Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Christmas Present Ideas?

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>A) What geek gift would you ask for from your parents and grandparents, you know they usually spend ~$100 on your "main" gift. I'd like something geeky-cool but I don't have any ideas as of yet and they usually want to know thanksgiving. 
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-Nice pair of headphones, such as Sennheiser
-Multi-tool such as Leatherman, Swiss Army knife, etc.
-USB flash drive - or, seen at ThinkGeek, the USB flash WATCH
-A good toolkit, including cordless screwdriver, bendy light, etc.
-Yugoslavian SKS (sorry - I always want guns and that's the only one 
that I can think of < $100...too bad it sucks, lol)

>B) What do you get your fiancé for Christmas? Saving money for a nice wedding and honeymoon so I want to spend less than $300 on her gift.  
>She dosnt want jewelry and I am not good at buying clothes and don't want to get her "mom" type gifts (vacuum, pots pans, etc). 
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In my opinion, you should be able to make a woman happy for waaaay less 
than $300.  Two years ago, I got off really cheap but won enormous 
amounts of brownie points - I made my then-girlfriend (now wife) a 
teddybear.  And not one of those cheezy mall-stuffed-animal-place bears, 
either...I busted out the sewing machine and stitched 'er one right up.  
It wasn't perfect, but the little imperfections added a little 
"personality" :)

Actually, if you are good with your hands (get your mind out of the 
gutter!), making something isn't really a bad route.  Easy on the 
pocketbook most of the time, and BIG on the thoughtfulness.  If you like 
woodworking, maybe something like a simple jewlerybox.  The options are 
endless.

Alternatively, you can do a nice "theme" gift.  In the past, I've done 
things like the "warm" gift, where I put together some bath stuff, 
candles, fuzzy-pajamas, scarf and gloves, etc.  Again, if you do it 
right pretty decent in the "thougtfulness" department.  Or if she's into 
this sort of thing you can do something like a "memory" gift, where you 
get a bunch of scrapbooking stuff, maybe an inexpensive digital camera, 
etc.   (Speaking of which - Circuit City recently had a sale on an HP 3 
megapixel digcam and one of their 6-color ink photo printers.  After 
rebates etc., the total came to $250!)

Women also like stuff that goes along with doing things together.  So, 
maybe you decide you want to start getting outside together more 
often....get a set of tennis rackets.  Or you could get tickets to a 
show at the Fox Theatre, reservations at a nice restaurant, and a night 
at the Adams Mark in St. Louis.  Lots of options, depending on what 
she's into.


Hope that helps :)

-n8



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