If you have ever purchased a gift for a teenage girl you know how tough it is; birthday gift, graduation gift or holiday gift it does not matter they are all equally as hard to find. Teenage girls must be the hardest group to shop and purchase gifts for. Even if you have a wish list from the teenager you are still at risk of choosing something wrong that will make the gift a total failure. Wrong color, size or brand the errors a person can make shopping for gifts for a teenage girl is endless.
The most full proof plan for buying the perfect gift for a teenager is to take the teenager with you shopping. Do this a week or so prior to purchasing the gift and see what stores she likes and what items in the stores are her favorite. It is very important to pay attention to what the teenager is looking at and making a fuss over. Remember just because she loved the pink hoodie at Aeropostale does not mean she will love the pink hoodie at Forever 21, no matter how much they look alike. Taking the teenager to the mall a week before buying the gift may seem like cutting the timing close, but teenage girls can change their mind faster then the wind changes direction. What a teenager loves today she may just hate next month or simply love something else better.
For gift ideas, a cell phone is always a hit. QWERTY (full key board) phones are all the rage, they make texting a snap. What style is all based on the teenagers taste; slider, flip or touch there is no way to tell unless the teenager has told you. Colors for cell phones are endless and remember a green phone is not just a green phone it can be apple green or neon green. There are three ways to find out what phone your teenager really wants. You can ask them for a picture and description of the cell phone but this will ruin any chance of the gift being a surprise. You can have the teenager go with you to the cellular store to fix a billing problem or upgrade your service. It is nearly a guarantee that while in the store the teenager will pick up, look at and show you her favorite phones. Another way to figure out what phone a teenager wants is to get on the computer and look at phones your self; the teenage girl will be drawn by some unseen force to look over your shoulder and comment on which phones are the best. Just remember any cell phone in a tween or teenagers hand must have unlimited texting this is more for the bill payers sanity then the teenagers.
Clothes, a teenage girl can never have too many clothes. Unless you have a list with pictures of what she wants, the best thing to do is provide a gift certificate. The only way to mess up a gift certificate is by getting it for the wrong store. There are a few ways to make sure that you know which clothing stores are the right stores for your teenager’s gift. One way is to look at her clothes; almost every clothing line makes signature pieces with their name or logo on the pieces. Look at what her best friends are wearing, typically teenage girls dress alike and shop at the same stores. Another way to find out which clothing stores a teenager likes is to look at what she is circling in magazines. Teenage girls love looking through magazines and dreaming while they circle their favorite looks. As for clothing stores the Gap, Aeropostle, American Eagle, and Abercrombie & Fitch are some of the most popular clothing stores of todays teenagers. Don’t worry about some one else having the same ideal; a teenager can never have too many gift certificates to her favorite store.
Teenage girls not only love clothes but shoes are high on the list also. For some teenagers its sneakers for others an espadrille sandal is tops. Many teenage girls have favorite shoe designers, is she a Vans girl or Chucks? Chinese Laundry or Mudd? If you are not sure about picking out shoes for your teenagers gift why not do a gift certificate. There are many places on line and brick and mortar stores that sell many shoes by many different designers. One such shoe warehouse is DSW; it is a brick and mortar store that also sells online at www.DSW.com. DSW has great prices and great sells all the time, it is one of my personal favorites when ever I go I find something I love at an unbelievable price. Another popular shoe store is Zappos (www.Zappos.com), an online shoe store that sells many different types of shoes by many, many different designers. With the great selection Zappos also has free shipping and lightening fast delivery, fair warning the prices may not be the lowest around.
Music is a love of most if not all teenagers. If the teenager you are buying a gift for has a MP3 player like an iPod or Nano then a gift certificate for iTunes is perfect. With iTunes they can purchase music, videos, TV shows and even movies. If your teenager prefers CDs there is Tower.com, Amazon.com and Best Buy and for younger teens or the tweens in your life, Wal-Mart is a great place to insure only clean music CDs are purchased, clean as in no profanity or dirty lyrics.
So as the graduation and birthday party invites roll in, don’t worry you are now prepared to purchase the most awesome gifts for the teenage girls in your life.
