Gift Ideas for Women

We bet you’ve been checking out the Fredericks of Hollywood or Victoria’s Secret catalogues that occasionally come addressed to her in the mail thinking to yourself “hmm, since she gets these catalogues I should probably get her something from one of themafter all; the stuff in here is pretty hot.” Wrong. If she’s like most women, she gets the catalogues because she wants to muse about possibly surprising you one night when she wears something she selected from the pages, and might actually get her feelings hurt that you’ve been poking into her catalogues with what she perceives as duplicitous thoughts. Instead, opt for something that she would never think of buying for herself like a piece of romantic art or a romantic dinner cruise along a local lake, bay or river. Let her know you dream about her with a set of “his and hers” embroidered pillowcases. Create your own gift basket that shows your appreciation for her (and of her) by including a few of her favorite romantic comedies (yes, of which you will watch with her) as well as a bottle of wine and her favorite chocolates. Buy her a gift certificate to a gourmet chocolate-making class and attend with her. Has she been talking about wanting to learn how to SCUBA dive? Then take lessons towards certification with her. Has she been talking about wishing she could find more time for herself? Then offer to start loading and unloading the dishwasher for her every day so she can spend the time however she chooses and then make sure you do it! For the full year. The point is that your gift does not have to involve money; and more importantly, just because you enjoy sneaking peeks at her catalogues does not mean she wants to unwrap something that you chose from one. Wait for the day when she surprises you. It’ll be worth it.