We have collected hundreds of stories, short and long, from real women about the best (or worst!) gifts they've ever received. Search them here, or browse by the story tag, and be inspired! Remember, more than the just the gift itself, it is everything else that you do around the occasion that makes it special.
The easy thing about presents for ladies is to make a note of where we tend to shop. Look at what is in fashion. Some girls like things for around the home, some girls take serious objection to being bought a top-of-the-range frying pan for a birthday present – for me, anything that makes my life... Read more...
A really thoughtful present - but not necessarily cool! - was from my parents. When they came to stay I was making fancy dress costumes for my husband, using my crappy little mess of an excuse for a sewing box. At Christmas, they gave me a proper, old fashioned sewing box with loads of cotton,... Read more...
What I would like now - I would be perfectly happy with a Bunnings voucher (Bunnings is a hardware warehouse here in Perth, Western Australia), you can buy anything - except clothes or jewellery. And I have my eye on a dremel [a kind of power tool, apparently! - AHF]...!
