Christmas on a budget
This year Christmas is happening at a reduced cost. Me and mrs stolen teddy are expecting a little one next year, so all things considered, I'm sure the family will understand that budget cuts have to be made. This is also in light of the necessity of meeting the mrs' family for new year thereby entailing having to fork out lots of money to EasyJudas* airlines to fly to Estonia...

Any-hoo, for my dad this year I'm painting him a picture of my Grandma. A few years ago, my Grandfather died so I painted a picture of him as a memory. My grandma died a couple of weeks ago so my dad is getting a matching painting (*awwww*).

My mum has discovered the great outdoors so it's a book of walking routes for her.

And my bro...we probably just a manly handshake and a slap on the back: if he wants anyhting more I can remind him about one Christmas morning where I opened one of his presents by mistake so he kneed me in my happy sack, and I can offer to return the favour.

*http://www.b3ta.com/questions/present/post578276#answers-post-578276
(satanstolemyteddybear Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:00, 1 reply)

Walking routes
Why not give your mum a subscription to www.walkingworld.com? Mine was 17.50 for a year - there's a few thousand walks in the UK, and a few hundred in Europe iirc - it includes printable sections of the OS maps, directions, and quite often photos too. I also got a 10% voucher for Cotswold outdoors - a new pair of boots and a decent jacket, and the discount will cover the subscription cost too.....
(vinny, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 16:19, closed)