I do most shopping online. I loathe having to go out in crowded shops, especially this time of year. Black Friday? Hells no. Toys R Us? No flipping way am I going near that joint. But today, sans kids, I decided to venture out and pick up those few things you can't really get online; stocking stuffers, wrapping paper, etc.
I spent 4 effing hours out there in pure hell, waiting in lines 45 people deep. I hate shopping. I hate people.
That said, my shopping is done, I got some great stocking stuffers for the kids, plus I picked up a Ninja Gingerbread cookie set.
What kind of things do you like in your stocking? I'm doing my own this year (first time) and had a hard time figuring out what the heck I wanted to stuff my personal stocking with
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Likable stocking ideas:
Christmas candy stuff: chocolate santa, colorful M&Ms, etc.
Liquor bottle: of the quality over quantity variety
Gift Cards: it'll just get lost under the tree anyway
Gloves, bracelets, and other small wearables
Homemade Christmas cookies
Batteries: for all the electronic stuff they're getting.
Bad stocking ideas:
Anything that can't survive the 4ft fall to the tile around the fireplace.
You are not alone. Tis the season and such.
Christmas candy stuff: chocolate santa, colorful M&Ms, etc.
Liquor bottle: of the quality over quantity variety
Gift Cards: it'll just get lost under the tree anyway
Gloves, bracelets, and other small wearables
Homemade Christmas cookies
Batteries: for all the electronic stuff they're getting.
Bad stocking ideas:
Anything that can't survive the 4ft fall to the tile around the fireplace.
DSD wrote:
I hate shopping. I hate people.
You are not alone. Tis the season and such.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
My kids are coupled now so they get one 'stocking' per couple.
Stockings are practical stuff. This years looks something like this:
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Band-aids
Hand soap (without Triclosan omg)
lotion
Dish towel
Dish soap
cat toy (meh)
Gum
Candy
Large Oranges
Beer
Deck of cards
Stockings are practical stuff. This years looks something like this:
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Band-aids
Hand soap (without Triclosan omg)
lotion
Dish towel
Dish soap
cat toy (meh)
Gum
Candy
Large Oranges
Beer
Deck of cards
Alma wrote:
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no offense, but I'm glad I'm not your kid. I'd sit there and wonder how the hell I was that naughty to get toothpaste, and what was Santa hinting at
DSD wrote:
no offense, but I'm glad I'm not your kid. I'd sit there and wonder how the hell I was that naughty to get toothpaste, and what was Santa hinting at
The toothpaste is just an add-on to the toothbrushes. This is my assurance that they're getting replaced at least annually.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
I would hope that they get changed more often than annually!Some people aren't aware that you're supposed to replace them every six months. These are the same people who don't get their teeth cleaned every six months - because the dentist usually gives you a fresh toothbrush then.
We're not doing stocking stuffers since we have no kids, and basically anything the husband and I want, we get. Last year I found a cute LED bookmark for him to use instead of my egg timer for clocking his work hours at home, and he ignored it all year long.
We're not doing stocking stuffers since we have no kids, and basically anything the husband and I want, we get. Last year I found a cute LED bookmark for him to use instead of my egg timer for clocking his work hours at home, and he ignored it all year long.
DSD wrote:
I would hope that they get changed more often than annually!I don't think they're getting dental check-ups regularly so....who knows.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Oranges and walnuts (if you have a nutcracker and don't mind the mess). Small hard to wrap gifts like gloves. Batteries for the toys is a great idea. Anything fairly small and durable.
By the time Christmas rolled around, I'm sure my mom was tempted to fill them up with cookie batter and tell us Santa barfed in them.
By the time Christmas rolled around, I'm sure my mom was tempted to fill them up with cookie batter and tell us Santa barfed in them.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
You're supposed to replace them?
Batteries?
Yes, unless you buy the rechargeable ones, and even those don't last forever.
Yes, unless you buy the rechargeable ones, and even those don't last forever.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Until they find a way to harness the excess energy of kids that is.
Mashing the "A" button should recharge the batteries.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Until they find a way to harness the excess energy of kids that is.
Donate. One day it could be your family.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Until they find a way to harness the excess energy of kids that is.
I'm still trying to figure that out, as is every parental unit out there. That **** would be better than coffee!
Typically our christmas stockings consist of Pommegranites, Oranges ( or for me extra pommegranite in case the first runs out) Chocolate oranges, neat foriegn coins and rocks from the coin and rock store (one year I did get a piece of antricite coal!), assorted small toys and cooking gadgets, christmas candies, some scratch lottery tickets, and traditionally a silver eagle silver coin for the investment coin collection.
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Elinda wrote:
Stockings are practical stuff...
Beer
Beer
Practical!
Dandruffshampoo wrote:
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Annabella, Goblin in Disguise wrote:
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There is nothing more practical than beer. Nothing.
Edited, Dec 18th 2013 1:17am by Aethien
Edited, Dec 18th 2013 1:17am by Aethien
Candies and small toys that aren't worth wrapping paper apparently.
George Carlin wrote:
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One of the gals I worked with brought me a stocking one year. It had those little chocolate bottles with real booze in them. She also put in a few things like a new deck of cards, a couple of those little shooters, and some scratch tickets which I never buy but they were really fun. I even won $10 on one of them.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
One of the gals
Those gals are the tops! I mean, thirty-two skidoo, those dames know how to rumpus, why they are the bees knees! I bet when you beat your gums to one of those birds that they exclaimed "ah, applesauce!" when they found you had won the 10 simoleans instead of them.
I'm going to assume you work in a news room and all of your co-workers are fast talking career women who think they don't need a man, but just you wait until they fall for just the right fella!
Those gals are the tops! I mean, thirty-two skidoo, those dames know how to rumpus, why they are the bees knees! I bet when you beat your gums to one of those birds that they exclaimed "ah, applesauce!" when they found you had won the 10 simoleans instead of them.
I'm going to assume you work in a news room and all of your co-workers are fast talking career women who think they don't need a man, but just you wait until they fall for just the right fella!
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
It's just a very lengthy +1.
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Crazy dames, the lot of you.
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