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tomorrow is my girlfriend's 21st birthday

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Originally posted by: HotChic

[edit] BTW, she sounds like a winner. Gives you gas money because she knows you're broke? She'll be the type to be appreciative of anything you do for her birthday as long as you put some effort into it.
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Are you sure about that? He said she was in the car. Maybe she just wanted to get home without running out of gas.
 
collage - $3.00 for frame, some construction paper I had laying around and some photos
stuff for Chicken Broccoli Alfredo - $15
candle and holder - $2.00

I'm cooking her dinner while she's in class, then we're gonna chill before going bar hopping with some friends. Should be good 🙂
 
On my 21st birthday my boyfriend forgot....actually..everyone forgot. lol..I sat in my living room watching tv by myself all night. go me!

I think the picture frame idea is really nice. Maybe cook a romantic dinner for her? Something that won't cost a lot of money but still be special and meaningful? I think since she seems to be pretty understanding about your financial situation..she probably won't be expecting or needing anything expensive.

good luck and make sure to get her nice and drunk!
 
Originally posted by: SWScorch
collage - $3.00 for frame, some construction paper I had laying around and some photos
stuff for Chicken Broccoli Alfredo - $15
candle and holder - $2.00

I'm cooking her dinner while she's in class, then we're gonna chill before going bar hopping with some friends. Should be good 🙂
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Sounds great! The collage is cute. 🙂 Have a fun night!
 
Originally posted by: joedrake
Give her an I-O-U
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lol

Seriously, go to Michael's, get some construction paper and make a creative card. Then spend the rest of the money on cooking her dinner+alcohol.
 
Originally posted by: Jikininki
On my 21st birthday my boyfriend forgot....actually..everyone forgot. lol..I sat in my living room watching tv by myself all night. go me!

I think the picture frame idea is really nice. Maybe cook a romantic dinner for her? Something that won't cost a lot of money but still be special and meaningful? I think since she seems to be pretty understanding about your financial situation..she probably won't be expecting or needing anything expensive.

good luck and make sure to get her nice and drunk!
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You obviously havent' yet mastered the art of telling people about a week before your birthday how excited you about your birthday and how you don't want to do anything special. There's a code somewhere that you have to warn people it's upcoming so you don't set them up for failure.
 
i was in this situation once.....

With all the photos you have of you and her, make a slideshow movie type thing with MS Movie Maker with a romantic/touching song playing. Give it to her and watch it together, she'll love it more than any other present you've given her.
 
Originally posted by: SWScorch
I was thinking about buying a frame and making a collage of photos from our vacations and stuff, but I'd really like to do more.
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That's a good Idea. On a twelve dollar budget, alchohol is stretching it. Isn't there a bar where she can get free drinks on her 21st birthday if she's cute?

Within your budget it should be possible to make that collage and bake her a cake. Buy a good cake mix and some eggs. You'll also need some oil, use canola or whatever is handy. Don't forget to buy or make frosting. You can make it yourself out of powdered sugar (look up recipes online) or you can just buy it in a can. She'll appreciate the effort of you baking it yourself.



 
Updated. I didn't go with the poem route; a bit too sappy for the both of us 😛 But what I did worked well
 
Irish FTW! 😛

You two look good together, and she's cute too. Congrats, you pulled off a good bday on a budget 😉

Now get a job slacker 😛
 
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