Where to Buy Your Girlfriend What She Really Wants

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Shopping for your girlfriend can be tough. You're apprehensive to go the traditional (and often times, cheesy) route of flowers, jewelry, and perfume, but sometimes those "alternative suggestions" don't really work out too well, either. To help, we've rounded up eight stores where you can successfully buy those conventional gifts, without her thinking that you were taking the easy way out. Because after all, girls do enjoy things like flowers, jewelry, and perfume.