Gift Guide Part 2

Early morning. I woke up before dawn today. Seriously. Literally. No kidding. And no, not my definition of dawn (9am). The real dawn.

Sat in bed eating some nice Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Mmmm. This is life right here.

I promised that I'll write about thoughtful gifts on my next post right? So I guess here it is.

(Oh, and Lady Gaga's Poker Face is so cool)

First of all, I'm not going to list all the thoughtful gifts here. Instead, I'll just tell you how. How to get a nice thoughtful gift.

Thing is, if it's a girl you're giving this to, and you love her, I'll bet you'd know alot about her. I mean, you should. Simple things, like her favourite colour, her favourite food, her hobbies, her favourite anything. Ask. You should know, you know.

It's so easy when you know. If she likes to paint, an easel is a great gift. If she loves music, a collection of CDs is good. A person who likes to read? Umm... Well, don't get normal books because everyone else would too. Instead, scour the used bookshops. Other than being obviously cheap, there are bound to be books dating back to the 1800s and most have sweet messages written inside, for someone else long ago. Get that. At least you'll know, even if she has the book already, she doesn't have the inscriptions, knowing the book meant something to someone once upon a time.

Things like that.

And then there are gifts you make yourself. If you're good at making things, why not make something for her? Surely no one else would be able to give anything better than that. Or design something for her, and make it a reality. Or get someone to make something one off. Anya Hindmarch handbag with her baby picture on it, anyone? Mmm... sweet, but kinda pricey, I know. Or build her a dollhouse (if she's that kind of person, that is) and paint it in her favourite colour.

If you know her hobbies, it's even easier. Give her something associated with it, you know, like the examples I gave above.

I've met men who asks me if women really go for money. Well, usually, I don't really know what to say. Most of my girlfriends would choose love than money. But men, they still don't believe.

Then why do women always love expensive gifts? Thing is, women know men pretty well. And we know what money is to men. It's power. It's status. It's security. Money means a lot to men, we know. They love money. They measure themselves with money. And we all know it's hard to part with something we love right. So when men give expensive gifts, it means something. It shows they wouldn't mind parting with something else they love because they love us more. It shows money is second to them. It shows how far men will go to make us happy. And when a guy doesn't mind being financially ruined by a woman, it just shows that he would give the world to her if he could. So yes, women do like expensive gifts. But mostly, not for reasons you believe.

And, umm, we do like the gifts too... Hehe...

So yes, thoughtful gifts.

Maybe all you have to do is give her a small key and tell her she holds the key to your heart. Maybe you can get nice small pieces of paper and wrote 365 things you love about her, for everyday of the year. Better yet, make a map and get her to find you, at a nice place. Cook for her. That is, other than spaghetti bolognaise or mac n cheese please. Maybe find out her perfect dates and make it happen for her.

Flowers are nice too. I don't care if you men think it's useless giving flowers because they die anyway. But the fact is, flowers could make a lot of girls happy. You don't need to understand the science of it. Just give them the freaking flowers and make their day. It is just another one of those things in life you don't question.

Keep in mind, though, that if she looks like she would enjoy one thing, she might already have plenty of that thing. So yeah, like, she might look like the type who likes cute teddy bears, and a million people might know this, so she might already have a million teddy bears as gifts. So nothing too predictable OK. It just shows that you don't know her anymore than the average person, and that sure is frustrating.

There are millions of possibilities. And the internet could be a good source of information for ideas.

Try my favourite florist sites: Giftlab and Malaysia Petals. Well, both deliver in Malaysia. From another country? Google it. I'm sure it's pretty easy to find.

I'll just leave you from here onwards.

But remember, if all else fails, jewelry won't go wrong. Well, most of the time anyway.

LoVe~
MzP<3>