Scrapbook

• As a senior citizen, the woman in your life has lived through many momentous events in her time, so make her a scrapbook of the fondest memories she keeps. A scrapbook is an effective way to capture the best moments throughout the birthday gal's life, such as her college graduation, marriage, first pregnancy, children and grandchildren. Creating a scrapbook takes a lot of preparatory work to design the book just right. You also need time to gather the materials you wish to use. For instance, besides photos, you can also add other items to a scrapbook that have positive meanings, such as performance ticket stubs or hospital wristbands from her babies.
  
  

Special Trip

• If you are trying to find the perfect gift for your wife, think about taking her on a special trip. Bring her back to the place where you proposed to her, or visit the first house you owned as a married couple. If it is close enough, make a day trip out of it. Or, if you live states away from where you want to take her, plan a weekend getaway so that the two of you have time to drive or fly there and back, and rest in a bed and breakfast during your stay. The sentiment will touch the birthday girl's heart.
  
  

Dinner Party

• Planning a formal dinner party with all of the birthday lady's children, grandchildren, cousins and friends is a thoughtful gesture and a gift in itself. Make it a surprise so that she does not know what gifts await her at the restaurant or at your house. Decorate the environment so that it has a festive flare, with balloons, party hats, streamers and banners. Think of creative ideas to make the dinner party more sentimental. For example, ask the grandchildren to write and read her a poem out loud during dinner, or have her oldest friend give a toast.
  
  

Lessons

• Now that the woman in your life is a senior citizen, she may be looking back and wishing that she took a particular lesson or learned how to do something new, such as tap dancing lessons. You can surprise her with a gift of lessons that you know she wants to take. Sign her up for a series of cooking classes or horseback riding sessions, or whatever you believe is appropriate given her lifestyle and capabilities.
  
  

Donations

• Some senior citizen women may not want any gifts at all. Rather, they would prefer that you spend money on a donation to a charity or organization that could use the money. If this is something you would like to do, find out what types of charities or organizations the lady in your life is most passionate about, and give them the money. Present the birthday woman with a receipt of the donation as her gift.