I am completely at a loss for ideas of what to get my mom for Xmas. I have absolutley no clue whatsoever. In past years we have done spa gcs, clothing gcs, she has any gadget any woman could ever want, the house is full of knicknacks, she doesn't like bath products....I just have no inkling at all of what we should get for her.
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You should check out gifts.com. You can answer questions about your mom and it will list some possible gifts or you can pick her personality type. That's what I did for my dad and came up with a great gift. He is really hard to buy for and I couldn't come up with anything, but this had some great ideas. HTH!
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I'm in the same boat as you, Metric. My mom is impossible to shop for. She has a ton of knicknacks, but I still got her a waterford bowl because I couldn't think of anything else. I'm still keeping an eye out for something better though.
Maybe you could get her a gift card to one of her favorite restaurants?
If she likes wine, you could subscribe her to a wine of the month club? I can't look at alcohol-related sites at work, but I think that wine.com has a list of clubs, some affiliated w/ Wine Spectator magazine.
What about tickets to a play or soemthing like that for the two of you to do together? Last year I got my parents tickets to Wicked and it was the best gift for them!
Other ideas
GC for movie tickets wrapped up with microwave popcorn and other goodies you eat at the movies.
DVD's of her favorite movies or tv shoes or CD's
A month of a cleaning lady
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