Need a birthday gift for my 50 yr old mom!

[fs5]

Her birthday is coming up and for the love of god I can't think of anything to get her. No hobbies, chinese so she thinks everything is a waste of money, HELP! Looking around $300 or less.

 

[hendon]

Cook Chinese food for her?

 

[UnderScore]

- A photo-album with you making googaly faces

- An one day pass to a massage & relaxing spa

- A truthful honest no-strings attached "I love you Mom!"

 

[fs5]

I can hear her now, "WHAT? You spent how much just for a massage?" Hehehe.. I like that photo album idea. Ah ha.... a family picture at a professional studio!

 

[IBhacknU]

I suppose Old Navy gift certificates are out of the question

Get her something family oriented. Do you have a bunch of pictures. Can you get some together and make a framed collage? They even sell frames with a dozen pre-cut holes for different pics.

???

 

[Ranger X]

Do something for her that doesn't cost money. Then she can't complain that it costed too much if it sucks.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

If she doesn't have it already, a nice CD player (or "boombox", depending on taste) and some favorite music CDs.

 

[damocles]

Get her a DDR GeFOrce and a couple of sticks of CAS2 Ram (well if she can't use it.....)




Seriously, how about something like a portrait of yourself (if you have brothers/sisters even better). It could be painted or a photo.

 

[EmperorNero]

at 50 years old, your mom would probably want to bathe in the fountain of youth

(my mom's 51)

 

[Sluggo]

Hire someone to clean her house really good, or hire some guy to give her days worth of yard/handyman help around the house.

 

[3615buck]

A chippendale (sorry for the spelling)

 

[hans007]

i think she needs a new athlon 1ghz.

 

[dude]

Tell her, "after much thought, I decided no to send you to the home".

That would be a shocking gift.

No really, take her to the fairgrounds if there are young grandchildren or something. Have her play with the kids and let her enjoy herself. Don't let her get on the roller coasters or the scream machine.

It would be better if the whole family can go.

 

[co0lbean]

My mom would want a stuff animal
However, give her like a Lalique maybe. Oh everyone like's the fish one, it has a asian touch


Never mind it's $1,000
But lalique does have some asian qualities that might appear to your chinese mother

 

[sweetrobin]

First of all .. dont tell her how much you spent .. thats always bad form ... tell her any ammount of money is worth it to make her happy ...

okie .. get you a disposable camera ... and go around and take pictures of places that mean special things to your mother and you ... take a roll of these pictures ... then go by a scrapbook .. at walmart they are like 8 bucks and come with stickers and pretty paper to mount your photos on ... get the photos developed .. put them on the pages and print up words that go with each photo like the good memory the place brings back ... that way when ever she needs a pick me up she can go through her beautiful book and relive memories ...

 

[perry]

My mom turned 50 a few years back and I bought her a Lladro piece.. For the uninformed Lladro is a company in Spain that hand crafts small ceramic statues. Top quality stuff. She collects them, and I found a piece that she would like for under $200. She loved it!

Any nicer department store (Macy's, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Rich's, Hecht's, etc) will sell them, it's just a pain tracking down a decent price since there is such a high markup on em.

 

[FlashG]

Arrange a day long Spa visit for her. You know, one of those places that give you rub downs, facials... that type of thing. You set the date and arrange travel for her, or driver her yourself. Treat her real special. I promise you she will never forget it.

 

[qacwac]

Okay I am a horrible gift giver but I did good once.

Last Mother's day I went and bought a rose bush. I had wanted to plant it for her Saturday night but didn't get to. So I ended up finally getting it planted on Monday. Well she got home from church after a very emotional thing happened to her and she thought, "Somebody's been messing in my flower bed." And upon looking closer she realised that someone had planted a rose bush for her. Then she saw a letter attached to the rose bush. The letter basically went through Proverbs 31 and said how she fit "the virtuous woman" and that it was my job to praise her. She loved it.

So you don't have to spend alot. Just put your love and feelings into it and let her know that she's appreciated. That's all most moms want. To be appreciated for their life's dedication to their children. Well atleast that's all my mom wants. But she's a lot less superficial then most woman today.