My friend is closing on a house today and I want to get her a gift ...
She's moving to the house solo (no boyfriend / hubby / roommate) but has lived in an apartment before so she has most of the 'necessities' (though nothing fancy). Oh, and she doesn't drink so wine isn't an option.
so, should i get her: -- gift certificate to home depot -- gift certificate to Bed Bath & Beyond -- doormat with her initial on it -- chanah plaque -- other, these all suck.
TIA
ETA: i should mention that she's not really doing much renovations to the new house - just removing wallpaper from the kitchen ... for now. She said she'd like to paint eventually ... but not yet.
MrsC2010
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i think those all sound like nice gifts....i think maybe the home depot gift certificate is really nice. You could give them a bottle of wine and the gift card maybe.
SoontobeMrs.Brown
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Best housewarming gift I received when I bought my condo was a new set of Riedel wine glasses ...
Rosalind_75
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a bottle of booze with a gc to bbb
dctead
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Best gift I received was gift cards to the grocery store!!
I had a pantry and a cleaning closet to supply at the time and it came in very handy...
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Posted by Rosalind_75
a bottle of booze with a gc to bbb
ditto this!
Future Mrs H
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a bottle of booze with a gc to bbb
ITA with this!
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Posted by dctead
Best gift I received was gift cards to the grocery store!!
I had a pantry and a cleaning closet to supply at the time and it came in very handy...
I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I did something like this for my best friend. I went to the drug store and I got him all essentials for the bathroom like toliet paper, tums, a new toothbrush, gas-x (haha), nyquil, etc. She's DEF going to have to buy new groceries so that's a GREAT idea! I might steal this one day!
CarolAnn721
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I would get a channa plaque and a small amount to BBB
bride2be1012
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I like the BBB gift card. There is no way you can't find something you like there.
Lsorrent
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When we bought our house the best gifts we received were Home Depot and Lowes gift cards.
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Posted by dctead
Best gift I received was gift cards to the grocery store!!
great idea! i might go with this - just gotta map out the closest supermarket to her new house
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Posted by dctead
Best gift I received was gift cards to the grocery store!!
I had a pantry and a cleaning closet to supply at the time and it came in very handy...
I agree- my mom got me GCs to Waldbaums at my shower and it was perfect when we moved into our new apartment for buying all the necessities.
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I like the Channa Plaque and doormat! But then again, I have a thing for personalized things.
runnerbride1023
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What about a nice plant, like an orchid
AwaitingAugust
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What about a nice plant, like an orchid
it's a good idea in theory ... but she has the most un-green thumb ever so any plant would be dead within a week
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We bought almost everything from BBB. it would have been so helpful to have bbb certificates! I say give her that with a framed photo of you two or something to display
