How do you figure out what to get people that have everything? And can afford to buy whatever they want? And they have no hobbies?
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Wine or some other tasty treat!
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This is my dad. He doesn't want a lot of stuff, but when he does want something, he just buys it. Impossible!
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@MamaMoose: Hubs is this way too . . . he always tells me exactly what he wants for a gift. Most of my independent tries have not been entirely successful.
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Usually a gift certificate to a restaurant or a nice bottle of wine.
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@MsLipGloss: Hahaha PapaMoose does the same thing. I like to try to surprise him though!! He gets really frustrated with me though because I like to be surprised but he would much prefer that I just tell him exactly what to buy me for my bday and xmas each year. I don't know why he gets so stressed... he always comes up with great ideas on his own!
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@MsLipGloss: I feel bad buying the IL's just wine.....
@MamaMoose: DH is the same.....and I get stuck trying to come up with stuff to tell my family to get him. -
@Smurfette: What about wine and photos? I bet they would love a whole bunch of your LO!
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@Smurfette: Oh, and I would much rather have someone give me wine than a million scarves (that I never wear), or earrings that *look like me!*--AS IF--that I will never wear, or any of the 10 throws that I don't want in my house (a throw with cats on it is good for a laugh, but how do you come to my house and see our furnishings and think that I would want that?!)
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@MsLipGloss: We are going to give them a framed pic of R from the ones we just took. I just want something to go with it. I know they have a spare room full of stuff people have given them over the years, that they don't do anything with.
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@MsLipGloss: I know you secretly sleep with that throw every single night.
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@Smurfette: Shhhhh! *stompsfoot* That was a seekret DAMMMIT.
*snort*
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@Smurfette: @MsLipGloss: you two crack me up!
What about a box of something they can drink/eat? Chocolates, tea, coffee, cookies?
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@Smurfette: But seriously, for the past 5 years, MIL has given me no fewer than 2 scarves (one year I actually got *4*), 1 throw (as many as 2), and now fewer than 2 pairs of earrings . . . which are always so fug! : / Last year, in addition to the scarves (2 of them), she got me *4* sweaters because I mentioned to hubs that I needed a few cardis for work (because my suit jackets were still too small). Every single sweater was either fug OR so shapeless and boxy that I just wanted to light them on fire and dance around them. She has known me now for 7 years, and I don't do baggy/boxy! EVER (so unflattering!).
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@sunny: I see how much of that stuff they get and then try and get us to take. Last year their friends gave them this big meat package from a local butcher and we took it all home cause they didn't want it.
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@Smurfette: my inlaws are the same. I hate shopping for them. Luckily, they like eat and they love lo, so we take then out to nice places for the holidays and shower them with wine, chocolate & flowers. And they just love being around lo.
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@TurtleDoves: They live out of town, and we will only be there for a day and half (they aren't going to be happy when realize this) but that does give me an idea. I could get a gift certificate for a local restaurant, some wine, and do a date night basket.
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@MsLipGloss: That is the gifts they give me. Other then the Pandora beads, everything sits in my jewelry box or I take to Goodwill. One year I got a D&B handbag, it was nice, just not my style. I tried to return it but it was over half price then, so I just gave to my Mom.
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Experiences/ Activities even if they are cheap like movie tickets or museum passes. You may have to go with them, but that could be fun right?
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I also vote for experiences. I got my parents tickets to the symphony one year and they really enjoyed it.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: They live 4 hours away, and that is a blessing in disguise.
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I had this problem with my grandparents. I bought a gift for the angel tree at the mall (or my church) and then wrapped a picture of the gift along with a note explaining that I made the donation in honor of them. They loved it.
I also made donations to a charity which did a similar thing overseas. The first year I bought chickens, the second year a goat; they joked that I was buying them a petting zoo piece by piece.
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@Smurfette: Yep, I end up donating a lot too . . . or let my cats enjoy them (I mean hello, it's a *cat* throw!) . . . *augh* To be perfectly honest, I wish we only did dinner as a big family, and that just DH, LO, and myself would do gifts. It's just overkill--the amount of stuff MIL buys--and I end up donating or throwing out pretty much everything!
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@Smurfette: literally lol
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How about a gift card for dinner?
Also, check Groupon/Living Social and see if they have any sort of "experience" gifts like a wine tasting or a night at a bed and breakfast if you want to get fancy.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime:
@MsLipGloss: I know. I would much rather just spend more on my parents who appreciate stuff and ask for things they actually need/want, cause they can't afford it. IL's go SO overboard with the nephews, so I know they will do the same with R. I don't know where in our house all the gifts are going to go.
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