Yeah, that’s why we’re going to Milan instead of Florence (my smilies aren’t working, so insert frowny face here). I’m pretty sure Milan is covered for shopping for clothes and bags, we’re only there one full day so that’s probably all we’ll have time to do.
Leonardo’s “Last Supper” is in Milan. And the Duomo is quite lovely.
Clothing. Pack light and fill out your wardrobe with interesting pieces from your travels.Pack minimal before you leave. A hand tooled leather belt. A jacket. A hat. A shirt.
They have an added bonus of being something you’ll actually use when you get home, not just sit on a shelf, needing to be dusted.
Irish pony- only 15,000 euros (I hope you’re short - this hunter pony is only 13.2 hh)
Spanish galgo dog - These sweet dogs are used up and thrown out, or tortured to death.
Greek stray. Greece has thousands of beautiful stray dogs needing homes.
StG
Sorry, our house doesn’t have [HYACINTH]a sauna and room for a pony[/HYACINTH].
And if I were able to adopt a stray dog (I’m allergic, so that’s off the table) there are plenty right in my own city.
But postcard pictures are so small that assuming decent conditions even an amateur photographer like myself can get better quality themselves (and cheaper too to complete the SDMB cliche).
Nonetheless when I went to London my mom wanted a postcard so I got her one. It was of Big Ben and as my luck would (not) have it, it was undergoing refurbishing when I was there in person, and so was encased in scaffolding. The postcard I got definitely was better than the picture I could have taken on that day.
We picked up a nice water color painting from a vendor at Montmartre. Had it framed after we got home.
When I was in the Navy I bought the local edition of Monopoly at my two overseas stations, Okinawa (Japanese) and Iceland (the British edition with an instruction folder in Icelandic). It was interesting seeing the different place names they picked to replace Baltic Avenue, Mediterranean, etc. and I swear with the Japanese edition, Rich Uncle Pennybags on the cards looks a little Japanese. On the cheap-ass UK edition there are no graphics on the cards, only text.
If I go overseas, I’ll get some more.
Tools (or kitchen knives). Even ordinary tools are fun: this screwdriver I’m using is the one I got in that shop in Paris. Odd tools are …less useful… but odd 
My suggestion: Take photos of people (which are always more interesting to look at), and of places that are off the beaten path or mean something special to you. For the main tourist attractions, put the camera away and let the internet take the photos for you.