Christmas Shopping - What to Buy the Boy in Your Life

So continuing with my pre-Christmas panic of 'oh my God I haven't even bought a Christmas card' I thought I would get thinking about what to buy the Boy. NOTE TO BOY- DO NOT READ THIS POST!

He's normally not too tricky to buy for but this year I am struggling. Here are some items that are on the possible list

Bargainous mini table football from RED5 - £10 of your English pounds!

 

A Magic 8 ball pen to help him work out the Suduko. Can be bought at Amazon for £7

He likes cooking. I don't like hangovers; a gift to share. Also available at Amazon and for only £4!!!

If I had the money I'd get him a Kindle, he really wants one after I got mine and for £89 they are a good price, sadly too many pennies for me to buy it.

They aren't on a Kindle but I think he'd enjoy them none the less and for £23 they aren't a bad price for weeks of peace and quiet.

Let the shopping begin

Christmas Gifts- The Nightmare of What to Buy Your Mother in Law

So because I am always so busy and becoming increasingly less organised I have only just considered my Christmas shopping list, in fact I am so unorganised there isn't even a list yet.


We have very few pennies this year so are doing token gifts that will be a combination of handmade and small shop bought items. Sadly as the people who we are getting gifts for read this blog, I will have to keep the actual gifts under wraps until after Christmas (excuse the pun).

Part of the dilema this year is that we want to get the Boy's mom an extra special gift as we didn't really get her anything special to say thanks for her amazing work at the wedding - we even forgot to present her with the flowers, what can I say we were disorganised and tired. 

So we thought a nice pair of earrings, something lasting and special. We asked advice from other family members of what she might like and got some very helpful guidelines, sadly everything was well out of our price range, and the ones we could afford got a few thumbs down. So now we have no idea what to get her and are worried that whatever we buy will be no good.


So here is list of what I would love to buy many of the ladies in my life...

 These are so simple and so elegant from Bluehourde Designs on Etsy

 And this necklace is so beautiful 

It's from Minerals and Metals again on Etsy

This lovely Kimono dressing gown from Not on the High Street

 Or this velvet gown from The White Company 

I love these note books from Not on the High Street

 

And I am a sucker for Moleskines

This recipe journal is a fab gift idea!

If you want to give something more personal you could always do a 'pamper hamper' where you buy her all her favourite bath/cosmetic products, candles, chocolates and maybe a book she likes. Every girl likes a relaxing soak with a good book right?

 

Makeup Ideas for a Christmas Do

Yes. yes, I know I'm obsessed with Lisa Eldridge but for a very good reason, she's fab!

Christmas Do

 

In the Company of Oneself

So I am currently away in Greece, again, looking at old pots like the sherd nerd I am, and I am sitting in beautiful Nauplio thinking how lucky am I but maybe it'd be better with company.

I love my own company. 

When the Boy goes away, yes it's sad but then I get to live in a tidy flat (boys are so untidy, it messes with my OCD)

Extreme tidiness.

 I can sleep diagonally in the bed, I can have whatever food I want for dinner; it's awkward to make two different meals so generally as the Boy cooks we have what he likes most - he would happily cook separately for me. 

I can do my own thing. It's not that I can't do my own thing when the Boy is there but I just find I have less head space, I have to remember to remember my stuff and then his stuff and then our stuff.

So I make the most of it and enjoy having uninterrupted long hot baths (in my head they are in a bathroom alot like this)

Get into a fresh bed and read for hours

Eat a nice box of choccies and watch a girly film

I LOVE this film, the music is so well suited to it!

 

But now I am somewhere with all my own space and wanting some company, typical. It's sad sitting at a table alone in a busy restaurant. It would be nice to just ring up a friend and say 'hey lets get drinks' but then I kick myself and remind myself that I am in Greece. In a beautiful part of Greece. With access to A LOT of AMAZING ice cream. I am getting to spend everyday on my PhD. And I am sleeping diagonally. HAPPY DAYS.

I must state this picture has been taken from Travelpod.com but is a picture of true Nauplio gelato, yom nom nom...

 

Hair

So I got a hair cut and dyed my hair dark, think I like it. 

 

I really like Nicole Ritchie's hair here, she has the most amazing eyes here too

My hair is totally almost, nearly, kinda similar to this right? OK so no. Well frizz is totally fashionable, in some circles...

Secretary