Goes to the gym, backpacks, sails, cycles, travels internationally, journalist, female, plays saxophone. A few hobbies off the top of my head there. She’s got a Kindle. I’m broke, and shipping is expensive so dopers please your fabulous cheap but thoughtful ideas. Thanks!
Do you knit or sew or paint? Making something is a great way to show someone how much you care, plus it can save money. I don’t say cheap as my usual gift is a hand-knitted cashmere scarf and cashmere is not cheap.
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At that age, most people don’t need much “stuff”. Might be good to try to think of some kind of event, trip, or experience that she would enjoy and use that as the gift. Best of all if it’s something you could do together.
When you say broke, does that mean so broke you can’t afford $10? If she’s got a kindle then a $10 BN electronic gift card requires no shipping and should allow her to get at least one book. It’ll be emailed to her so no shipping.
Is that the best you can do dear?
Thanks for the suggestions. I’m stuck really. The kindle thing is a good idea, just a bit impersonal, I’m a long way away from her, so doing something together is out. I can do handicraft things, but I don’t have the inspiration right now.
Any sites to recommend with small fun gifts I could have delivered. To Ireland.
Years ago, my parents and I attended the fiftieth birthday party of one of my father’s friends. We gave him a gift that I can’t remember but also found, quite by accident, a copy of Life magazine from the week he was born (we were browsing in a used bookstore). Coincidentally, he was very much into photography and was absolutely fascinated with the magazine. I think the magazine cost us five dollars. (But then he tried to get the same thing for his wife’s fiftieth birthday, but couldn’t as she was born the week of the Pearl Harbor attack and magazines from that week were expensive and scarce.)
So perhaps you can check a website to see if you can buy a magazine or newspaper from 1936, especially since the birthday woman is a journalist.
Hey, that’s a good one, I’ll have a look Dewey Finn
Well, if a stripper is out of the question, how about a set of maps for a trail she’s never hiked before?
How about a heartfelt letter telling her how much you care about her, what she has meant to you, how she inspires you? I know many people who would be touched by a letter like this.