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Wood Golf Shadow Box Here’s a great gift for the golfer in the family. A wooden shadowbox displaying the evolution of the iron since the 1700s, and variations of the golf ball from 1830-1930. 22” x 1-3/4” x 12” high. ( View
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Think of the most perfect present you have ever received. What made this
present perfect? Was it the person who gave it to you? Was it something you have
always wanted but would never have indulged yourself with? Maybe it was the
creativity or the timeliness of it? Or was it the manner in which it was
presented? Perhaps it was all these elements and more. Chances are, the gift
giver did not happen upon the perfect present by chance. Finding the perfect
gift requires some careful thought and planning. While every person and gift
occasion is different, here are some tips and advice on demystifying the gift
giving process.
The first thing you need is time - an emergency gift is almost never a
perfect gift. Many of us shop for gifts last minute and we usually end up
settling for something generic because we are pressed for time. Finding the
perfect gift requires thoughtful analysis of the gift recipient's preferences,
lifestyle and needs, and that calls for time and patience. To avoid these last
minute gift situations, you should set up a gift reminder for yourself. This can
be as simple as writing down on a calendar all your gift giving occasions and
the names of all the people you want to give gifts to. Check the calendar at the
beginning of every month to allow for ample time to think and shop for everyone
on your list. If you're not in the habit of checking and updating a calendar, an
easy approach is to sign up with a Web site that offers automatic email
reminders. By investing a little bit of time to set up a gift reminder, you can
save yourself from tons of needless worries later.
It is handy to keep a gift profile on everyone whom you shop for regularly.
Some useful information to know would be the person's clothing size, birthstone,
favorite color, fragrance, author, place to shop, musical preference and current
hobbies. If your friend strongly dislikes something, you should note that on the
gift profile as well. The gift profile can generate lots of great potential gift
ideas or help you hone in on the perfect one once you decide what kind of
present to get.
No one knows better what the perfect present is than the person whom the gift
is for. There is nothing wrong with asking your friend what he or she really
wants. Since most of us already have enough stuff that we will never use, we
would gladly point our friends in the right direction. Some people don't want to
ruin the element of surprise by telling you exactly what they want. In that
case, you can suggest the idea of a wish list - your friends can list more than
one present and they won't know which one they will get from you. The wish list
might even help you think of a more original gift, so you can end up surprising
your friend anyway. If your friend is still shy about telling you what she wants
for her birthday, circumvent the problem by asking people close to her, like her
mother, her boyfriend, or her best friend.
Keep in mind the perfect present isn't always for sale. "The most perfect
gift I've ever received was a day off from housework," said Marilyn, a working
mother of two, "My husband and children made me breakfast in bed, walked the
dog, did all the laundry and cleaned out the basement, finally." Teresa, an
elementary school teacher, said her perfect present was from her husband who
promised to quit smoking and carried through successfully. Thoughtful gifts like
these can really solve the problem of what to get the person who seems to have
everything. It just goes to prove when it comes to finding the perfect gift, it
really is the thought that counts.
