A girl who I was friends with in high school but sort of lost touch with in college (we are now more acquaintances than good friends) invited me to her birthday party. Am I supposed to bring her a gift? It's in a bar, so is it better if I just buy her some drinks or shots? I'm assuming she wouldn't want anything big that she'd have to carry?
Buying her a drink works, but if you think that the other guests might bring gifts you could always get her a card and write something in it like "let's do lunch on me and catch up soon".