40th Birthday Gift for Best Friend

[LJSquishy]

We have been friends for 15 years. I was trying to think of something along these lines and trying to incorporate a lot of the things that she loves that I mentioned earlier. I just really can't think how to bring everything together so it is a cohesive gift.

I like the idea of a charm bracelet to incorporate special events/milestones/etc you've shared together throughout your friendship. If she's not into charm bracelets though (I'm not personally) that won't be a very good gift! I also don't know your budget.

What about a Kindle Paperwhite since she likes to read? Or custom jewelry from Etsy maybe.

I'm a very practical person by nature, so I would rather get a gift from my Amazon wish list (pressure canner is one item I want!) than to receive a more "thoughtful" gift that I have no real use for. I'm not saying I can't appreciate gifts I didn't pick out for myself, but usually a wish list is made for a reason.

 

[kwelch10377]

I like the idea of a charm bracelet to incorporate special events/milestones/etc you've shared together throughout your friendship. If she's not into charm bracelets though (I'm not personally) that won't be a very good gift! I also don't know your budget.

What about a Kindle Paperwhite since she likes to read? Or custom jewelry from Etsy maybe.

I'm a very practical person by nature, so I would rather get a gift from my Amazon wish list (pressure canner is one item I want!) than to receive a more "thoughtful" gift that I have no real use for. I'm not saying I can't appreciate gifts I didn't pick out for myself, but usually a wish list is made for a reason.

I am 99% sure she got a charm bracelet for Christmas from her mom. I emailed her mom to double check. She in general isn't a jewelry person and not really a girly-girly.

She is not a practical person, she loves sentimental stuff, trinkets, and stuff like that. Her Pinterest boards consists of pictures of her favorite toys growing up, food, tv shows from the 70s/80s.

 

[Agent7]

There are loads of websites on line where you can order candy from way back when. You said she like nostalgia so what about candy from when she was a kid? I would guess you can find other food items too (amazon actually carries some hard to find food). Maybe get a cute basket, decorate it with pictures you print out of her favorite bands and fill it with candy/food. Cute, fun, and edible. If you want to include more maybe some movie tickets, season of one of her favorite 60/70's tv show, spa certificate, iTunes gift card (to download nostalgic music, of course), etc.

I would make sure she likes charm bracelets/origami owl before you buy that. I seem to be in the minority but they aren't my personal style at all.

 

[bedogged]

I am 99% sure she got a charm bracelet for Christmas from her mom. I emailed her mom to double check. She in general isn't a jewelry person and not really a girly-girly.

She is not a practical person, she loves sentimental stuff, trinkets, and stuff like that. Her Pinterest boards consists of pictures of her favorite toys growing up, food, tv shows from the 70s/80s.

Look on Ebay and the web and see if you can purchase one of those "favorite toys." I once gave my brother a set of Star Trek phasers that he had as a boy. He loved them.