subject: Finding Her A Birthday Gift When You're Short On Time [print this page] You're here for one reason - you've left it to the last minute to find her a birthday gift and you don't know where to start.
I'm going to say this right up front - I can't promise you'll find the answer here, but hopefully you'll at least leave armed with some ammunition.
Re-gift
This one's a little bit tongue-in-cheek (almost an homage to Seinfeld)...but before you disregard it entirely, let me assure you - there is actually an ethical way of making this work.
There are three keys points that need to be covered:
1) The gift needs to have genuine value
2) It needs to be completely unused and still in its original packaging
3) You need to have a genuine belief the recipient will appreciate the gift more than you do.
If you were given a gift in the past, it is still sitting at home and it meets the above 3 criteria then re-gifting may actually work in your situation.
Make sure that it is not well known that someone else gave you this item as a gift and you shouldn't have any problems.
The Group Gift
Ask other friends if they have bought anything and offer to help pay for the item. Just be sure not to go about bragging that you came up with the idea for the gift - that's a great way to turn friends against you.
This one obviously doesn't really work if you are in a relationship with her.
Online Tickets
Women love receiving gifts that they perceive as having had some thought put into them. A great way to cover this is to give her tickets to something that is playing in the future - if it's a play, a concert or a comedy performance.
If you come across a show or concert being held in the near future that you think she'd enjoy, its easy to go online it book it straight away.
Things don't come much better than that when you've left it to the last minute to find her a birthday gift.
Dinner
The restaurant meal is always great to have as a standby. This one works even better if you can convince a few friends to come along and tell her that you have had it planned for weeks. Well a few days at least.
There are plenty of options for you if you're looking for a last minute gift for her. Just take a minute to think about what she likes and try and match that with a gift that you can purchase or book straight away.
You may need to hit the local shopping mall and aimlessly wander between stores waiting for inspiration to hit...and it will eventually.You just need to be a bit patient.
