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Brainstorming: Gift Ideas
So, BF's birthday is coming up this weekend.
I lost my mind, and decided to give him the number of gifts that equal his age. (Let's say he's 35; that means 35 presents.)
I came up with a bunch of gift ideas right away, but my brainstorming has totally fizzled with 8 gifts left. Any inexpensive but really cool gift ideas? Maybe something Austin-y? Maybe even fun stuff we could do together?
A sample of what I've got so far: a restaurant week date, a Hudson's on the Bend date (from the coupon posted last week), gift cards to three favorite coffee shops worth a cup of his usual order, a photo of us together framed, a funny book, the dvds for a season of a show he likes, temporary tattoo paper (and hopefully I'll have time to actually make the tattoos), three post-date ideas, random little stuff like bacon-flavored chapstick and a luck stone.
Help??
Re: Brainstorming: Gift Ideas
A photo of just you for his desk at work
A new phone cover
pajama pants
his favorite snack
a 6 pack of his favorite specialty beer
Good ideas! I've already got a 6 of his favorite beer.
Times like this I wish I was dating a much younger man!
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well, I'm thinking a long the lines of what i put in my DH's Christmas stocking...
batteries
favorite socks
favorite undershirts
razors/shave gel
chapstick
cough drops (he's a vocalist so he uses them a lot)
favorite tea for his throat
flash drive
iTunes giftcard
that's all I can think of right now.
my brain always goes to food - so a cupcake from hey cupcake, some cake balls from holy cacao?
I like the itunes GC, too. what about a little cologne bottle? you can buy little bottles at sephora, banana republic, etc. I think I've even seen some at marshall's.
ha! you should buy him a pair of gloves and a hockey puck...just because.
blockbuster gc w/ popcorn, sodas, etc. for movie date night, a game card for dave and busters w/ a few bucks on it, a one day admission to the driving range for 2 - do y'all play golf?,
random things: lotto tickets, travel accessories, whoopi cushion, favorite candy bar, lotto tickets, magazines, a dvd or cd (itunes gc?), his favorite burger, a beta fish, and... lotto tickets. have fun!
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There are some good ideas here!
Here's what I came up with. Beef jerky, birthday cookie or cupcake (or count his cake!), Keep Austin Weird t-shirt, shotglass, favorite liquor, coupon for massage (or whatever you feel like doing).
This is a fun idea although I think that's too much for me to gather up!
I just caught up on your blog and saw that you mentioned he did the marathon? Maybe some running related things - like packets of Gu, or a new post run recovery shake that would taste good?
My BF and I gave each other almost the exact same things for Christmas.. both being nerd triathletes, we gave each other gu, shakes, random race stuff (I got him a race belt, he got me a bike thing), and stuff from our colleges. Hehe.:)
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