Valentine's Day Gifts for Her

We're big fans of the old-fashioned charm bracelet, which is not only beautiful, but holds more sentimental value with each new charm. The stories behind the charms on the bracelet dad gave mom are the stuff of our family legend. Sterling silver, gold, or pewter. Sweet or funny. Expensive or just expensive looking, find your sweetie the perfect heart-shaped charm.

Sometimes you just have to go back to the classics -- candy, flowers, or perfume. That is, however, if you can make them so personal that she just knows that you know her. The trick with perfume is not to get her something you think she'd like, but to find out what she actually wears or which of her scents is for special occasions and buy that. It shows you're paying attention, and that's a good thing.

If she already has a Kodak camera, give your budding photographer the gift of easy printing. The Kodak Easyshare Dock Photo Printer really does live up to its name. It's simple to set up and use and prints photographs up to 4 x 6 inches. Best of all, the lightweight, compact dock is portable, unlike the printer hooked up to your desktop computer. Throw in some high-quality photo paper and you're golden.

The Obama's first dance at the round of inaugural balls was the classic "At Last," performed by Beyonce. While there will probably be slightly fewer celebrities, media, and security guards, you can still create your own special moment as you slow dance with her to the version by singer extraordinaire Etta James on the three-disc collection, The Chess Box. It includes this quintessential love song and more than 70 other of the incomparable Etta's most famous songs from 1960 to 1974.

Although there is generally nothing about office supplies that screams romance, it is very romantic to make her office beautiful. The rich colors of the Asian Scene Desk Set will give her desktop a whole new look. It looks, and is, expensive, but it is somehow more fun to pay bills on a hand-painted blotter and store them in a matching letter tray. This is the perfect gift if her work space is an unappealing mix of mismatched plastic and metal accessories.

If she's the romantic type and works in an office, don't let her feel that bittersweet sadness when a bouquet comes in and doesn't make it to her desk. Flowers take very little effort on your part, but they'll make her smile all day and have that extra jaunty step as she carries them home. Pick her favorite posies from Red Envelope and send a really, really sweet note, because she'll stash the card as a memento.