A Cheap Gift
for a Woman

Do you need a cheap gift for a woman? I'll give you ideas for her cheap gift here. When I'm shopping for my mom, mother-in-law or best friend, the first thing I do is stop trying to find the most magnificent present and focus on letting her know how magnificent she is!

After all, my favorite gifts that people have given me are not expensive, but have memories to go with them.

I'll share with you a little secret I have discovered for making any cheap gift for a woman extra special. I always include a note with a gift. People like the notes I write as much as the gift itself.

I used to write generic notes - "I love you! Hope you like this! Merry Christmas!" Now I stop for just a moment before writing and ask myself, "What does this person mean to me?" Then I tell them! I have written things like,

"You have taught me valuable skills and I think of you as a role model." or "When I was spiritually and emotionally empty this year, you gave me encouragement. You inspire me to keep going!" or "I had so much fun when we did _____. You really helped me forget my responsibilities for the day and just enjoy myself. We have a bond that will last for years to come."

Often I take one or two sentences to share a memory from the beginning of our relationship and tell how it makes me feel. For instance, "I loved painting that living room with you so long ago. Not only did you make me feel creative, but we had conversations I will never forget." If you are tight on money, but want to make a lady feel special, try my secret and add a short sweet note to her cheap gift.

Here are my best ideas for a cheap gift for a woman:

• Purchase and install a closet organizer for her.
• Select four or five recipes and cook up a double or triple batch of each. Freeze them in resealable freezer bags and present her with a few weeks of no cooking!
• Order her cheap gift at the Department of Motor Vehicles or Secretary of State office - a personalized license plate.
• Pop up a really big batch of popcorn and put it in a large tin or bag. Wrap a small ring or set of earrings in tin foil and bury it down in the popcorn. Write on the lid or outside of the bag, “You’re one in a million!” (Be sure to tell her to hunt for the prize!)
• Purchase her cheap gift from a local school or other fundraiser - a discount coupon book/card - so that she can save money all over town.
• Remember a place she dreams of visiting, then find a big coffee table book full of pictures of this place. Write in the front your wish that she will get to see it one day soon or put a dollar inside with a note that says, “Here’s the start of a vacation fund!”
• Choose a bottle of perfume and write in the card, “I’ve always valued your good scents!”
• Find a calendar with artwork from a favorite artist such as Van Gogh or Monet. You can order this cheap gift for a woman online or buy a local bookstore or gift shop.
• Look for something to spruce up the outside of her home, such as a brass door knocker, porch railing planter, decorative flag, or an inexpensive print to hang on the porch.
• Find out what concerts, plays or events will be coming around in the near future and buy her tickets to something she would enjoy attending, but might not buy for herself. She will appreciate her cheap gift that makes no clutter.
• If you don’t have time for shopping, buy her a gift certificate to one of these places: craft store, nail salon, pet store, garden center, music center, etc. Need a cheap gift for a woman who is thrifty? Buy the gift certificate at a used bookstore, thrift store, or consignment shop.

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