What do you get a woman/mom turning 48?
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perfum would be the best gift for her.ask for something light with a clean,sexy smell.
849127
You are lucky! Give them your love and care. Give them something that they have cherished, something not too expensive, yet something that they would treasure. If you had given some hint as to their age, I would have suggested something. But I  am sure you know them too well, and you will come up with some brilliant idea. Just think about it.
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If your Mom has a hobby, get something related to that.  \nSubscriptions to a magazine she likes to read is a gift that gives all year.\nMy daughter got me a gift certificate to my favorite lunch place, good for a weeks worth of lunches. \nIf your Mom is like me, she doesn't need trinkets, but something useful is always appreciated.  You know, you could also write her a letter and tell her how much you appreciate and love her.\nPictures are always a good thing too.  A nice scrapbook of her life, something you put together for her.
677515
ask your mom and grandma when they had theirs for the 1st time. Around that age is your answer.
195405
My church hands out single red roses to the women. you could give every mom a simple pretty flower or dishtowels or something like that. chocolate, the like. Flowers are a good cheap gift. you could even buy small potted flowers, just shop a bit, see what looks good.
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Get tickets for something to do together or for her and your father.  A play, a concert, a bike tour, a gym membership, an art exhibit, manicures and pedicures, an imax movie, etc.  She might have a lot of things or be very picky about her things, but she loves you and she would most likely be very touched that you got something for the both of you to do together.  If that's not your thing, think about a hobby she truly enjoys and perhaps get something to go with it.  For example, my mom knits, so one year I bought her some really beautiful wool online from a farm in Vermont and a pattern for a pretty sweater that I thought she would like.
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well give her something handmade. what are you good at.?? something that will keep close to remember you and know that you put extra effort not just spend some of your money..
404856
Give them money.  If she is 28 then she already has house stuff that she already likes.
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You can give her a framed picture of both of you.\n\nYou could buy a nice economic wood picture frame (could be 4" x 6" it won't cost more than $5.00) and paint it or decorated in an unique way.  If you could not buy one you could make one yourself with cardboard or wood stiks.\n\nYou could also see if the bookstore you work at is something you like for her and ask you boss if he could take the money out of your pay in several installments.\n\nIf you had no money, go see if you could find some pretty flowers and make her a bouquet.\n\nThere are lots of ideas you could use. But it wont matter what you get her. The best gift a son or daughter could give to their mom is their love and to let her know she is being the best mom you could ever had.  That's all moms care about
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Try not to get too personal, it might scare her off. A gift certificate is kind of crude, it's basically the same as cash. Maybe a nice dinner, some flowers (not too extravagant, but not something you'd get your mother either), and a small gift.\n\nIdeas: teddy bear, chocolates, a spa-type gift basket with stuff she can pamper herself with (most drug stores sell those at a reasonable price), or something practical that pertains to her life like a travel mug with a gift certificate from her fave coffee shop or with a bag of good coffee. \n\nThings to avoid: lingerie, jewellry, pets, cash, books and/or music (until you know her tastes really well), blank journals, clothes, poems or songs (until at least 6 months) etc. \n\nGL!
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Get her a baby outfit and a sonogram pic from the internet.  Just when your mom is about to pass out say PSYCH! And give her what you really got her...one of those $9.99 mug and mini tea-bag sets from Walmart (the ones with the little winter scenes on the mugs).
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Going out to eat, vases of flowers or containers of live plants, candy or bath items seem to be the most popular gifts to give Mom - but is it because she really loves them, or because you don't know what else to give on Mother's Day?\n\nTake a hint from other gift giving occasions and don't get stuck in a rut.\n\nGive a gift of time for Mother's Day. Make a promise and keep it, to spend a day with your mother, doing whatever she enjoys, whether that's baking, garage saling or sky diving! Let it be her day, and let her choose which day it is, within reason.\n\nA busy mother often lacks time for herself. She dreams about being able to take walks alone, stay in the shower more than 2 minutes and finish the book she started when you were born! Giving the gift of time isn't so hard. What it means is that you take over some chores or a day's worth of chores or watch younger siblings to allow her to do whatever she wants to do.\n\nShe doesn't need to go anywhere (unless she wants to), or do anything special... just whatever she wants to do.\n\nA clean house! This is another "take over the chores" type of gift, but with a twist. Having a clean house makes anyone feel good, so give a hand made gift certificate for cleaning time at her request. Make eight (or however many hours' worth you want to give) boxes on the certificate (or individual certificates) and in each one write "1 Hour." She can choose whether she wants an hour a day for eight days, a full day's work, or an hour or two here and there. What could make a homemaker happier?\n\nYou can do a one time job for her, like cleaning out a storage shed or washing and waxing her car. Washing windows on the house, or doing other heavy house cleaning are other possibilities.
