Great Gifts to Send a Best Girl Friend
Lois Wyse once said, "A good friend is a connection to life -- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world." Friends are an important part of our lives whether we're children, teenagers or adults. In order to show your best friend just how much you care about her, provide her with a little gift that shows just how much she means to you.
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Adult Best Friend
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If you have a best friend who is of drinking age, consider purchasing an elegant bottle of wine. There are some fancy-looking bottles of distinctive tasting wines for less than $20 at both grocery stores and liquor stores. Also, if you're really lucky and know your local wine shop owner, perhaps you could get a discount as well as some advice on what to get that best friend of yours. If she's a classy gal, she's likely to enjoy a glass or two, along with your company. If your best girl friend isn't much of a drinker and instead likes to cook in her free time, purchase (or make) a recipe book. If she loves spaghetti and fettuccine alfredo, you can't go wrong with an Italian cookbook. If you're feeling crafty, gather up some of her family recipes (call her mom, grandma, whomever you can get a hold of) and ask for recipes that were passed down. Put the recipes together in a book, add a cover and prepare for a great-tasting dish as a thank you. Finally, if your friend works too much and never gets much time to herself, put together a spa gift basket complete with bath bombs, body wash, luxurious body lotion and a loofah. Wrap it all together in cellophane and secure it with a ribbon.
Teen Best Friend
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Friends tend to be a huge part of a teenager's life, so choosing the perfect gift is important. If you have any interesting or memorable photographs of your time together, visit your local photography studio and ask to have the picture blown up and placed on a professional canvas. Wrap it up and give it to your best girl friend and she'll have a memorable moment to hang on her wall. Another option would be to purchase an inexpensive makeup bag or purse and fill it with cosmetics. Foundation, pressed powder, eyeshadow, lipstick, makeup brushes and blush are likely to please any girlie girl. If your best friend is a fashionista, consider purchasing one of the latest fashion trends, whether it's jeans, accessories or that skirt she's been eying for the past week.
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Kid Best Friend
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Kids are relatively simple to amuse and excite, so purchasing a gift for your child's best girl friend should be easy. A few ideas include a chocolate or candy basket filled with some of their favorite memories together, whether it's ticket stubs from a movie, photographs or notes they've passed. If her friend isn't much of a candy eater, help your child create a homemade tie-dyed T-shirt for her best gal pal. A little cliche, but still a sentimental gift nonetheless, a friendship bracelet is a way to show how important her friendship is to you.
Best Friends of All Ages
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If you're searching for a generalized gift for any age, consider purchasing a fashion scarf. Fashion scarves are not just for the winter and are often used to dress up a rather boring outfit without spending dozens of dollars on accessories. Handmade jewelry is also a sentimental and inexpensive idea. You may be able to find nifty beads of all different shapes, sizes and colors at craft stores. Depending on your friend's personal preference, gather up beads in her favorite color and string them on a heavy-duty chain or plastic line and tie both ends together. Finally, a friendship poem is a very genuine way of telling your friend how much she means to you. Include lines that are symbolic of times you've spent together. For example, if you used to love taking hikes through the woods, you could say something such as, "Although we've trekked hills both up and down, I've never been tired of our friendship."
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