So I went birthday gift-shopping for R last week. It’s a long delayed post, but I really wanted to post this one because I’m curious to find out what gifts you girls give your boyfriends, boy-friends, and/or brothers on special occasions. I once said that women are easy to find gifts for but I mostly said that in comparison to finding gifts for men.

Guess what’s in the box?

I mean, sure, one can always disagree that it’s a challenge finding men the perfect gifts. There are a lot of items you can wrap to give to the men in your life depending on budget — from as simple as necktie, socks, baseball cap, mug, t-shirt, fountain pen, to as lavish as an expensive watch or an iPod or a gadget he happens to be googling or checking out in gadget stores whenever he gets a chance — I can name a few. But I wanted to deviate from the normal gift-giving and find something special that Rico will both need and want (and no, he doesn’t need more gadgets.)

Having gone through all the clothes boutiques in the mall still unsatisfied with the shirts I got, I found myself in probably the only store left that I haven’t looked in: the hardware store. And there, in some quiet corner where people don’t often go to, I found the perfect gift.

A shiny new Black & Decker handheld vacuum cleaner, which I thought he can use to clean his car interior, among many things.

I’ve never seen him happier. (And I’ve never been more proud, because now he promises to clean his car and room more, heh.)

And there you have it folks. If you want something unique to get your boyfriend OR boy-friends for their birthday, and have not much of a budget to spend in a gadget store, then the hardware store (not the department store) is something to look in. I remember getting R rechargeable batteries with a recharger pack before, and he was all smiles.

Men!

So maybe it’s easy to find gifts for men too, you just have to know where to look. ;)

What’s the last gift you bought your boyfriend/guy-friend/brother? Was it a challenge too?