Birthday Gift for November

How to Choose a Birthday Gift for November - eHow.com Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything Web eHow.com Home Family & Relationships Center Family Life How to Choose a Birthday Gift for November Before the chaotic holiday season starts, take a time-out to get a gift for a friend or loved one born in November. Steps: 1. Consider buying jewelry or collectibles with the birthday boy's or girl's birthstone. The modern stone for November is the topaz; the traditional is the citrine; the mystical stone is the pearl. All are meant to bring longevity. 2. Consider astrological attributes when purchasing a gift. The November Scorpio, born between November 1 and 22, may appreciate gifts such as a journal, incense or personalized jewelry to match the sign's intense, passionate and personal personality. 3. Rethink your ideas for the November Sagittarius, born between November 23 and 30. A novel, a daily planner or a book of philosophy might match the typical Sag's profound, witty and well-organized personality. 4. Purchase something in the astrological birthstone as an alternative to the monthly birthstone. Scorpio's birthstone is malachite, while the Sagittarius stone is the zircon. 5. Think about sending the gift of flowers; chrysanthemums are November's birth flowers. 6. Explore the possibilities of a holiday theme, such as an elegant Thanksgiving dinner or a day at the parade. Tips: Men can be quite appreciative of flowers, so don't rule out such a gift! Another birthstone for November is the diamond. Please Share Your Tips with Us E-mail this page to a friend Write an eHow Article Suggest a Topic More Resources: Related eHows: Give the Gift of Flowers Make a Fabric Gift Box Find Unusual Gifts Choose a Birthday Gift for December Create a Gift Basket for a Person Who Has Everything Things You'll Need: incense personal organizers bookstore gift certificates personalized jewelry chrysanthemums birthstone jewelry birthday cards journal wrapping paper gift bows tissue paper gift bags gift ribbons Project Details: Skill Advisory: Moderately Easy Printable Page New! -- Related eHows: Give the Gift of Flowers Make a Fabric Gift Box Find Unusual Gifts Choose a Birthday Gift for December Create a Gift Basket for a Person Who Has Everything Check out Thousands of How-To Solutions in eHow's Centers Automotive Careers & Education Computers & Home Electronics Family & Relationships Finance & Business Food & Entertaining Health Hobbies & Games Holidays & Traditions Home & Garden Personal Care & Style Pets Sports & Fitness Travel How to: --? Web eHow.com Home | Site Map | About Us | How To Books | Link to eHow Subscribe to the eHow of the Day Mailing List : Have the eHow of the Day appear on your My Yahoo! Page: Add the eHow of the Day to your RSS reader: © 1999-2005 eHow, Inc. How things get done. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy .

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Buying Birthday Presents ABC Home Radio Television News …More Subjects Email this page Print-friendly This week's Treasure Past Treasures About Treasure Hunt Buying Birthday Presents Some thoughts onBUYING BIRTHDAY PRESENTS Gidday! You know theres a funny thing about the Carter Clanmost of us have birthdays around the same time. While thats great cause it means we get to do a lot of celebrating it can also be a bit hard on the old hip pocket nerve when it comes to buying all those presents! So, in an attempt to economise this year, I set myself a challenge: to buy five gifts for five members of my family for fifty dollars each or lesssomething for my grandson, my wife, my daughter, my mother and my father. Fortunately, our whole family is mad keen on anything to do with antiques so that solved the problem of where to find all of this gearit was just a quick trip up the road to our local Antiques Centre. Now fifty dollars is not a lot of dough but youd be surprised at what you can do with it if you look hard and you think a little bit sideways When I go shopping at big antique centres the first thing I do is walk every isle looking for likely suspectsthen I do it all again to see if theres anything Ive missed and there always is. Next, I pick out the stuff I want, examine it carefully and then think about it some more before making a final decision. Well, the day I went present shopping was a little bit different because it didnt take me long before I found something really excitinga nice piece of Latticino Glass. It could have been the perfect present for my wife, June, because its just the kind of thing she collects. After carefully examining the piece I found it was in great condition with the only real blemish being a barely noticeable flaw on the surface. If money were no object I would have bought it there and then. But, at $280.00 it was well over my budget! The next thing I found or to be more truthful it found mewhen I fell over itwas this good little retro set. Anodised aluminium cup sets from the 1950s are becoming really popular with collectors these days. At $20.00 this set was a real bargain and would have looked good in my daughter Christines kitchen. I say would have looked good cause Christines the odd one out in our familyher birthday doesnt happen for another six months so shell have to wait. Life can be cruel sometimes! The day was moving on