Need a wedding gift, quick!

In My Humble Opinion
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My best friend got married yesterday morning (sunrise on the beach, awww). I’d like to get her and her husband something nice to commemorate the occasion. Something Scottish would be nice, they’re both Scottish and he wore his kilt to the wedding.

Why don’t I already have a gift? Because Wednesday night she called me and asked me to go shopping for her wedding dress. That’s right, I had no idea they were getting married this weekend until Wednesday night.

They didn’t invite anyone to the wedding except a friend who is a notary, who actually performed the ceremony, and another friend who is a photographer, to be a witness and snap some pictures. In a few years when they have the money to do a big wedding (which she doesn’t care about, but he has to have) they’re renewing their vows and doing a big fancy thing with groomsmen and bridesmaids and flowers and all.

They’re on their honeymoon now, and coming back tomorrow. I want to get them something, especially because this was so sudden practically nobody knows about it and it would be nice to say, “Congratulations.” So, any ideas? Items for the home/kitchen are out, she’s very particular about how she decorates her house, and she has all the kitchen appliances she needs. I was thinking maybe some sort of plant (is that lame?) she’s into flowers and landscaping (she was once a florist) and if it were a plant from Scotland he’d dig it too. Problem- they already have thistle. Heather? Other than that, I don’t know. Let’s see… purple is her favorite color, they’re both Celtics fans, they both like folk music… Gift certificate to their favorite Indian restaurant? I’m looking to spend around $50-$100, so it doesn’t have to be anything spectacular.

Are there any traditional Scottish wedding gifts I should know about? Procuring one on such short notice would not be a problem. There’s a little Scottish enclave less than an hour north of me, and they have at least one Scottish import store.

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Scotch. Can’t go wrong with scotch.

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I’ve been enjoying the fruit basket my parents sent us.
[sub]Amusingly, the card had my surname rather than his (I’m keeping my maiden name for the meantime).[/sub]

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That’s such a nice idea :slight_smile:

What about something like a “quaich” which is a 2 handed cup of welcome and a traditional scottish wedding gift.

Or something pewter?

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She bought him a quaich, actually. With the Celtics logo in the bottom of it. I didn’t mention it in the OP because I had no idea how to spell it.

Scotch would be appropriate, don’t know why it didn’t occur to me. I actually saw one of my dad’s favorite scotches at the liquor store last night, Glenlivet.

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Any gardenshop will sell some kind of Oxalis. You could give them the bulbs or seeds and say they can grow their very own shamrock.

(Or is that Irish?)

You might also give them anything and say that you thought about giving them haggis, but then dedcide against it and instead bought them this.

Or buy a genuine Christmas pudding online.

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I actually did think about giving them haggis, as a joke, along with a real present. I know the Scottish import store in Dunedin has canned haggis (just when you thought haggis couldn’t get any worse).