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I'm a 21 year old male so let me try to help you out.\n\nFirst off the 20's is a broad range, if I'm 29 I'm going to want something different than when I was 21.  Also, depends on who the gift is for.  If my girlfriend gets me a shower curtain I'm going to say, wtf?  If my mom did, well hey, she understands that I'm 21 and I need stuff for my place.\n\nThat brings me to this...  I'm 21 and I just started living on my own in the last 2 years or so.  I'm still building my little "empire" or apartment if you will with lots of goodies and so forth.  Maybe some DVDs or even that shower curtain if you their his bathroom could use a facelift.  \n\nI'll be commissioning in the Army in May so my dad is buying me my first pair of ACUs while my mom said she is leaning more toward something that will benefit me in life...  Ummm maybe that George Foreman Grill I've been wanting?  lol\n\nHopefully that shed some light for you.  Answer your question?  Leave some credit!  :-)
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Think really hard and listen to her when she talks and THEN REMEMBER!!!!! People are always saying  I wish I could.....or when I was younger I wanted...... think of things she would really enjoy having. \nI would start by going to one of those photo places and getting a picture of your child/ren taken so that it is ready before mother's day. You should still have enough time. Nowadays it doesnt cost much to get them taken. \nThen put it in a nice frame and present it to her on mother's day with breakfast in bed. The picture could be on the tray. Have it signed on the bottom...to the best mom in the world. Do this before the kids wake up and arrange to have this song playing in the background: Making Memories of Us. Not saying country music is my favorite, But the words in that song are so powerful they would make any woman's heart melt in an instant:\nI 'm going to be here for you baby\nI'll be a man of my word\nSpeak the language in a voice you have never heard\nI want to sleep with you forever\nI want to die in your arms \nI'm gonna love you like nobody loves you. I'll earn your trust making memories of us.\nWould be great if you whispered it to her in her ear as the music was playing. \nThen tell her today is devoted to making memories of us because you love her so much.\nDo something special every hour.\nLots of moms want to spend the day with the entire family. Not sure if your wife does.\n*go to park and play baseball or frisbee together...flirt with her while you are there.\nTake out to lunch and really devote yourself to her. Open the door, push in her chair, attend to all her needs.\nBuy her favorite snack and give it to her midday\nRent her all time fav. movie and WATCH IT with her.\nAt night, make memories of the two of you together.
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Some lotion and soap from BATH AND BODY WORKS.\nTickets to the movies and a pizza for the both of you.\nA day at the mall and lunch.\nSomething for her bedroom(picture, decorations)\nT-shirt and jeans\nIf she gets her own car, something for it license plate, seat covers, stickers\nCD'S\nThese are just ideas\nIt's your sisters SWEET 16 and you know her best. Get her whatever you think would mean more than anything to her. GOODLUCK AND TELL HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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Something that you made yourself is always a good gift for your mom. For your friend, get her a spa treatment for after she has the baby, (and a good babysitter, lol) she will thank you :-)
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The letter & the photo ideas are nice ones. As a mother, I can tell you that the best presents are always those that come from the heart. They needn't cost much (if anything at all). just so long as it's given with all the love you have for your mother. My daughter has given me "World's Best Mum" certificates & stuff like that, but the best thing ever from her, was a photo of her at her school prom with a poem that she'd writen herself, about how she felt about our relationship. Stuff like that is totally unique, a keepsake, memories that you can look back on with love in years to come. Give her something that shows how much you love her - I know she'll be more pleased with that than if you spent loads of money on something that any daughter could buy for her mother.