and I still hadnt found something suitable for my wife June that would be within budget. Well, after a bit of snooping around some dusty old shelves I finally found something really interesting tucked away in a dark corner. It was a nice piece of Murano Glass. Fortunately June collects this stuff as well. Im not surprised really as its a style of glass fast becoming popular as a collectible. Entry-level pieces can cost you as little as $20.00 to $25.00 though pieces from the 1930s can command higher prices due to their rarity. The piece I found was circa 1950 and the asking price was $55.00. Now that was about the right market price but, after a little bit of negotiating with the dealer, I was able to buy it for $50.00right on budget. Now if you fossick around a bit in antique centres youre liable to find some very odd things. When I was rummaging through a box of second-hand books and magazines, I came across an illustrated childrens storybook from the 1930s. The thing that caught my attention was that it was full of stories about dogs, so I said to myself that this would be a great present for my grandson. Now that might seem a strange gift to buy for a little boy but what you dont know is our family is awash with dogs, weve got loads of em, so I reckon hell eat that book upthat is when granddads finished with it! There are things you can stumble across in antiques centres that youre never going to find in your average department store. While I was pulling stuff out of a box of odds and sods looking for that elusive bit of treasure I came across a set of novelty coffee mugs, each filled with what appears to be a naked lady! Wouldnt get much coffee in them thoughbut then who would care! Absolute kitsch, but at $19.00 for the three they were almost worth buying just for the fun of it. Now, when I go off to buy presents for my daughter Julie I sometimes like to play a little joke on herI buy the worst thing I can possibly find knowing that shell hate it, but that she wont be able to do anything about it because its a present from her Dad, so shell have to keep it forever. Now Julies mad keen on collecting anything to do with shellsher house is crammed full of em. So, I thought Id find her something that would compliment her collectionand I found it. Its a paperweight cum desk/kitchen ornament, probably made around the late 1940s or early 50s. I think itll look great in her dining room next to her giant clamshell! Now my Mum is an interesting ladyshes in her mid eighties, got white hair, looks like butter wouldnt melt in her mouth, smiles all the time, everybodys favourite grandmother type, but she does have a little vice: she loves a drop of the hard stuff! Now last year I bought her a very nice whisky tumbler. This year I wanted to buy her something that would compliment it. After scouting around a couple of the glassware cabinets, I found just the thing, a nice cut glass water jug. Made in England around 1890, its good quality gear with a deep cut pattern and, surprisingly, in very good condition for its age. It came in at $48.00 so was well within budget. Strangely enough, my Dad turned out to be the most difficult person of all to buy something for, and thats because hes got everything he could possibly want or need, so I made the decision to buy him something I think he might just enjoy. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Engineers and hes collects military badges and medals from that period. Fortunately our local antiques centre has a comprehensive collection of militaria so I certainly wasnt lost for choice. In fact the selection of gear on offer was enormous ranging from World War One Trench Art to modern day memorabilia. After a bit of fossicking I finally settled on a Royal Engineers badge from the First World War. It will fit perfectly with the rest of dads collection and at $28.00, a real bargain. Dad also loves military music so, as well as the badge, I decided to buy him an LP of military music. Now this was just on $4 so the total expenditure on Dad only came to $32.00, and Mum reckons, thats just how it should be! So there you have it, with a little bit of patience and a keen eye, I was able to get all five of them sorted out, no bother at all. The best part about it was the bill only came to $215 .00 which was well under the $250.00 Id originally planned on spending. So, if youre on a budget or in a hurry, large antique centres are a godsend. I reckon any body should be able to find something if they look hard enough. And speaking of looking hard enoughyou know, with that $35 left over I might just go back and buy those naughty mugs! Its a funny old world Bye for now, Alan. © 2005 ABC | Privacy Policy There is a thriving market for vintage Hornby and Hornby-Dublo model trains throughout the world. In Australia, a useful starting point is the Hornby Railway Collectors Association, which caters for collectos of both Hornby 0 gauge and Hornby Dublo trains. Most buying and selling takes place at model railway swap meets and toy fairs, but auctions, specialist shops and model railway exhibitions are also good places to look for bargains.There are literally hundreds of books and magazines devoted to collecting model trains. Most will give you a good indication of current values and condition and some will even give you a rundown on prices paid at recent auctions.

