Surprises for sis....

[Ally]

As I mentioned sis is 60 next month and I'm going over to be with her.
Mega excited!!

They live in a humongous barn style gite farmhouse thingy practically in the middle of nowhere.

She wants for nothing so I've been thinking what little things I could buy her.
I'm only going over with hand luggage.

She loves chocolate and goodies but where they live (it's a hamlet with about 40 people) the nearest shop is 45 mins drive away and the most exciting thing it sells is Lay's crisps.

In Iceland the other day I had a Eureka moment.

They had loads of 'stuff' that she likes.
I got a rake of them and have decided to make a game out of them for her to find.

For eg:

A box of Viennese whirls ( her absolute favourite) I'll give her a SCD clue by dancing (badly ) a waltz with her hubby Mark which will hopefully lead to her guessing correctly then she gets the 'prize'.

I've got her chocolate buttons, Picnic bars, Crunchies, Kit Kats, Mars bars...and plenty more.

I'm now giggling away merrily thinking of ideas to go with the names of the sweets for her to guess.

[meriad]

that's brilliant! Your own personal treasure hunt

[Ally]

I'm laughing away here Ria as she'll absolutely love it.

[Workingman]

Why don't you hide some around the house... under her pillow, coat pockets, handbag, behind ornaments, in the bread bin and so on? It could be weeks down the line before she finds the last one.

[JanB]

Brilliant idea Ally xx

[Kaz]

Great idea

[Ally]

Why don't you hide some around the house... under her pillow, coat pockets, handbag, behind ornaments, in the bread bin and so on? It could be weeks down the line before she finds the last one.

They get field mice in the house and more than the occasional s*a*e.

They might get to the goodies before she does.

The **'s are for our Jo's benefit.

[JoM]

Thanks Al, even the **s are making me shudder

That’s a brilliant idea though, it’s so hard to think of good gifts for people who don’t need anything so this sounds perfect.

[cruiser2]

Have you got her a choco;ate orange? It is one of my favorites.

Number them so that you know how many you have hidden and how many she has to find when she discovers another one.