Back to the top Birthday Gift Ideas Dear Aunt Agatha, A good friend of mine is turning 60 soon. She is not badly off and seems to have everything she needs. PH, Paihia Dear PH, the best thing you can give her is your friendship and love. You will know what sort of house she keeps and whether she is a knick-knack ornamenty sort of person who would appreciate a specially chosen little gift. You could try taking her out for a special dinner or perhaps away for a day or two.
Associates offers special balloon gifts which are a bit novel and always very well received.
Whatever you give her she will treasure if it has been specially chosen. I do not believe it myself, but you only have to look at some of the houses being built in new suburbs around Auckland these days and you will see the influence. Some Feng Shui advocates suggest that it is due to the qi life energy which accumulates near schools that people become irritable, unsettled and tired. I suggest that this may in fact be due to the children themselves and the parents as they pick up and drop off their treasures i.e. the busy-ness the school generates. You can usually build up a case for anything.