21st Birthday Present Ideas?

Morpheus

My Girlfriend of 2 and a bit years is fast (and i mean FAST) approaching 21...

For months ive been searching for presents, and ive gotten her some things, small meaningful things, but now its time for the crass commercialism of birthdays to be realised and i need to shell out 250 - 400 euro on a top notch gift or indeed top notch gifts!!

Please, good sincere ideas to help me out are appreciated?

i wubs my gurlfwend and wants to buy good pwessies but not end up in debt!!

Your Budget: €250 - €400
Your mission: advise me on good gifts.

my ideas...

new watch,
ring,
earings,
hifi,
she loves driving ad wantss to start soon,
but her mum beat me to the lessons.

me, naked, wrapped in a big bow....
on second thoughts, she has to eat dinner after i give her the pressies

trip away is out, its a bit too expensive for me due to after costs ie surviving for the weekend away abroad as in spending money etc! maybe i could send her on her own and give her the spending money!! lol also were going away for a week in May?

so you know... like, HELP!!!

Beruthiel

Morphéus honey
this is hardly a personal issue as such so I'm going to send it over to After Hours

I am of the opinion that you can never go wrong with jewellery,
a chain/bracelet/ring/ear rings whatever, it’s nice to have something as a keepsake.
If she doesn’t have a hifi already, then go that way, everyone should have one of those!
thats a lot of money you're spending btw!

chips

to be honest i dont think money should be the issue, it is believe it or not the thought that counts! an ex of mine heard me mention something i liked months before my bday and low and behold she went and got it. it was a total shock and really appreciated! As long as you put loads of thought into it ya should be grand, don't forget to get her something stupid though, example she wants to learn to drive so get her a keyring or something with her favourite cars logo on it!

Morpheus

Think ill go check out the HIFI, she loves her music, the keyring idea is ace tho...

any more ideas for a 21st BDay pressie, if u think im not spending enough, or indeed too much aswell, please let me know... too many of my friends (male and female) have ended up with big debts after respective partners 21sts.

sorry, forgot to mention, im changing my car ATM and i dont want her to think im being stingy because of this! all the same i provide the transport at the minute and my old punto just isnt up to it anymore.

uberwolf

you have put an awful lot of thought and time into this already, don't be dominated by thoughts how much money is involved because that cheapens it TBH.

zAbbo

It doesnt matter how much it costs, you should get her something that she will have to remember it by, maybe an engraved pen/bracelet/ etc. You can always buy her a hifi or whatever as well, but she`ll have the pen/bracelet or whatever for longer

androphobic

think you're probably spending too much too.. its not about the money etc etc, i know ya know that though and ya want her to know you wanted to get her something nice..

my boyfriend got me a gorgeous silver storm watch for my 21st, cost about 100 euro (saw the receipt lol) and looks even more expensive.. might be worth thinking about..

i love getting things that are engraved! it really makes it more special. what would be really lovely would be if you could make her something like get loads of photos of the 2 of you and make some sort of collage (sp?) out of it, or something like that.. stick a photo in a nice frame or something.. just something thoughtful.. or you could name a star - you know what i mean? - think that costs about 60 or 70 quid, sounds a bit tacky maybe but sorta sweet at the same time..

cant think of anything else really, oh a digital camera?

- andro

Johnny Versace

Jewellery. A nice little ring with some small diamonds in it.

An ex's 21st - I got her a cladagh ring with three diamonds in it. She loved it.

Go for it

tinkerbell

Jewellery would prolly be your safest bet since you don't have any other ideas, and jewellery is very romantic

Call into Appleby jewellers and have a look around there - maybe a white gold necklace or something

PrecariousNuts

Marks and Spencers, wait Dunnes stores gift vouchers

mycroft

If you're in dublin, halfway up the Georges st arcade is a silversmiths, (you have to go upstairs) very good unique work.

DMT

Originally posted by Morphéus
My Girlfriend of 2 and a bit years is fast (and i mean FAST)

Sweet Jesus!!!

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Dr. Loon

You're spending too much money. I think you reckon "really expensive gift" is better than "really well though out" gift. Stupid.
Think about it a bit better... or do you not know your partner of two years?