10 Great Tech Gifts for Your Favorite Girly Girl …

10 Great Tech Gifts for Your Favorite Girly Girl …

First of all, let me say a thing or two about one very common myth, a myth that might keep you from considering getting some great tech gifts for your favorite girly girl.. Some people (read: a very big part of the male population) believe wearing heels, liking pink and following the latest fashion trends makes you incapable of liking anything battery operated. Well, that’s not true and, I’m sure you know at least one girly girl that loves both the tech and the fashion world. So, I’ve decided to stalk cool gifts that are both tech and girly and, surprisingly, don’t cost a fortune. So, here’s my top10 great tech gifts for your favorite girly girl…

1. Pink iPad Sleeve

Price: $13.63 at amazon.com
If your girly girl has an iPad, getting her this cure pink/floral case would be a smart move. She already has a case for the darn thingy? So what? Have you ever heard a girl complaining about having too many purses?

2. Strawberry Cupcake Ear Buds

Price: $14.99 at modcloth.com
Is there a better way for your BFF to enjoy the sweet sound of music? I’d actually love a pair of these, so khm, khm… would anybody be so kind to pass this link to some of my friends? I seriously don’t need any more earrings! Please! These are so cute, they’d make a great tech gift for your favorite girly girl!

3. Skull and Bones

Price: $14.99 at amazon.com
The McQueen label loves skull and bones details and, if your girly girl loves fashion, she certainly knows that. However, you don’t have to get her an overpriced piece of haute couture because this pink USB memory stick has it all – the popular skull design and 4 Gigabytes of space for music, pictures, videos…

4. Cute Mouse USB Flash Drive

Price: $15.99 at amazon.com
Some girly girls like pink, some love purple and some have a thing for fuzzy things but none of them could resist a chubby little animal. However, there’s more!  This cutie comes with 4 Gigabytes of storage space and is one of those fast USBs which means you don’t have to wait for a half an hour or more for those large files to be copied onto it.

5. Share the Love

Price: $14.99 at modcloth.com
This small token of love will enable you and your BFF to enjoy music together even when traveling. I know a headphone splitter sounds like a completely unnecessary thing but believe me, that’s exactly the reason why most people never have one when they need it. Besides, it’s so cute that it’s a great tech gift for your favorite girly girl.

6. Pink Cables

Price: $14.47 at amazon.com
If she has an external hard drive that is pink, she’ll go crazy about these pink cables! And with a price of less than fifteen bucks, you can afford this surprise even if there is no upcoming special occasion. Do it just because!

7. Diamonds and Hearts

Price: $23.91 at amazon.com
I usually don’t like the crystal-decorated mice… Probably because the blitz and glitz element is sooo exaggerated, they look more like a children’s toy or a shiny disco ball than a serious piece of computer hardware. This one, on the other hand, is totally cute. It’s design features the perfect amount of pink and two shiny hearts which is enough to make it girly and still balanced enough to be a part of the computer used by a lady well in her twenties and even thirties.

8. iPod Docking Station

Price: $68.69 at amazon.com
With so many cute docking stations out there, I almost wish I had bought an iPod instead of an MP4 player. So if your sister, BFF, favorite cousin or a daughter has one, here’s a little Christmas present idea – a docking station that matches the color of her iPod. It’s a great tech gift for your favorite girly girl, no matter what her age!

9. Digital Photo Frame

Price: $42.99 at amazon.com
Digital photo frames could never replace old photo albums and scrapbooks but they sure make a neat, affordable tech gift. Load it with pictures of you two and she’ll have a great gadget to remind her of all those special moments you’ve shared. And just look at how pretty it is!

10. Betty Boop Memory Card Reader

Price: $25.97 at sears.com
Her numerous gadgets probably use different memory cards so a memory card reader is something she could benefit from. This one can read and write on all of them and has our favorite cartoon pin-up diva, Betty Boop on it! She’s the original girly girl!

Do you have a girly girl with a soft spot for technology that would like and find some of these things useful? Let me know who it is — your BFF, coworker, sister. Hopefully she’ll like these great tech gifts for your favorite girly girl! I honestly don’t consider myself a tech-lover but I’d sure love to own at least half of these items. Well, guess there is a little tech-lover in all of us. We are living in the modern, technology-aided world anyways!

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7 Things to Keep in Your Laptop Bag …

7 Things to Keep in Your Laptop Bag …

While I think it might be possible to live without my laptop, I don’t want to find out. I take it with me almost everywhere, tucked safely inside its fully-stocked laptop bag. Fully-stocked, you ask? Here are 7 things I keep in my laptop bag… this is what I consider “fully stocked.”

1. Rocketfish Universal Laptop Power Cord

Price: $14.98 at amazon.com
Sooner or later, it’s bound to happen: you’ll lose or damage your laptop power cord, and then what? Be prepared regardless of which laptop or netbook you own with this extremely handy power cord with oodles of adaptors, so your cord will always fit! The set includes one cord and 9 tips.

2. Prepared for Anything Pouch

Price: $14.99 at modcloth.com
Keep a pen, pencil, USB flash drive, post-it notes, and more, all tidy in this cute little pouch. Fill it with essentials like those I’ve listed, then slide it neatly into your laptop bag. The design is adorable, and it’s roomy enough to store all kinds of necessities.

3. Great Job On Notepad

Price: $3.99 at modcloth.com
You never know when you’ll need to recognize someone for a job well done or on a fab outfit, so keep this notepad in your laptop bag for just such occasions. The notepad contains 100 sticky notes, ready for recognizing all sorts of greatness… how fun would it be to hand a few of these out?

4. Panda Points Mouse and Pad Set

Price: $37.99 at modcloth.com
While some people actually enjoy using the touch-pad rather than a mouse, I abhor it. I must use a mouse, and this one, made to look like a clever, sweet panda, is adorable! It comes with a matching mouse pad, too. How convenient!

5. Sweet Sounds Ear Buds

Price: $14.99 at modcloth.com
I often use my laptop in the library, where silence is golden and noise is obnoxious. If you prefer to listen to music while you study, then use earbuds, especially cute ones like these. They’re shaped like tiny cupcakes, and are very sweet! (Pardon the pun. I couldn’t help myself.) They fit into any laptop or iPod headphones port, too, so they’re sure to work for you.

6. Chickadee Delight Laptop Case

Price: $34.99 at modcloth.com
You can’t possibly store all of these adorable (and functional) goodies in your mangy old laptop bag, with the strap falling off and the black canvas grubby and pilled. Available in white or yellow, thislaptop case is a much better option, don’t you agree? I adore the little birdie print, and the handy top handle.

7. Dell Inspiron 17R

Price: $599.99 at dell.com
Well, I suppose I ought to mention that keeping your laptop in your laptop bag is a very good idea. (Yes, I have actually left my poor laptop behind once or twice!) And this laptop by Dell is a great choice, and in fact is one of the laptops I use. It’s portable but powerful, ideal for a fashionistas on the go… like you!

Isn’t that laptop bag cute? And I adore the panda mouse set… it’s not the one I use, or keep in my bag right now, but I’m certainly considering it! Which of these items do you keep in your laptop bag? Or is there something else you consider a must-have?

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