What do I want for my birthday?

[Raza]

So, my mom asked me what I want for my birthday. It's the worst question these days. I have most of what I want except for things I wouldn't want as a gift, you know? But she wants to get me a thing, not just cash, as per usual.

Things I don't need:
Wallet
Another watch
Another messenger bag
Shoes
Clothes
Lighter
Bottle opener
Flask
Pen (this is actually my pen...http://shop.coolmaterial.com/product...d-aluminum-pen)

Any ideas? My first thought is a Steve McQueen themed gift array. LeMans, Magnificent Seven, Thomas Crown, et al all on Blu Ray, a Steve McQueen coffee table book, you know, stuff like that.

[crownpuller]

[igo69]

If you like mystery I would get Hercule Poirot Collection on blue-ray, not cheap though but a great gift
http://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christi...hercule+poirot

[Raza]

If you like mystery I would get Hercule Poirot Collection on blue-ray, not cheap though but a great gift
http://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christi...hercule+poirot

I like Poirot, but 28 discs! It is a good idea, though. Maybe more for her than for me, she's a much bigger fan of Poirot than I ever was.

[M. Montaigne]

How about ties, cuff links, or a nice suit or blazer?

Or maybe a book or a leather portfolio?

[Raza]

How about ties, cuff links, or a nice suit or blazer?

Or maybe a book or a leather portfolio?

I'm pretty set on clothing of all sorts, though I don't have many pairs of cuff links, but that's because I barely have any shirts with French cuffs.

Books these days, I read in the modern way, unfortunately. Except for casebooks. Also, I don't know exactly what I'd do with a leather portfolio. Maybe that's something for after law school.

[Strange]

The Complete Calvin & Hobbes book set. Sixty bux on Amazon.

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, thirty bones on Amazon.

My resmithed, hard chromed, low mileage Nighthawk 1911, price negotiable.

[Raza]

The Complete Calvin & Hobbes book set. Sixty bux on Amazon.

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, thirty bones on Amazon.

My resmithed, hard chromed, low mileage Nighthawk 1911, price negotiable.

All good ideas. I already have the complete Calvin and Hobbes, actually. Got it as a gift a few years ago. Love the idea of a 1911, but my mom isn't too thrilled with the fact I already have one gun, I don't see her buying me a second!

[Teeritz]

Got sunglasses? Summer's coming, you're a Steve McQueen fan. Persol 649 or 714.



Sorry, I'm not trying to bleed Mrs. Raza dry, here. These frames go for around three hundred bucks. Or a nice pair of RayBan Wayfarers. They would be around half that figure.
Happy Birthday!

[Raza]

Got sunglasses? Summer's coming, you're a Steve McQueen fan. Persol 649 or 714.



Sorry, I'm not trying to bleed Mrs. Raza dry, here. These frames go for around three hundred bucks. Or a nice pair of RayBan Wayfarers. They would be around half that figure.
Happy Birthday!

That's a great idea. But, much like in the wallet, watch, and messenger bag area, I'm overstocked in sunglasses. New Wayfarers, Randolph aviators, and a pair of Maui Jims!

And thanks for the birthday wishes! It's not for a few weeks yet, though.