Next year...I'm starting in January!!! My mom loves opening the stockings on Christmas morning...that is her favorite part! So...there is a lot of pressure on me to get awesome stuff for it! Lets just say my Dad sucks at shopping(like every man)! But, he likes to wait until I am home and then ask me to run out shopping with him on the 23rd or 24th. Yeah...that's what I want to do! So, I need some ideas for her stocking. She tells me every year to not get lotions and stuff like that...so that's out. She loves reading and shopping.
Please help! Any ideas for me???
Christmas CD
favorite tea/coffee
small airplane bottle of alcohol that she might enjoy but wouldn't buy a big bottle - different flavors of vodka are a personal favorite
cashew or other favorite type of nuts
a replacement of a favorite cosmetic, hair product or personal care product
new nail polish
Sharpies - I love having all of the different colors!
lifesavers
cute cocktail napkins
chapstick
Mints
Expensive Chocolates
Teas
Magazine subscription to a mag she would like.. People,
Southern Living ect
Emory Board
Eye mask
Nail polish
Pair of tights, or pretty (sexy) pair of panties
Car slippers (Target has them this year by the handbags)
Book of crosswords or Sudoku, fun pencils
Book of Postage stamps
Movie tickets
DVD of "the Help"..
Pack of playing cards
Lottery tickets
ipod filled with her favorite music or an itunes card
hmmmm reading and shopping and no lotions etc?
ok
gift cards to amazon or barnes and noble
gift card to fav store
chocolate
if she likes wine- those little charms for wine glasses are cute
make up
ornament
mini picture frames with frames of your kids
key chain
plug in air fresheners or hand soap from Bath and Body Works
cute socks
specialty spices or dip mixes for cooking
OXO makes a great 4 Tablespoon plastic measuring cup (I use mine almost every day!)
kitchen timer
magnets
"nostalgic" candy -- a type she liked when she was little
specialty hot chocolate
mini bottle of flavored syrup for coffee
movie tickets
a pin for her winter coat
a james adler pen from Barnes & Noble -- they come in fun designs that are easy to find in your purse!
restaurant.com certificate to a favorite restaurant or a new restaurant to try out
Good luck and have fun!
roll up a cute t-shirt (Go Cyclones!)
mini umbrella for purse
reusable shopping bag
gift card from her hair stylist
gift certificate for a massage/mani/pedi
slipper socks
a new item for a favorite collection (my mom collects Coke items, I collect bears)
a quality cologne (I love Chanel #5)
a gift card to her favortie place to shop so she can take advantage of the after holiday sales!
toe of the stocking should be an orange or expensive and/or handmade candies
next year try and score an autographed book of her favorite author (eBay is one good place to look)
the newest improved book light
homemade gift certificates - like a promise to visit for a fun family game night! (yes, I have adult children too!)
-cute eyeglasses
-cute bookmark
-gift card to shoe store
-a cute ring (google search a texas silver very upscale jewelry store "james avery". High quality, very nice. Everyone in texas seems to own at least one piece of james avery jewelry)
- Silpada also makes nice rings and jewlery - there are people who post parties (like a Mary Kay party) where you can get nice things
I don't know if these fall under lotions and stuff like that...
lip balm
make up
nail polish or manicure items
Other ideas...
book
a puzzle book - word find - suduko
book mark
reading light
gloves
chocolates or nuts
slipper socks
jewelry
an ornament
ornament
She probably has enough stuff, so maybe usable things - like a gc to some event. Or a pair of diamond studs, if you're going to impact.
Stockings are a big deal at our house as well. I like to put "experiences" in the stocking. Movie or concert tickets, a potter class, and coupon for a lunch date, pedicure, etc. We also put in small things that are the persons favorite (to show how well we know eachother) favorite chapstick, or hot sauce, or coffee, etc.
Your forgetting one thing, she loves You! There are so many different things you can put a picture in now adays go to walmarts photo lab and scan through the options but hurry up it takes a little bit for shipping. And if you time it right it could be delivered on the 23 or 24 and your dad would be happy to
fruit and nuts. everyone likes that.
Gift cards, nice chocolates, fuzzy socks, a special ornament from hallmark, a spinbrush, book marks
puzzle book, like sudoko or crosswards
collection of gift cards to restaurants, coffee, etc.
home fragrance or linen spray
manicure kit
sweets
an orange
an ornament
pens/mini-sharpies and notepads or shopping lists
notecards, personalized maybe
sunglasses socks
slippers
itunes card
dvd
PS - adding kitchen gadgets - an ice cream scoop, Christmas towels, set of serving spoons, nut cracker, cookie cutters, etc.,
gift cards- barnes and noble amazon. jewelry, book marks, book from her favorite author. book light if she likes to read in bed.
I've read the other answers so I'm not going to repeat them (I don't think), but we always got a bag of pistachios and beef jerkey as well. They were always a big hit because we liked them, but they weren't something that was around the house a lot to eat. So even if she doesn't like those two specific items, think along the same lines. My grandma really likes the chocolate oranges and they have those in dark chocolate as well. You could do specialty coffee or tea (whatever her preference would be), and they have those to go tea mugs that you can use to brew loose leaf tea in as well.
a kindle,
amazon gift card, barnes and noble gift card
