I'm obviously dating up, because I can't figure out what my girlfriend wants me to buy her for Christmas. When I asked her what she wanted, she gave me the three puzzles below. The only hint she gave me is that she only wants one item.
A few things that might help:
She's really lucky. (I mean she is dating me.)
She likes card and board games. (Setters of Catan is her favorite. No, it's not that. She already has it. And 5 expansions, but that's probably not helpful)
She likes animals (especially dogs and cats) and had a cat named Ralph and a dog named Bingo
Her favorite song is that double rainbow song.
Puzzle 1:
C A R E 2 1 0 0
R A C E 2 2 0 0
T A R E 2 2 0 0
T O R E 2 1 0 0
Puzzle 2:
2 1's & 1 16 + slang human head
Puzzle 3: (There has to be a couple of steps for this one, right?)
H zl dnm fghms zcdl en zlmx.
'Hl dqux zklmx ast h ddeoqq dml.
Fffioswx ffmpqq defjpstw fn j bbmtxz hpsx po finu.
Gj j cdffnp dfmmppstt ejnptx dfnpt.
Hint 1:
I've figured out the overall answer is definitely a card game.
Hint 2:
Puzzle 2 has a chemical element to it.
(Meta Note)
The three sub puzzles are obviously needed to solve the puzzle as a whole. The other 'hints' may or may not be helpful after the sub puzzles are solved. On the other hand, the hints (or parts of them) could just be there to distract from the real solution.