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Originally Posted by LouisaMay
Help! Twenty year old niece. She's a college student with an apartment. I feel like I don't know her tastes well at all. She's sort of trendy. Sort of "alternative." We spend around $30 for the family grab bag. Last year, I gave her a Starbucks gift card for her birthday, so I don't want to do anything like that so soon.
Thanks for any help!!!
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Get her something for her apartment. Does she have any pictures of it on Facebook that you could take a look at to get some ideas? I would say to get her a gift card for Pier 1 or something, but I generally shy away from gift cards at Christmas.
And this might sound weird, but...
When I graduated college and got my own apartment, my aunt bought me a few gifts, which at the time made me think, W..T..F..
She got me a small tool kit, a cookbook, two flashlights and a ton of different kinds of batteries.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciated it! When I had to put together new furniture, hang pictures, and when the batteries in my fire alarm had to be changed.. the screwdrivers, nails and tape measure in the tool kit came in handy!
When I had to spend Christmas at my boyfriend's house one year, and I was looking for a good recipe so that I had something to bring to his house, I ran for the cookbook.
The first time my electricity went out unexpectedly, I remembered the flashlights...
And everyone can ALWAYS use batteries!