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Post by ouchy on May 12, 2009 0:04:26 GMT -5
Help! My brother (23-y-o) is graduating from college this coming weekend. I have NO idea what to get him!
He has a double major in business and Spanish, with a minor in accounting(? i think?). He is way nerdier than I am. He loves languages and to read...but he has like every book under the sun.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! What to get?
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Post by JC on May 12, 2009 6:42:55 GMT -5
Have his diploma framed? It can get expensive but it looks very nice ... hmmmm I'll have to brainstorm some more.
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Post by jjuls22 on May 12, 2009 7:39:32 GMT -5
a really nice watch? all nerds need a watch, it will make him look very grown up when he goes in for interviews!
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Post by JackMcFarland on May 12, 2009 8:38:35 GMT -5
OH OUchy! It's kind of pricey, but if he likes to read... get him this! :http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Original-Wireless-generation/dp/B000FI73MA
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Post by ouchy on May 12, 2009 10:19:44 GMT -5
Thanks for all the recommendations!
I did a big gift basket (laundry tub) filled with stuff for the high school graduation that could be used in college. It was a huge hit. He's taking off for a year in Brazil and Argentina after graduation, so there is nothing he can use, since he is going to be traveling light and has everything.
I thought about a watch! My husband said it is stupid, but I liked the idea!
Tess, that is cool! I dont' want to spend that much money, though. I sound cheap, huh. LOL!
I thought about embroidering a blanket with all of his honor societies and putting a graduation hat with his university's name and 2009.
God. I can't believe he's graduating a year early! He CLEP'd out of 30 hours of classes! WTF?
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Post by JackMcFarland on May 12, 2009 11:14:32 GMT -5
I totally understand, Ouchy! It's a pricey little piece of technology, huh? But very cool! A watch would be a good idea - something durable for his travels! He'll get lots of use out of it. What about a nice traveling backpack? Something like this: www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3024874&CAWELAID=148811715I CLEP'd out of English credits for my AA, but it didn't make a difference with all the time I took off for surgeries and stuff :\ I actually graduated two years late, but at least I graduated! Haha.
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Post by cherry on May 12, 2009 11:55:24 GMT -5
You could still get him something great for when he starts back to working life after the year out, I think a watch would be great but I'd hesitate to tell him to take it on his travels, he's going to some very impoverished areas probably, so a nice watch would make him a target. My friend's in Aus travelling atm, her boyfriend proposed to her then wanted her to take her £10k ring with them! I just told her to put in a safety deposit box at her mother's local bank. I was terrified she'd wind up dead if she took that ring
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Post by ouchy on May 12, 2009 13:53:21 GMT -5
Good point about the watch!!!!
I wound up getting an awesome towel set (with designs) with two bath sheets, hand towel, fingertip towel, and floor mat. I'll monogram his initial on them and make a matching bath mat for the floor.
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Post by JC on Feb 17, 2011 20:16:26 GMT -5
I was trying to find an old thread on cool gift ideas and this was the only one I could find! But my mom showed me this site that has fun/unique gift ideas and I LOVE IT!!! You gals have to check it out! The gifts are fun! www.opulentitems.com/
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Post by JC on Feb 17, 2011 20:26:11 GMT -5
The pet gifts are so funny!!!!
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Post by JC on Feb 17, 2011 20:41:04 GMT -5
OMG I LOVE THIS! It's a two person umbrella!! I'm so addicted to this site right now!
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Post by ouchy2 on Feb 17, 2011 23:59:28 GMT -5
Love it!!!
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Post by omaklackey on Feb 18, 2011 2:10:00 GMT -5
the cat bed is a hoot! Cat would still sleep on your keyboard! ROFL
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Post by JC on Feb 18, 2011 6:58:46 GMT -5
There's some really funny stuff in there. Some of it's stupidly expensive but the ideas are fun to look at! There's a doggie peep hole where it's this clear dome you put into a fence and it can stick its head into it and see the other side of the fence. I think it's so funny!
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Post by KSA on Feb 18, 2011 7:39:25 GMT -5
the umbrella is adorable perfect bridal showere gift!
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