HS grad gift ideas! help please!

[IrishLake]

Thank you everyone! I am definately going to use ideas from everyone. I am thinking a few rolls of quarters is my favorite so far! So obvious, but easy to overlook. I also am thinking that I will encourage my brother to get her a backpack or messenger bag and fill it with school supplies (notebooks, pens, pencils, hi-lighters, scissors, markers, dry erase board, paper clips, thumbtacks, stapler, etc. Stuff that's easy for a guy to think of!), and I will get her a laundry basket and fill it with living essentials. I saw the Purex laundry sheets today at the store, another great idea! I am going to keep an eye out for lighted make-up mirrors. I had one in college and it was a lifesaver. I like what Raggedy Ann said... Useful is meaningful!


I'll clarify on my meaningful statement though... I just always think of the Willow tree figures, Pandora beads, other collectible items as the traditional "meaningful" stuff. I am NOT that kind of person, but she is. We're at opposite ends of the girliness spectrum. However, my sister is SOOO excited for college (as I was). She has "senioritis" very badly right now, and would leave northern Ohio for OU tomorrow if she could. I think something like this will be a big hit with her. AND it will help my mom out down the road.

IKEA has a simple tool kit that I already marked down to get her, as well as a hanging shoe organizer caddy that hangs right on the closet pole (not an over-the-door type). I just have to make sure not to go overboard, or I'll break my budget! Always easier said than done, though.