Secret Santa Ideas
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The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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For some reason, this year my family have decided to do Secret Santa.

I happened to get my sister (late 20’s). We are not hugely close and I don’t know too much about what she would like.

Budget is between £50 and £75.

Any suggestions please people of PH...

ManiacBob

222 posts

182 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Lush sell xmas gift boxes full of bath bombs and things in that price range. They've been pretty well received when I've gifted them before.

Matt_N

9,041 posts

232 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Pandora charm?

Loads of women seem to lap that over priced tat up.

The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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ManiacBob said:
Lush sell xmas gift boxes full of bath bombs and things in that price range. They've been pretty well received when I've gifted them before.
Hard for me to get hold of (but sure I can find similar here).

The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Matt_N said:
Pandora charm?

Loads of women seem to lap that over priced tat up.
I’m not sure she wears that tat tbh...more Rolex/Cartier.

ZOLLAR

19,920 posts

203 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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The Moose said:
ManiacBob said:
Lush sell xmas gift boxes full of bath bombs and things in that price range. They've been pretty well received when I've gifted them before.
Hard for me to get hold of (but sure I can find similar here).
Whilst many women like it don't forget they may not like it, my partner tends to get a "lush gift box" as a secret santa from work or distant family member however she absolutely hates it.

Difficult to answer really, any spa's locally?
they tend to do xmas offers so could get a fully body massage or facial (oooeerr) treatment.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

130 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Whoever gets you, I hope they give you back your post signature! wink

£75 could buy an "experience" voucher for something she might enjoy - Bakery/Cake/Cooking course type of thing, or tickets to a show, something she can do, rather than something she can have?

Vaud

59,680 posts

185 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Fortnum and Mason Hamper?

hyphen

26,262 posts

120 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Ask one your siblings/her mates who do know her better? Or take a look through her Facebook for ideas.

Vaud

59,680 posts

185 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Cashmere scarf.

John Lewis do one for £55. Get a gift receipt and she can take it back and change the colour, etc if she doesn't like it.

The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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She spends most of her life in Dubai...and Christmas is here in the US this year.

Wanted to do something that wasn’t a voucher or cash - something more than just an envelope on the day.

Yipper

5,964 posts

120 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Tandem skydive.

Bungee jump.

Balloon ride.

Vaud

59,680 posts

185 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Then sod secret Santa.

Call your sister and ask her what she would like "only don't tell mum and dad", etc.

That way she doesn't get something that she has to haul back to Dubai and you get what you want...

Dr Interceptor

8,183 posts

226 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Paperweight..... https://goo.gl/xVEPfn

Perfect for weighing down the suitcase

JuniorD

9,013 posts

253 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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The Moose said:
She spends most of her life in Dubai...and Christmas is here in the US this year.

Wanted to do something that wasn’t a voucher or cash - something more than just an envelope on the day.
Shame you and she both live abroad, otherwise I would have suggested between 50 and 75 items of random st from your local poundland.



Shakermaker

11,317 posts

130 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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anonymous said:
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For your sister?

The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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JuniorD said:
The Moose said:
She spends most of her life in Dubai...and Christmas is here in the US this year.

Wanted to do something that wasn’t a voucher or cash - something more than just an envelope on the day.
Shame you and she both live abroad, otherwise I would have suggested between 50 and 75 items of random st from your local poundland.
We still have Dollar Tree here hehe

I'm so bad at wrapping up so would likely spend more on having someone wrap up 75 pieces of st for me than they cost in the first place!

JuniorD

9,013 posts

253 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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The Moose said:
JuniorD said:
The Moose said:
She spends most of her life in Dubai...and Christmas is here in the US this year.

Wanted to do something that wasn’t a voucher or cash - something more than just an envelope on the day.
Shame you and she both live abroad, otherwise I would have suggested between 50 and 75 items of random st from your local poundland.
We still have Dollar Tree here hehe

I'm so bad at wrapping up so would likely spend more on having someone wrap up 75 pieces of st for me than they cost in the first place!
You're doing it wrong.

Shove 74 pieces of unwrapped random st into a large gift bag, the gift bag being the 75th piece of st. Obviously depending on volume, you may require additional gift bags, in which case each additional gift bag will mean one less piece of unwrapped st, otherwise the budget is blown by dollar.

Cheers the Moose


The Moose

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23,680 posts

239 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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I did think about something from LuLu Lemon, however it’s about double the budget for anything!

Matt Cup

3,266 posts

134 months

Thursday 7th December 2017
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Shakermaker said:
anonymous said:
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For your sister?
laugh