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San Mateo County RecycleWorks | Reuse Recycling San Mateo | Creative Gifts and Wrapping Press Government Facts & Figures Get Involved Search RecycleWorks Hotline: 1-888-442-2666 http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/giftsandpackaging.html REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE WHAT'S CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY At Home Curbside Programs Haulers Food for Thought Creative Gifts Holidays Tree Recycling Holiday Gifts At Work At School In the Garden Toxics Construction Electronics Plastics Junk Mail Recycled Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCES Frequently Asked Questions ReUse Center Recycle/Donate Now Buy Recycled Creative Gifts and Wrapping Go to: Gifts | Wrapping and Packaging Cards -- Gifts Try these gift ideas that are different, enjoyable, and prevent needless waste: Gift certificates Tickets to sports events, theatrical or musical performances, or movies Museum or park memberships Restaurant gift certificates Cloth napkins Mechanical pencils/refillable pens Homemade coupon for Dinner, a Car Wash, Handyman Service, or Babysitting For children: prepare a dress-up box filled with wacky old clothes and jewelry. Homemade baked goods in a reusable tin. Battery charger Train or bus passes Order a compost bin from our website and let RecycleWorks cover part of the costs. Make a donation in someone's name to his or her favorite charity. Some local environmental nonprofits that you may be interested in supporting: Sustainable San Mateo County The San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation Coyote Point Museum Save the Redwoods Save Our Shores Surfrider Foundation Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Other creative gift ideas Make a gift! Make useful and fun gifts from common household items: RecycleWorks Creative Re-Use Projects for kids When old items are replaced by new gifts, don't put them in the trash. Donate old items to your local thrift shop or make sure they are properly recycled. Go to our Reuse and Recycling Center to find out where to take your obsolete items or visit our Re-Use Center . Planning for the Holidays? Packaging Have fun discovering new ways to make your gift look good without needless waste. Gift decorating is a great way to be creative. Creative substitutes for wrapping paper include scarves, tins, baskets, bags, old maps and calendars, used blueprint paper, or just a nice bow. Specifically selected sections of the newspaper also make fun wrapping paper. Keep gift boxes and bags that you receive and use them to present a gift to someone else. Wrapping paper and bows can be treated the same way. Decorate boxes with magazine cutouts or design your own wrapping paper using paper bags. Instead of using plastic ribbon, trim your gifts with dried flowers, pinecones, yarn, twine, shoelaces, paper or fabric ribbons. If you do choose to use wrapping paper, look for paper containing recycled content. You can also purchase solid colored paper that can be used for occasions throughout the year and decorated with different bows, stickers, and artwork. Did you know packing peanuts are recyclable? They can be taken to many of The UPS Stores (formerly Mail Boxes Etc.) and other stores that provide packaging and mailing services. When you choose packing materials, if you don't have packing peanuts to reuse, you might try cornstarch biodegradable packing material or consider "air cushioning," (filling sealable bags with air to provide support). © 2005 San Mateo County RecycleWorks Contact Us Order Posters & Publications County Facilities

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