Where can I find a “Bridget Jones Diary” diary?
Ooh, no. You’ve got the right idea, I think, but I don’t see why the diary has to be Bridget Jones-themed at all. I think if I were her (and 18 was only four years ago for me), I would want a quality diary similar to what Bridget had, but I would find a Bridget-themed diary (if such a thing even exists) childish and overdone. I could imagine the Christmas dialogue now: “It’s a diary! Yay! Oh, wait…it’s a Bridget Jones diary. Oh jeez, Dad!” “What? Don’t you like Bridget Jones? Didn’t you want a diary?” “Well, yeah, but…” I say get her a really nice, high-quality, beautiful journal and a good pen to go with it. In fact, when I was 18, I asked for a journal from this company for Christmas (well, journal cover + journal insert). Four years later, I’m still using it, and I think I’m going to stick with it for life. Barring that, you can always find beautiful leather or cloth journals, or ones with this or that beautiful art print on it. And I v
Completely agree with fricative. A journal or diary with any sort of branding on it will feel too childish. I think she really does just mean “diary” and not a “Bridget Jones Diary.” You can find some very nice ones here, including the type of cover fricative linked to. You might want to get a feel from her for size–the smaller the diary the more cramped the physical act of writing is. Giving someone a journal is a bit like giving a mouse a cookie: Your daughter may want to carry the journal around everywhere she goes, so another gift idea is a really great bag.
Not fer nuthin’, but I’m a huge fan of Carta Products, and their lovely journals. They aren’t branded as any sort of diary or anything (no dates, quotes of the day, etc), but if you need beautiful books full of paper to write in, Carta is the way to go. Different vendors carry different products, but I’ve used Vickerey before, and their service and quality is wonderful. (Take a look around the rest of Vickerey — they have a wealth of beautifully designed products that might appeal to an 18-year-old young woman.
This was a sweet initial idea, but consider that even if a real Bridget Jones diary did exist, it would probably have pre-typed blanks for “number of alcohol units consumed” as well as weight and perhaps even number of shags etc., which might not exactly be the sort of thing you’d want for your daughter anyway. The nice diary plan seems a good thing all around.
