Well I ended up buying her a case too and the gift bag. Darn you boswd for giving me the ideas! Now my other family members are going to be jealous of all the stuff I'm getting her!
The only thing that sucks is that with a case her pretty decal skin will be covered on the back, but it's the same design on the front and the nook skins come with a wallpaper so it's all good really.
About buying her books. I think I'm going to buy her a few that will just legally be "mine" because I want them on there when she opens it up. The only problem is, and I guess I'll discuss this with B&N when I call to have them help me de-register mine and get it back to "new" before I load the few books I'm giving her onto it, is that will I be able to load "my" books onto an unregistered, so not associated with my B&N account, nook? Does my question make sense?
Like, will I be able to load books onto the nook without it being registered, then she be able to register it so she can then buy books and all that but still keep those that I bought her on it?