Birthday gifting advice

Please suggest some gift ideas for a friend's b'day.

She is my best friend so I will make something personalised for sure, but stuff apart from that is where I am confused.

Stuff to be excluded:

A watch
College bag
Earphones

Stuff that can't be bought at all:
Handbags
Stupid girly shoes etc...
anything that is overtly girly :mrgreen:

Budget: 3k (can go upto 5k)

Help! yelp!

Covertly girly is okay then ?

I don't know

Sarath said:
She is my best friend so I will make something personalised for sure, but stuff apart from that is where I am confused.

This ? I love the shop. It has got some very awesome gifts

A big box of chocolates always works.

An iPod may be?

or a Digital photo frame?

a ubislate 7 tablet @2.9k, if she likes gadgets.
chocolates otherwise,
or the best will be if you plan a trip for a whole day to some awesome place in ur budget...

iPod Shuffle?

Thanks for the suggestions guys:
Well I forgot to mention the common things I get every year,

A greeting card
A stuffed toy
Chocolates

These are default gift I buy anyways.

No money for an iPod.

Can't buy photo frame. Hostel rules!

@sujay: that's a nice one. Will look into it.

Ubislate is resistive or else would have made a decent gift.

Shuffle is good but she listens to songs on her phone and I already gave her a CX180 to enjoy better quality music.

My girlfriend suggests me to buy her a guitar :shock:

She also suggested me that "nemo" kinda fish

worth it? I have only ever eaten fish, never kept them as pets. Especially such an expensive one

Some ideas in my head:

It's empty. Shame on me.

@shivam: We will most likely be celebrating at my place so the day is by default a holiday for us all

Does anyone know of any novels that are like Harry Potter, Twilight and some similar fantasy stories? Except narnia

^Nicholas sparks ?

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How about - teddybear ? Girls like those things you know

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Well I forgot to mention the common things I get every year,

A greeting card
A stuffed toy
Chocolates

Yeah as mentioned, will get one for sure

dashing.sujay said:
^Nicholas sparks ?

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Twilight books or better LOTR books

Give her March issue of Thinkdigit.

Sarath said:
Does anyone know of any novels that are like Harry Potter, Twilight and some similar fantasy stories? Except narnia

Bartimaeus Trilogy?

Tenida said:
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Faun said:
Twilight books or better LOTR books

Twilight done. Not sure about LOTR. Any more similar fantasies?

axes2t2 said:
Give her March issue of Thinkdigit.

LOL...suicide!

Liverpool_fan said:
Bartimaeus Trilogy?

Looking into it...thanks...

Make her a personalised bracelet or necklace with all the memories as lockets. eg: guitar, bottles, stars, book (small things hanging on the bracelet or chain/necklace at equidistance). in ur budget u can manage to get it done in silver.

^^ +1. Or try out something like..Take a album...Put up all your memories make it creative,With a small box of chocolates.

pratzgh1 said:
Make her a personalised bracelet or necklace with all the memories as lockets. eg: guitar, bottles, stars, book (small things hanging on the bracelet or chain/necklace at equidistance). in ur budget u can manage to get it done in silver.

Kool idea mate :razz:

Sarath said:
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Don't even think about gifting this to her. :grin:

@pratzgh1: She hates jewelery but that's a good idea. Might look into it.

Make her a handmade cake. Nothing materialistic works better than a concern.

Make her a greeting card on your own. No matter how shabby it ends up, she will greatly appreciate your gesture and will treasure it.

Or take her to a store and buy her a dress, or even a saree of her choice. Girls dont look at the objects that you give them but only at how much effort you put into getting/making her a gift. So anything that will make her feel special will be appreciated by her.

pratzgh1 said:
Make her a handmade cake. Nothing materialistic works better than a concern.

Yes please. A Home made will do fine too.

Photoframe?

pratzgh1 said:
Make her a handmade cake. Nothing materialistic works better than a concern.

Faun said:
Yes please. A Home made will do fine too.

You are right. But I love my friend. Don't want to kill with my cake baking skills

Will order some doreamon or dora cake.

lordirecto said:
Make her a greeting card on your own. No matter how shabby it ends up, she will greatly appreciate your gesture and will treasure it.
Or take her to a store and buy her a dress, or even a saree of her choice.

Well I forgot to mention the common things I get every year,

A greeting card
A stuffed toy
Chocolates

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Like I mentioned before, the above ones are default every year. Like every year I want to give her something useful.

Dress? Not too sure. Saree? She'll kill me. A little tomboyish; saree's are a strict no-no

ico said:

Photoframe?

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dropped already. mentioned above, Hostel rules don't allow that.

....

Thanks for so many suggestions. As you can see, I make such lame threads 'coz I have never gifted anyone before. Highly inexperienced. So I'm a little lost.

Give her nothing.Nothing is perfect. :trollface:

^ Did that already

:trollfacefail:

Give her a puppy.

mass effect 3, that too collector edition,

LET HER KILL SOME REAPERS ON HER B'DAY!!!

Faun said:
Give her a puppy.

hostel rules come in the way again.

Shivam24 said:
mass effect 3, that too collector edition,
LET HER KILL SOME REAPERS ON HER B'DAY!!!

She'd kill me instantly. Having a game freak as a friend is one thing, being gifted some lame game is taking it too far.

She only likes iOS type of games. I wish I could buy her an iPod but it's a little too expensive