What to buy my gran for her 80th???

[hollie1586]

my gran is 80 this month and i dont have a clue what to buy her. i want to get her something special/out of the ordinary. we seem to buy her things such as dvd's every year, books and jewellery etc but im fed up of buying the same things! she is quite "Hip" as she puts it lol very down to earth. anyone got any ideas that will blow everyone elses gift out of the water lol?!? im not afraid of spending a good amount of money!! thanks

[Sachs]

Hi hollie -
Digital photo frame - (If someone in the family owns a digi camera)
Subscrition to a magazine
Take her to the theatre
Flower subscrition

[lil75]

You can get a load of old photos and you can get them put on a dvd disc with her fave old song playing in the background and the pics blend from one to another...you should be able to find someone to do it in the yellow pages

[Barmaid]

don't laugh, I am being serious. A champagne balloon flight?! My grandad (aged 84) wants one.

For my grannies 80th, we took her out for a slap up family lunch and then hired a small boat for the afternoon and took her on a cruise around Rutland Water. (It was the same year as the Queen's 80th, so we reckoned if it was good enough for Her Majesty, it was good enough for our Nan - not that we could stretch to the RY Britannia!)

[abstract]

if she likes to smile then she'll love these!

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[dustypuss]

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i wouldn't like to see them coming at me on a dark night

1586 how about life membership to a gym :-)

[rosiewesti]

How about a day at a spa being pampered!

or

a facial, manicure, neck, shoulder massage at your local beauty salon?

[~max~]

Oh the balloon flight is a brilliant idea, if she is quite adventurous! Can you also maybe get hold of a few pics of her "through the ages" and make a collage? that's always lovely.
In addition,you could take her for a "day of fun", maybe a slap up lunch, then a bit of shopping, then theatre or a movie? Maybe bingo if she likes that?

[bensmum]

My mum is 80 this year and there's nothing she wants. We have 'adopted' her an orang utan at Monkey World in Dorset and on her birthday at the end of the month we are taking her down there for the day followed by dinner somewhere. I am also planning to book her and me into a hotel for the night down there too.

[badlad.biz]

I think you should gather together all the photo's of you and her and make a scrapbook or collage of all the things you and she did together. And write in the things that made it special. Memories are free but worth a fortune.