Birthday gift help!

charlieg writes:

I need birthday gift help!?

My girlfriend's birthday is a few weeks away, she is turning 19, she goes to college in new york and i go to college in texas, thus we have a long distance relationship. I am going to send her flowers and a letter, but i need to send her something else as well. I just have no idea what else to get her. we are not a very material based relationship and rarely do gifts, but i really want to get her something nice. suggestions please.


Well Charlie, I hope that we can help you with some ideas for a special gift.

• You could give her the gift of a college sweatshirt from your school. Since it is considerably cooler in New York during the winter months, she will get some use out of it, I am sure.
• The gift of good chocolate! (read, not cheap chocolate) Find something different from a local candy story in you town in Texas.
  
• Some local Texas food. If she likes spicy food, then salsa might be the thing the spicy gift she would love.
  
• A unique stuffed animal could be a fun and inexpensive gift!
  
• Something that you spend the time and make by hand can be a very special gift. If you have carpentry skills, this might just be the thing that shows that you are committed to spending time for her.
  
• A video or photo montage of your time together is another fun gift. Girls like a sentimental gift, and it will mean something to her that you spent time working on the gift
• of course if you have a bigger budget, a plane ticket for her to come see you (or a plane ticket to go see her) might just do the trick...just don't show up unannounced, wearing just a bow, and holding those flowers, or you might be in for a response that you don't want!
  

I hope that this helps. I wonder if our readers have any other great gift suggestions for charlie