My neighbours, who are very lovely people have had a baby 10 months ago, and i still havent been over to congratulate them. i feel extremely guilty and one time they caught me on the street and were still very lovely to me and i had a play with the baby boy. i also appologised for not dropping by.
now i am thinking of putting together a wine basket (i know that they like wine but i dont know what kind, so im going to go for red), and im going to make sure that its a good quality and expensive one.
but what else do i put in there. i know you’re going to say cheese (but what kind and where do i get good quality cheese from in Australia?) im also thinking of a cook book, some dried nuts.. but what else.
and because they had a baby boy, do i also get the baby a gift?
PLEASE HELP! thank you.
I don’t know where to buy it since I’m in NZ, but just buy a
nice goat cheese
some sesame crackers
smoked salmon
small jar of capers
some nice dark chocolate
buy two wine glasses to put in the basket
I would love this basket!!
September 6th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Yeah a wine basket sounds GREAT! pop in some chocolate boxes, bibs, toys, maybe a little blanket? a storybook for him?
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September 6th, 2010 at 9:39 am
I don’t know where to buy it since I’m in NZ, but just buy a
nice goat cheese
some sesame crackers
smoked salmon
small jar of capers
some nice dark chocolate
buy two wine glasses to put in the basket
I would love this basket!!
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in terms of gifts, sometimes NOT getting them a baby present and instead giving them a gift certificate to the movies or dinner can be good. Because that’s what new parents need! A break and a nice date night!
September 6th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Cheese is personal so I wouldn’t recommend buying for a neighbour unless you are going for a free for all and it can be a discover and discuss situation. I’m renovating a house, and busy like you are, and the best gift someone gave me was a ready made gourmet meal. Speedy nice pasta, speedy nice pasta sauce, and a lovely red wine. My friend who gave this to me also sent a really cool colander as the basket. In terms of spend, when I said nice, go for those ten dollar items….ten dollar pasta, ten dollar sauce, etc….it gives you and them the chance to see if those extra dollars are worth it….which they probably are not…..but shows you give a damn……and if you still feel like you haven’t given enough….a gelatti coupon or even coffee coupon from the nearest and dearest is great.
My source is a one of the gifts given to me this year.
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