if assured that they wouldn't have to eat anything 😀


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 4:57 pm
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you'd know that a pen makes a great present

It's a bit of a retirement present, though - not exactly romantic.


 
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give her a Belgian Steamer.

It will go down a treat. trust me.


 
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[i]The best present isn't always the most expensive but the one that has had the most thought gone in to it.[/i]

People say this, but it seems to be the case that after I've put lots of thought into it I realise that all the things my wife really wants are whimper-inducingly expensive. 🙂


 
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People say this, but it seems to be the case that after I've put lots of thought into it I realise that all the things my wife really wants are whimper-inducingly expensive.

Champagne tastes on ginger beer wages


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 5:13 pm
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Trouble is, I have champagne wages. But not Clos du Mesnil 1995 wages.
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Pair of Jimmy Choos!!! Or a new bike .. that's what I got this year! awesome!


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 6:43 pm
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*wonders what he can extort out of OP by threatening to post this thread through his door addressed to his wife*
/evil chuckling/


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 7:26 pm
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Oi johnnie - NO!

Ballon ride sounds a really good idea


 
Posted : 05/05/2009 9:40 pm