best present you ever got from a bf/gf or just friend

Its christmas again, time for the last minute panic about what to get your loved one for christmas... its a tricky line to walk between soppy to the point of soaking and as unromantic as an iceberg!

Ok I admit I have kinda left this to the last min, altho im sure im not the only one! and its also my boy friend's birthday on friday! so i admit im kinda looking for ideas too!

so tell me whats your favourite gift you ever got from a boyfriend or girlfriend as a christmas or birthday present?

I can say the best present I ever gave a friend? I've never really got anything that amazing that's ment a lot to me. I booked tickets to see Wicked for my friends 18th, a good six months in advance I was thinking of him. A few months closer I booked a table at Hard Rock Cafe. I sent him a letter in a post, telling him to meet me at the station at 10 in the morning, look smart and to bring some money. It was annoymous and hadn't a clue what the hell was going on. He turned up (luckily!). We went around London for the day, went and had dinner and then the show. He loves the theatre and Hard Rock Cafe was perfect as it was his thing.

In retrospect he didn't deserve it.

As I don't have a "best" (and when I say best I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about thought, consideration) present from a friend, my worst had to be hair from my cousin. Hair. Wow.

That is so sweet. Bless. Why didn't he deserve it? The sod :\

My letter was formal and not quite as simple as I made it out to be haha! The idea was awesome and would totally recommend it to anyone to try if they're planning anything like that as the effect was perfect! He was freaking out thinking who the hell was writing to him asking to meet to go into London! His mum knew in advance so there wasn't a chance he wasn't going to turn up so I had that covered!

He was my best friend, we were mates for 8 years. He's had/has a girlfriend of about 9/10 years they knew each other when they were very young (another topic altogether) but that didn't make a difference as we were practically like brother and sister we were so close.

I was there for him through thick and thin, the problems he was having at home, how his family was in debt, how his dad was treating him like rubbish, how he cheating on his girlfriend, how he was getting caught up in drugs. The lot. I was ALWAYS there for him. Rarely was he there for me.

Theere were several other things that caused problems but the time I truely needed him was when I had left for uni and was a bit all over the place and just needed some support and to talk things out with, how I'd been getting along, what I was doing, in order to help me settle down. The short story is that he wasn't there for me. He made no effort to speak to me. It always ended up with me doing everything in the friendship.

I thought it simply wasn't worth it. Why should I put in 100% and get nothing back from you? Ever. And that was it. It was his birthday last month. I still think of him. I shouldn't He didn't deserve anything that I did. I got a ****ty book join between him and his girlfriend for my 18th. Haven't touched it since it was opened. I just regret the time I wasted on him.

Saying that I've never met anyone like him. Have yet to feel the same connection with someone where I could just totally relax, talk about everything under the sun and not worry about how it was said. I feel as if I've a hole missing and I'm trying to find someone to replace it but no one quite does. I'm in a bit of a rut really.

ANYWAYS.. enough of me. Back on topic. (I expect that was probably more than you needed to know but once I got going I couldn't stop lol.)

I need some ideas for a present for a girl as well.

Why is it so hard to get gifts for girls..=/

Depends how well you know the girl - I've got my girlfriend loads and I have to keep stopping myself from buying more (for financial reasons ) because I keep on seeing more and more things for her.

i'm like this with my boyfriend haha! i just can't help myself :P have been rather restrained this christmas!! for his birthday i got him a poster, a pack of playing cards with photos from his life on the back of each, and a drawing I did of david tennant (nothing wrong with home made is there eh?!) and for our 6month anniversary a statue of a wolf since he is obsessed :P