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baalamb 
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:23pm |
My mum's going on her OE for 6 weeks at the end of July. I'm so excited for her and at the same time, I'm completely jealous and I'm going to miss her terribly!
I want to get her a little something as a 'safe travels' gift but I have NO idea what! 
Obviously, I want that something to be small and lightweight. I was thinking of getting her one of those small bookmark/card type things that they have in bookshops with poems/sayings on them etc so she can carry it around no problem. I know she is going to be really homesick for the whole time LOL so I thought a mini photo album would probably not be the best idea, because she'd just wish she was home again! (She's already saying 'ohhh so not fair, Ashlee's going to start walking while I'm away'  )
Does anyone else have any other ideas?
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busymum
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:39pm |
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Have you ever seen a brag book? It's a great thing for nanas, lightweight, can put a lot of photos in, etc...
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:41pm |
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I got my mum a wee travel diary. Very cool wee book that she could chuck into her handbag. There are heaps of different types. Got mine from paper plus for $14.95.
She loved it and it meant she could record little things when she saw them and also put the names etc of all the people she meet.
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baalamb
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:43pm |
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Yeah we gave her a travel diary for Mothers Day so she's got one of those. They are neat!! She's already filling in parts of it with contacts/list of things she needs to pack etc
I think I might still do the brag book/mini album thing. I just worry that that might just add to the homesickness!!!
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:48pm |
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What about a st christopher necklace or broach? (he is the patron saint of travel)
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 3:57pm |
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AlyAyde - exactly what I was going to suggest! When I travelled on my O.E my parents bought me a St Christopher charm to wear on my neacklace! It was gorgeous and meant so much to me!
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 4:01pm |
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I was also going to suggest the St Christopher but what about a locket with a pic of Ashlee in?
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 4:03pm |
I was going to say that too. we have a St Christopher in our car 
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baalamb
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Posted: 17 July 2007 at 4:55pm |
Ladies, that's perfect! Mum's a VERY big believer in saints/angels etc I just never knew who was the patron saint for such a thing 
And Claire, that's a really cute thought too... I wonder if theres a St Christopher locket out there?!!
Thank you muchly  will let you know how I get on with finding something.
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