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Birthday presents

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  • 24-02-2011 5:09pm
    #1
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭


    Here's the deal. I'm invited to the 40th birthday of a family friend. Only thing is I don't know her very well unlike my mother and stepfather yet I'm expected to bring a gift. My budget was originally €20 (Avon catalogue ftw) but now I have to splash out around €60 on a gift fo someone I barely know.

    I would've posted this in tLL but the answers here are usually more creative.


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    #2
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Go to the bank and get the €60 changed into 2 cent coins, then put it in a shoe box.


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    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    McChubbin wrote: »
    I would've posted this in tLL but the answers here are usually more creative.

    You didn't ask a question.


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    #4
    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Today's deal:
    Three Course Lunch from Michelin-Starred Chef Conrad Gallagher for €25 at Salon des Saveurs (Value €48.45)
    http://www.citydeal.ie/deals/dublin

    includes Signed copy of Conrad Gallagher's new autobiography

    there you go
    high value, low cost


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    #5
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Steal the equivalent amount in silverware during the party.


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    why do you have to spend 60?

    Anyway, get her a toaster/kettle set and some tea towels


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    _feedback_
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    bluewolf wrote: »
    Today's deal:
    Three Course Lunch from Michelin-Starred Chef Conrad Gallagher for €25 at Salon des Saveurs (Value €48.45)
    http://www.citydeal.ie/deals/dublin

    there you go
    high value, low cost

    I am disgusted by the helpfulness in that AH reply. :mad:


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    #8
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    http://fatkidatcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mario-dick-in-a-box.jpg

    ftw

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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    #9
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    Blast her with piss.






    you did ask in ah.


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    #10
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    Get to know her better ;)


    it can be your gift too :D


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    #11
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    Perhaps I should mention she's in a wheelchair. Go faster stripes maybe?


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    starbelgrade
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    Do a cake fart on her birthday cake.


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    #13
    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    A big bag of werther's original :)


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    McChubbin wrote: »
    Perhaps I should mention she's in a wheelchair. Go faster stripes maybe?
    Attach a playing card to her spokes.


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    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Get her a vibe


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    #16
    NothingMan
    Registered Users Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    Seriously who sets a budget on their birthday presents? I don't buy my closest friends presents never mind a family friend. If someone told me I had to spend a certain amount on them then I wouldn't even bother turning up.


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    #17
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Get her a Hot Wheels ramp, hours of fun to be had


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    #18
    RxQueen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭RxQueen


    Someone I know recently got told by the bride to be that she is expecting £200 cash from everyone as a wedding present, they advised everyone that they only wanted cash and no presents.


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    #19
    Mongarra
    Registered Users Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Mongarra


    Commemorative 2011 €10 coin issued by Central Bank - Cost €38. Central Bank website has order form.
    Commemorates voyages of Brendan the Navigator and only 15,000 issued.


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Why does it have to be 60 euro?


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    #21
    gravityisalie
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭gravityisalie


    http://www.firebox.com/product/2351/****-Box?via=sbp


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    #22
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Since there is a dedicated forum to gift ideas...
    From AH.


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