18 Things Every Girl Should Have and Know How to Use . . . And Why

Just some things that I've found highly useful in my 3-cough-cough-cough years on this planet. And note, nearly all of them will make a great house warming present for any gal (or guy, for that matter) moving into a new home.

1. WD-40 - fixes squeaks, makes things slide
2. Flat head screwdriver - (a real one, not some tiny baby cutesie-pie screw-driver - you can buy it in pink if it makes you feel girlier) - turns screws, pries things open
3. Phillps head screwdriver - because if you only have a flat head, everything you buy will have phillips screws
4. Hammer - hangs pictures, pulls out nails, knocks boards back into place, killing bugs
5. Masking/painter's tape - marks spots on the wall without goofing up your paint, paints a straight line, keeps paint from chipping when you hammer in a nail, fixes a hem in an emergency
6. Jack, lug nut wrench and foot long piece of metal pipe - to change a flat tire (the pipe can make it easier for you to get a grip on the wrench
7. Electrical tape - temporary fix for when you roll over the vaccuum cleaner cord
8. Tape measure - measure twice, cut once, never buy a couch that won't fit through your front door
9. A good pair of scissors - for precision cutting of paper or cloth
10. A crappy pair of scissors - for cutting anything that you think might ruin your good pair of scissors
11. Sharpie pen (black) - marks where you need to cut, nail or hammer, fixes scuffs in your cheap black shoes, and is the only pen you can get a David Beckham autograph with (you know, just in case)
12. Super Glue - mends ceramics and plastics, fixes paper cuts
13. Toilet plunger - s*** happens
14. Mr. Clean Magic Erasers - smudges on cabinets, walls, bathtubs, counter tops - they really are magic
15. Pliers with built-in wire cutter - for bending back or cutting off that wire or nail that you just know you're going to cut yourself on some day
16. Small shovel - digging holes for plants, burying a pet, hiding the evidence
17. Needle and thread - sewing on buttons
18. Duct tape - for anything that can't be fixed by 1-17