Custom CDs

• If your guy is a music lover, then you can create CDs for him on cheap. Writable CDs in 2009 usually cost about $8 for a package of five, sometimes less. As long as you have a CD burner on your computer, you can download songs from a music service like iTunes.com or Rhapsody.com, and burn them onto a CD. If you're being creative, you can make a few different CDs for different moods or activities, like "Going to the Gym" or "Relaxing with Friends," or gather together favorite recordings from specific artists. Decorate the CD or make a custom label on your computer and give it as a gift that will make him think of you.
  
  

Baked Goods

• When your guy raves about your home-baked chocolate chip cookies, or loves your chocolate-dipped pretzels, you know that you've got an ideal gift idea. All you need to purchase are some baking ingredients, and you can whip up a tray of baked goodies for your guy. He'll be psyched to receive a platter of confectionery delights, all made by your own hand. The gift is two fold: you spent the time to make them, but you also remembered which baked goods were his favorite, speaking to your caring ways. Wrap it up with cellophane and a ribbon for an impressive presentation on the cheap.
  
  

Vouchers

• If your guy is the kind of man who regularly begs for back rubs, or just wants you to sit down and watch the game with him, creating vouchers for him to use is a funny way to give him some of the control. Think about all of the different things that he asks you do to, along with some that he doesn't ask for or you've never done before. Use card stock to make your own vouchers, and compile them into a coupon book using a stapler. He can then pull out any voucher that he wants at any given time, and you'll do whatever the voucher says. It can be sweet and tame, or it can be a spicy gift. Either way, he'll love using them to get a gift that keeps on giving.