Mission impossible

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Mission impossible

by EllieGant ^Pro @ 27.03.2008 – 18:57:08

I took the day off today to go shopping. Tis the season of family birthdays, and I needed to get presents for a 70 year old, an eighteen year old and a ten year old.

Total and abject failure.

I came home with a book from Oxfam (for me), a pomegranite (for me), a bag of gobstoppers (for me), a Waitrose Food Magazine (for me) and a bag of Thai chillies (for whoever, I don't know what to do with them).

I also bought a glass of wine and a packet of McCoys (for me) and a triple strength latte (for me).

And I walked through 2.5 miles through a swamp (formerly a footpath) to catch the ferry to do all these things (for me).

Now I have just one day left to buy said presents. Heeeeelp!
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- jackfrost
- 27.03.2008 @ 19:03:39
18 and 10 year old send money or gift voucher....70 year old task them out for the day as a present!!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 27.03.2008 @ 22:10:14
  Good idea - I think I'll have to anyway, as I need to get everything sorted before the weekend!
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- thespian ^Pro
- 27.03.2008 @ 19:52:20
oh don't worry, i'm sure you'll find something in the cupboard you can wrap up for them.
for example, how about a potato for the ten year old so she can carve it into interesting shapes?

no, please - don't thank me.
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 27.03.2008 @ 22:11:25
  *adopts pitying tone*
  
  It's a long time since you've met a 10 year old girl, isn't it? They are now 10 going on 18!
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- deana24
- 27.03.2008 @ 20:23:28
Oooh, gobstoppers - fantastic!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 27.03.2008 @ 22:13:02
  And shrimps, and milk bottles, and apple things - you see, you get a plastic tray to fill, and before you know what ....
  
  *looks gloomily in mirror at spotty face*
  - - deana24
    - 28.03.2008 @ 08:10:20
    ..red shoelacey things and cola bottles and random bits of fudge and jelly dummies and blackjacks and fruit salads and.. flying saucers and... ooh, I can almost feel the e-numbers... wheeeeee!
    - - EllieGant ^Pro
      - 28.03.2008 @ 19:35:18
      ... and the sore tongue from eating too many sour apple things. But despite that, I feel seriously cheated in not getting any fudge!
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- mycorneroftheworld
- 27.03.2008 @ 20:49:48
You seem to have had a good day out anyway!

I agree with Jack. A 70 year old usually have everything already so why not do something for a treat?
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 27.03.2008 @ 22:14:23
  Yes, I did - it was really warm and relaxing.
  
  I only felt guilty about the lack of present-buying when I got home!
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- blayka
- 27.03.2008 @ 23:50:17
LOL! This, in my book, would constitute a perfect day! You did good.
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 28.03.2008 @ 19:37:02
  Yep! I bet I would have had a day of disappointment if I'd gone shopping for me - that's what usually happens. Too much expectation - too little cash!
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- wendlane ^Pro
- 28.03.2008 @ 09:06:54
yes can relate to all of it -including gloomy looks at spotty face

10 year old - girl - a mobile phone charm, hearts or sparkle something like that

boy? Nintendo game

70 year old? Ummmmm... an Aled Jones CD or DVD of great railway journeys or a lovely bunch of flowers and a box of non chewy chocs, one of those padded trays you can eat your dinner off your lap with, a special cup for tea, a pair of 'Soothe away' slippers -the type you heat in the microwave and then it warms your feet with aromatherapy and stuff, a crystal ornament, crystal glasses.....I could go on...but i won't
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 28.03.2008 @ 19:34:04
  Woohoo, thanks Wendlane - I got a mobile phone charm (and other sparkly purply bits) today - I didn't even know they existed! I'll worry about the rest next week
  - - wendlane ^Pro
    - 28.03.2008 @ 19:37:35
    Ah you got one -so you took my advice???? Must be a first for me Ah yes mobile phone charms are a MUST for all girls hope she loves it!
    - - EllieGant ^Pro
      - 28.03.2008 @ 20:31:46
      I reckon she will - two little monkeys, just like her and her sister!
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- tylluanpenry ^Pro
- 28.03.2008 @ 20:34:35
Sounds like a successful shopping expedition to me

I'm sure you'll find the pressies in time!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 02.04.2008 @ 18:00:09
  A retrospective 'managed it'! Don't know why I worried, really. Jack was right - she was really only interested in the money part!
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- Moonwoman
- 02.04.2008 @ 02:45:08
How absolutely awesome. You treated you!!! You so deserve that. Some excellent suggestions here. I know the 70 year olds in my life want me just to spend the day doing something with them like go to a museum so they can take a trip down memory lane; or go with them to visit an old friend and do a videography of their life history together so they are story telling about the way life used to be... interesting for you and for them!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 02.04.2008 @ 18:02:34
  You are spot on! I've been asked to scan all her family photos in and make a montage/movie to music. Actually, I cannot do this and was fibbing like a trooper when I said I could. But my husband can, so all is well!
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