Only answer this question if you are serious and are prepared to be absolutely honest.
What is the cheapest gift-moneywise-you have EVER given anybody?Maybe you were short on cash at the time and would have liked to have given something more expensive,or maybe you just thought the person didn`t deserve anything better?Never mind the ones where you gave your best friend the talcum powder auntie myrtle gave you for christmas - i`m asking about gifts you actually went out and bought yourself to give to a certain person. Did it make you cringe with embarrassment when the person opened it-or did you think " there you go that`s all you`re worth ?" Did you get it thrown back in your face -literally - or did the person thank you nicely and then tell everyone how tight you are behind your back? Or was the person genuinely - to your surprise - very pleased with it and rushed out to buy YOU something nice ? I`m talking price tags here - low ones - let`s see how low we can go ....
2007-03-26 10:44:25 · 15 answers · asked by yahoobloo 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I got one of my best friends a key ring for 76p. And I got my sister a scratch card for a quid. They were both delighted - saddos.
2007-03-26 10:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by AUNTY EM 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
$2 - and 10 hours of work!
Here's something creative that will be appreciated and you will have fun doing:
Make up a crossword puzzle and have all the hints be personal inside moments and jokes that only you two would know about. Put it on a poster board and add some clipart and some pictures to it!
The crossword puzzle could be time consuming and a bit frustrating ... you could do the same idea with a WORDSEARCH or WORDFIND puzzle.
Put your computer skills to work! Use Excel, get clipart from Yahoo Images Search, copy them, and reformat them, use a gluestick to put on posterboard.
Use graph paper, and pictures from magazines if you are not as good on the computer, and it will give it a homemade feeling.
2007-03-26 12:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Reserved 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
now i am answering this on behalf of my mom, (she has no idea i am answering this on her behalf...but hey i am 37 so figure i dont need her permission... she would laugh anyway) right she has this friend and they have been friends for about a zillion years and every xmas/birthday she buys my mom the most riddiculous and cheap present ever, now we dont give to recieve and i know its the thought that counts and all that malarky! but she buys things like bath salts in a pack of three (you know the kind of goft we gave to our moms when we used to get 50p pocket money for mothers day of extremely tight a** dad) this xmas she bought her a three piece hankie set........... my mom always says that the thought counts but does she really know her at all.........???????? wheras my mom used to buy expensive gifts, she now stoops to the same level! i am not concerned with prices but to put thought in is the most important thing, the worst thing was she always looks happy as she opens it but forgot her birthday one year and actually went into her "naff " gift drawer and wrapped up a present her friend had given her before to give her to make it look like she had not forgotten, her friend said....."what am i supposed to do with that, its not very personal" my mom never had the heart to tell her where it had come from, they are still best buddies, she still buys naff presents .........but they get passed on to me now,, which i pass on to friends if they annoy me throuhgout the year...........
2007-03-26 12:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave Marigold seeds last year. Seeds that were harvested from a Marigold plant that was given to me the year before...So, basically the cost to me was not much, it was even a rainy summer when I grew the plant I harvested from, so not even much of a water bill... However, everyone loved them, well I have not heard otherwise. Pretty cheap!
2007-03-26 17:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Aunt bought my husband a value pack of Corn Nuts for Christmas last year...
I'm pretty sure that's the lowest of the low!
2007-03-26 10:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by Sweet Melissa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 dollar magnet for my mom when I was five and I had to give her something for mothers day. My cheapest gift now sits around twenty bucks each year to my youngest cousin who is 9.
2007-03-26 10:48:27 · answer #6 · answered by espressoaddict22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always tried to give as good as I can,but I had a mate who borrowed some records off me,he was going to tape them to cassette for his girls birthday present. I was impressed
2007-03-26 10:50:20 · answer #7 · answered by keeprockin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a girl that i hardly knew. it was her 15th birthday and i only had like three bucks on me so i whent to the dollar store and bought her a fake fish aquarium for a $1 and then i put the two $ in the bag and gave it to her. every one else bought her like sephora makeup and hollister shirts. she didn't look to thrilled for the fake fishies and two dollars. she dosn't invitie me to her social events now. (oops.)
2007-03-26 10:53:03 · answer #8 · answered by hi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i bought my friend a glass picture frame that had "love" written all over it for her birthday. She didnt even buy me anything for my birthday so i stopped by family dollar and picked it up for $2. She gave me a fake smile, said thank you, and walked away disgusted.(i could tell..hehehe)
2007-03-26 10:50:19 · answer #9 · answered by Sexy*Black*Chick 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always buy my friends and family great gifts, even if what they wanted was only $15.
2007-03-26 10:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Katie Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