I actually got my girl one of these...

Walther PK380

It was cheap as fuck...$350.00. Loaded it with speer gold dot ammo. It only holds 9 rounds, but it is a double action/single action and the safety blocks the firing pin completely. The downside is that there is no decocker so you have to put it on safe and let the hammer down, or carry it in single action mode with the hammer back and on safety like a 1911. I was impressed for the price. .380 is just a 9mm Kurz. I tried to talk her into just getting a Russian Makarov(because I feel they are great carry guns for the price), but she wanted that one.