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Gift ideas (for myself--haha)
My parents surprised me the other day on skype telling me that they'd like to get me a graduation gift. I was not expecting anything from them, especially as they are both coming to Spain later in the year when the baby is born and told them I didn't want a gift. They insisted and told me I have about a month to decide on what I'd like as a gift (that is when they could give me the money for it).
So, my question is if you were offered a gift/gifts with a cap of 1000 euros what would you ask for?
I'm thinking of an iPad at the moment, but really want to explore my options. Lol.
Re: Gift ideas (for myself--haha)
Does it have to be a thing? Maybe you can ask you parents to pay for (or help pay for) a babymoon.
It doesn't have to be a thing. We were considering something like this as well...we have a babymoon planned and were considering asking them to pay for some of the nights in a hotel (we had planned a camping trip, but if we had a little money we could do a hotel).
I like the idea of getting an experience as a gift, but I might like having a thing more. Not sure.
I did consider asking for a flight back next year too!
I already have a kindle, but that would've been at the top of my list if I didn't.
Great ideas ladies! It's just so hard to decide...
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The only idea I have that hasn't been mentioned here is possibly a piece of furniture or something like that which you'd love, but you don't allow yourself to splurge on.
I really really wanted an antique 4 poster bed and got that as a graduation present. I never would've spent that much money on a bed myself, the Ikea thing still worked, so why splurge, but I loved that bed and getting that graduation present made it possible.
I do think it's nice to have something you can keep. Graduating is something, it's nice to have something you can see or touch and remind you of your accomplishment. An iPad is really cool, but in 3 years it's outdated and replaced. A trip, however awesome it is, the same. If you take a trip home to show of LO, that's what the trip will be, it won't be your graduation.
That's just me though, I like those things that show/remind me of my accomplishments.
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Congrats on graduation!!!
I really agree with you on this point. However, there's nothing I can think of that is truly timeless...unless it's jewlery or something I suppose. I doubt for me an iPad would be outdated quite so quickly and definitely not replaced (for me anyways...I use things like that for a long time) but I do agree that it's not something I'll always have to remind me of graduating.
Lots of good points ladies.
I think all the excellent ideas have been covered
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But maybe something special w/ them while they're visiting-- splurge dinner (God knows I covet Madrid food).
The more practical, which is actually what H (FI then) gave me-- he had all my dipolmas/license stuff professionally framed. I'm not really into that (thus, the first 2 were sitting in cardboard envelops, no kidding). But once everything was done and up in my office, I've gotta admit, it does look nice. Slightly 'I love me', but nice, anyway. Whenever anyone comments on them (often), it always makes me think of my H. And framing is definitely something I would have never spend my own $ on!
i agree with NLFoodie. For my wedding we got a lot of practical stuffs, but my fave present was an ironworks decorative tree from a local artisan. DHs godmother wanted us to choose something that was not cheap, but that would last a long time and we would always remember what it was for. She didn't want to get us something we would replace in 5-10 years.
So I would suggest checking out local artists for a work of art or piece of craftsmanship. It wouldn't need to cost 1000 euros, but it would be something you would keep for a long time. Then you could use the rest of the money to get something else that you could have fun with.
I am waiting for my parents to ask what I want for a gift so that I can ask for an Amazon gift card. I am too cheap to buy my own books for the kindle, so I'm stuck with free and public domain ones at the moment.
Publius: Have you exhausted all the free selection on Kindle? I started downloading a different free book every few days when I was on the metro a lot a while back. Most of them were not that good, but at least somewhat interesting and better than nothing.
Thanks for all the great ideas ladies...I have been having a hard time deciding. I still have a lot of time to consider it, but at the moment I'm leaning toward the iPad (just couldn't get it out of my head!), a 4D video of the baby (I know some people find these creepy, but we really want one), and possibly one or two nights in a hotel during our babymoon.
I know it's not something lasting, but memories are forever (how cheesy of me) so if they gifted us a couple nights in a hotel in addition to the other things I would of course always remember that experience. They'd also be giving us the first clear picture of our baby.