Unusual Gift and Unique Gift Idea - Sensible and Practical
I was prompted to write this because of a random conversation I had with someone I know. She'd been looking for a gift to give as a wedding present, but wanted to get something unusual that she believed would be unique. She was a bit shocked when she did an internet search for 'an unusual gift'. While many of the returns were amusing most were just utter rubbish. I don't know whether there was an outcome for her, but it made me think about the problem of finding something that is fairly unique or unusual that would make a suitable gift. This is what I came up with. For a gift to meet our criteria it must be something that other people are unlikely to think of, so that it is the only one received and it must be practical, not too expensive and answer some kind of need on occasion. My own idea, may seem a little mundane when compared to some of the wild, wacky and utterly useless tack that came up while my friend was searching, but it will still be around, and still usef...