How to Select a Gift for Your Best Female Friend

By eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor

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Buying a gift for your best friend is always easy because you know each other so well. Whether you choose the much-wanted or the totally unexpected item, a gift from a friend is always treasured.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Bookstore/music Gift Certificates
Silk Scarf
Golf Lessons
Greeting Cards
Aromatherapy Candles
Gift Baskets
Photo Albums
Belgian Chocolates
Wines
Perfume
Jewelry
Wine Glasses
Massage Gift Certificates
Spa Gift Certificates
Tennis Lessons

Step1

Ask her what she wants. This step will give you a place to start if you don't have any ideas of your own.

Step2

Give her something you can enjoy together, such as tickets to a play or a special museum exhibit.

Step3

Choose a gift basket full of her favorite foods, teas, coffees or soaps and body lotions.

Step4

Give a gift certificate for a pampering day at a spa, or arrange for a makeover, manicure or pedicure.

Step5

Buy a collection of scented aromatherapy candles or a fragrance gift pack, if you know what perfume she wears.

Step6

Give golf or tennis lessons.

Step7

Organize all the photos you've taken together over the years and put them in a frame or album.

Step8

Give elegant but simple jewelry: a silver bracelet, a stylish pin or a pair of gold studs.

Step9

Buy a really good bottle of wine and some wine glasses or splurge on the best chocolate.

Tips & Warnings

It's best to avoid buying fragrances unless you know what your friend likes. Most people are picky about what they wear and have their own preferences.
If you are completely clueless, give a gift certificate. Upscale clothing stores, gourmet shops, museum stores and bookstores are great choices.
Pay for a membership in a book-of-the-month club or a gym.
If you're still not sure what to get your friend, try books or music.
If you are a male buying for a female friend, make sure you don't give anything that suggests more than friendship, unless that's what you want. Generally, gifts of lingerie and fine jewelry suggest a more intimate relationship.

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Anonymous said

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on 6/11/2007 All girls need sexy, trashy lingerie. Even if you don't want a serious relationship, maybe she will try it on for you (wink, wink, wink)...

Anonymous said

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on 11/22/2005 Buy her a cook book of whatever (example: cookies, deserts, whatever) Then look for a recipe, make sure its a good one, and then get the ingredients from the recipe and put the ingredients into a basket. Then give her the book and basket. make sure to mark the recipe page somehow or she may not understand. Then give her both gifts and youll be sensitive guy to all the girls. Trust me, this works great for making that person feel special and for making all the girls want you.

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on 11/22/2005 Pretend that you want to get a gift for your sister or Mom and you need her opinion on the matter. Bring her along to that store, if she asks for a budget, say that it doesn't matter. If she asks for a specific design, tell her you really have no idea at all. Tell her to choose something that would make your sister or Mom really happy. After paying for it, hand the bag over to her and say, "Take it, it's for you!" This happened to a friend of mine and she was over the moon!

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on 11/22/2005 If you don't want to give them something too romantic or too expensive, silly little gifts are fun. Give them something like a kid's toy, a goofy hat from the dollar store, or water guns you can both play with. Don't waste money on expensive and useless things.