This left us struggling with some of the hardest gifts right near the end. My lola is 94 years old now! Since she is so fragile, she doesn't get out much these days and has to be very picky about what she eats. She has a small apartment so I also hesitate to get her more clothes or household things that she may not have room for. With so many restrictions I turned to the internets for help. Gifts.com lets you search for gifts for women and then you can narrow it further by senior women. I totally thought this would be helpful. I was so entertained by some of the gifts on here that that's why I'm up late writing about it! Here are some of the winners.
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| InterCourses and iPhone magnets? |
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| The Godfather...I'm sure plenty of Lola's have this on their Christmas list |
This wasn't very helpful, but I did see some cute angel figurines. Since she is very religious and prays every day I thought I would look for a pretty rosary or figurine of Mary. I tried googling for "Catholic gifts" but found the figurines to be out of my budget. I then went to amazon and searched for a rosary. Check out this related item!
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| Customers who bought this rosary also bought Red Dead Redemption?? I did some more searching/browsing and finally found the perfect gift...or so I thought
It was on sale for $14.99. What a deal, right? Well, once I added in engraving, tax and shipping it came to $43. Wow! That seemed like a little too much for one ornament and again over budget for me. I searched other sites, but couldn't find anything comparable. Rather than buy online I went to a couple different malls searching for an angel ornament I had also seen on their site. I was so happy to finally find a store that still had it in stock and ordered it right away. They were able to engrave it the same day. This one came out to $23. Perhaps still a bit much for an ornament but it is silver plated and it looks so pretty! |
The other two gifts I wanted to mention are not difficult to pick out, but are still hard to shop for in a different way. My father in law passed away four years ago. Towards the end of that year I was updating our Christmas List and came across his name. I could not bear to take him off our list. After shedding some tears I decided I didn't have to. So every Christmas and also on his birthday we donate to a charity in his honor. I also started donating for my Lola Espie when she passed away two years ago. Here are some of the charities we've donated to so far.
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| http://www.unicef.org/philippines/index.html |
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| http://www.americanheart.org |
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