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P: 4/18/2009 10:14:01 PM
chiapet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 541 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	I'm terrible at coming up with gift ideas so I'm asking you all for suggestions! BF's sister is graduating from high school and we want to give her a gift. She's the youngest and pretty spoiled... she gets EVERYTHING she asks for, including iPhone, iTouch, Blackberry, Tory Burch shoes & bags, Hermes bangles, etc... So I'm a bit stumped at what to get her. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks everyone!
Posted: 4/18/2009 10:14:01 PM

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P: 4/18/2009 10:36:50 PM
fiery Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,138 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 5/18/2008	When I graduated from high school, one of my mom's friends gave me a $60 gift certificate to my university's bookstore. I loved it. Not only did it make the whole going to college thing feel real, it also paid for one of my books which was cool.
Posted: 4/18/2009 10:36:50 PM

P: 4/18/2009 10:59:37 PM
diamondseeker2006 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 17,609 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	I usually get hs graduates a monogrammed large Lands End or LL Bean tote bag since they'll need to be taking things to and from college. They have pretty, bright colors now. ~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~
Posted: 4/18/2009 10:59:37 PM

P: 4/19/2009 12:46:56 AM
kittybean Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,071 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 5/2/2008	One of my favorite high school graduation gifts was a beautiful monogrammed, leather-bound photo album to hold my college memories. It's still on my coffee table today, filled with photos of my college friends.
Posted: 4/19/2009 12:46:56 AM

P: 4/19/2009 2:09:48 AM
chiapet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 541 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	thanks for the suggestions! seeker, i like the tote bag idea alot. going to check out ll bean website now.
Posted: 4/19/2009 2:09:48 AM

P: 4/19/2009 4:59:09 AM
bee* Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,105 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/14/2006	Someone got me a filofax type thing which I loved and used it all the time in college. Made me feel very grown up having one.
Posted: 4/19/2009 4:59:09 AM

P: 4/19/2009 10:04:58 AM
jsm Ideal Rock Total Posts: 530 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 3/17/2008	After college I went to grad school (still there for 1 more month), and never really had lots of money to spend on gifts. When my middle sister graduated from high school, I made her a sort of college 'care package'. It was a laundry basket full of things I thought she could use in the dorms - shampoo and other bath items, disposable cups and plates, flash drive, highlighters, poster, etc. She loved it, and I'm planning to do the same for my youngest sister who graduates HS this summer. ** April 3, 2009 *
Posted: 4/19/2009 10:04:58 AM

P: 4/19/2009 10:40:40 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	I've always gotten my nieces nice/timeless pieces of jewelry. Seems to go over well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/19/2009 10:40:40 AM

P: 4/19/2009 11:56:09 AM
chiapet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 541 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	Date: 4/19/2009 10:40:40 AM Author: Ellen I've always gotten my nieces nice/timeless pieces of jewelry. Seems to go over well. Being a jewelry hound, I was leaning towards getting her a nice but simple piece of jewelry too. It's WHAT to get her that's difficult. I looked at a few Tiffany's bracelets that can be engraved but even that is $300!
Posted: 4/19/2009 11:56:09 AM

P: 4/19/2009 12:42:20 PM
cinnamon013 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,681 Last Post: 9/9/2009 Member Since: 4/15/2007	Timbuk2 has really cool bags. You can customize several different bags with your own colors and patterns. The sell a $125 gift card which can be used for the customized bags. If you go to www.ebags.com, you can use a 20% coupon to get the card for $100. They have totes, backpacks, etc. http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/products/bagbuilder A bit earthy, but they are really high quality bags, so even someone used to Coach or whatever would find a use for them.
Posted: 4/19/2009 12:42:20 PM

P: 4/19/2009 12:50:13 PM
Addy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,915 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 10/20/2007	My favorite things were a toiletry bag from LL Bean that I still use, and a gift basket that a cousin put together with an address book, popcorn, blockbuster gift card, personal organizer, etc.
Posted: 4/19/2009 12:50:13 PM

P: 4/19/2009 2:07:50 PM
April20 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,083 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 8/1/2008	Date: 4/19/2009 2:09:48 AM Author: chiapet thanks for the suggestions! seeker, i like the tote bag idea alot. going to check out ll bean website now. I have the zip top boat tote, monogrammed. It's the one that's large enough to fit a laptop. I use it when I travel for work (which is A LOT). It's GREAT. I love that darn thing. I think it would make a fantastic gift. I also have the really large one (monogrammed too) for overnight trips and it's fabulous as well. The quality is amazing- you almost can't destroy them. I've put my work on in the wash when it got grimy and it came out fine. They don't recommend that, by the way, but it will survive it.
Posted: 4/19/2009 2:07:50 PM

P: 4/19/2009 6:56:23 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/19/2009 11:56:09 AM Author: chiapet Date: 4/19/2009 10:40:40 AM Author: Ellen I've always gotten my nieces nice/timeless pieces of jewelry. Seems to go over well. Being a jewelry hound, I was leaning towards getting her a nice but simple piece of jewelry too. It's WHAT to get her that's difficult. I looked at a few Tiffany's bracelets that can be engraved but even that is $300! Here's some things I would consider myself, of course I don't know her taste. And I don't know your budget! (tried to keep it down) http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP02278&mcat=148207&cid=563632&search_params=s+5-p+1-c+563632-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP01703&mcat=148207&cid=563632&search_params=s+5-p+2-c+563632-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ LOVE this necklace. http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP00330&mcat=148207&cid=563632&search_params=s+5-p+3-c+563632-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP02235&mcat=148204&cid=316221&search_params=s+5-p+12-c+316221-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP01646&mcat=148204&cid=316221&search_params=s+5-p+16-c+316221-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP02350&mcat=148204&cid=316221&search_params=s+5-p+26-c+316221-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+ I think any of these would make a lovely gift! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/19/2009 6:56:23 PM

P: 4/19/2009 7:24:18 PM
icekid Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,555 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/17/2004	My little sis is about to graduate from HS (also the baby, and also spoiled!). We took her to Paris with us, partly funded by us and partly by my parents. I think I'll put together a photo album at shutterfly and maybe print a canvas of a great photo from the trip, too. Sometimes "experience" presents are the way to go for the girl who has everything
Posted: 4/19/2009 7:24:18 PM

P: 4/21/2009 8:21:21 PM
chiapet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 541 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	Aw Ellen! It's so sweet of you to look up all those things. Thanks for the ideas!
Posted: 4/21/2009 8:21:21 PM

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