| It can sometimes be difficult to buy a nice gift for | | | | chuffed with it. |
| someone on a special occasion. Especially for | | | | - Experiences: While searching around for a gift for my |
| relatives; every year on average you will buy a family | | | | Dad, I came across various gift experience sites. I'd |
| member 2 gifts, as the years go by you start to run | | | | heard of red letter day from years ago but didn't |
| out of ideas. I especially find it hard to know what to | | | | realise the amount of different companies that were |
| buy for my Mum on her birthday and, often I don't get | | | | now around. I came up with a great idea for a gift.... for |
| to see her because she lives a long way away in | | | | ME! I'd always wanted to go bungee jumping but never |
| Spain. | | | | got round to it... My Mum also complains that she |
| My Mum is a fairly contented lady; she enjoys her life | | | | doesn't know what to buy for me for birthdays and |
| and on the whole doesn't want for much which makes | | | | Christmas so I sent her a link to a site I found offering |
| it even more difficult to get her a gift that she would | | | | bungee jumps for less than £50! |
| really enjoy. The good news is, we live in a time where | | | | On my birthday I received a gift voucher and went |
| there has never been so much out there to choose | | | | and did my bungee jump which was truly amazing! |
| from, and the Internet plays an integral part of not only | | | | Literally the best gift I ever got! |
| choosing a gift (you can get so many good ideas by | | | | - Flowers: When I was younger I thought that giving |
| looking at any of the many 'Gift Idea' sites) but you can | | | | flowers was a bit of a cop out, something you don't |
| also buy, and easily deliver a gift direct to the recipient. | | | | have to put much thought into. Over the years though |
| Now I have so much to choose from! I don't think I | | | | I've come to realise that there are ways to make a |
| could ever again bring myself to walk around a | | | | gift of flowers more thoughtful. You can ensure that |
| crowded shopping centre on December anyth to get | | | | you get someone's favourite flowers but also still |
| last minute gifts that no one will really want just | | | | paying attention to the fillers as well. I designed my |
| because it's the only thing left in the shop. | | | | Mum's Mother's day Bouquet online and sending |
| Some of my favourite gifts over the last couple of | | | | flowers abroad is so easy! She got them dead on |
| years (both given and received) have come from the | | | | time and she said they were so fresh and lasted ages. |
| Internet. The key to getting something great is to really | | | | Although I do for most Mother's days, I don't often give |
| think about the sort of gift you would like to give. I like | | | | flowers for things like birthdays... I prefer to send |
| my gifts to be thoughtful so I try to think about a | | | | someone flowers when there is no real occasion at all. |
| person's interests, skills and favourite things when I'm | | | | When someone has been there for you or gone out |
| thinking of what I could get them. | | | | of their way to help you and just generally be a great |
| Some of the gifts that were very well received were: | | | | friend, sending them flowers when they don't expect it |
| - Music: For my best friend' birthday I decided to put | | | | can really make someone's day! |
| together a CD of all the songs which remind me of | | | | - Personalised Gifts: There are so many personalised |
| her. I thought of the idea a few years ago but most of | | | | gift ideas on the Internet, most of the gifts I gave for |
| the songs I wanted I didn't have, and you couldn't get | | | | Christmas last year were personalised: I got a really |
| them all together on a pre-made CD (lots of different | | | | lovely silver lighter with Swarovski Crystals for my |
| genres over the span of several years) so short of | | | | friend with her name engraved on it, my sister a case |
| going out and buying around 20 albums in order to put | | | | of personalised Rosé wine (I know, right!) and my |
| together my compilation, it wasn't going to happen. | | | | niece a cute little baby blanket with her name and date |
| Enter iTunes. I was able to download iTunes for free, | | | | of birth sewn into it. |
| find the songs I wanted and buy them then and there. | | | | So those are some of my favourite gifts bought |
| Once I had them I created a CD and she was really | | | | online... hopefully I've given you a bit of inspiration! |