For my mothers 50th birthday...

[elfy]

Yes, yes, it's finally as good as done. I got nearly everything, just 'easy to get'-things missing or only doable problems to solve.

1 - 24: Babylon 5 Season 1-4 *
25: Book for kids to learn english
26: 'Happy Birthday' cup
27: Stationary (mit dem 'Liebe ist...' Pärchen)
28: Himmelsboot (picturebook, kind of meditative)
29: Notebook with red pen
30: Puzzle (1000 pieces)
31: 1.2kg ColaKracher (sweets)
32: Anti-Radix (certain vitamin combination she likes)
33: Pixi-book ('Oscar wird 5')
34: Candles
35: Bathing-salt
36: Gift certificate for a photosession *
37: Gift certificate for going to the cinema *
38: Geheimnis des Glücks (book)
39: Plant / Flowers *
40: Amaretto
41: Espresso
42: Merci (sweets again)
43: Brooch in silver
44: Brooch in gold
45: CD with Oldies *
46: Photoalbum with photos and commentary about my last 2 years in Cologne *
47: Book for Computer-Beginners
48: Book for Internet-Beginners
49: Monitor
50: Computer *

* = still have to work on this (photoalbum, installing the computer), may be nearly finished (B5) or have to get it at the first point (plant/flower).

Also a big thank you to kaneda who is helping me with the computer-stuff :)

Comments

[jema.livejournal.com]

hehe, what a delightful list of gifts! I see you even got her a pixi-book:-)
I got one a few months ago for myself, they are kind of nostalgic and cute.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

I really like the idea with the 50 gifts for the 50th birthday and an awesome list of presents. My mom will be 50 next year, so maybe I can try that, too, if I can come up with 50 presents ;-).

[elfy.livejournal.com]

I have a bigger collection of pixi-books (50+? maybe even around 100) :) I once decided to collect them, but there are so many i am back to the point where i said i will only get the ones i like. and i usually get them on fleamarkets, so they are used, but really cheap.

[elfy.livejournal.com]

I tell you, just start early enough :) Like, 2-3 month ahead. Or start now already, at least to make a list of possible gifts she would like. Most gifts on my list make some kind of sense (for example, the stationary, quite some years ago my mother collected these 'Liebe ist...' cartoons out of the newspaper... or the puzzle... it's a pic which is hanging on her wall since... i can think :)).
But I can tell you, even if some things were really cheap (1-2 Euro), others were pretty expensive (computer... ^^;;). thats another reason to get the presents over a longer time, it's easier to afford ^^.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

That's a good idea starting early on that, because my mom's birthday is in February ;-). It's really a great idea, I have to think about it and talk to my brother, maybe we can do that together and split the costs. I'm sure your mom will be thrilled with all her presents :-).

[elfy.livejournal.com]

Good idea :)

And: I hope so, hehe. She better is! ;)