Tag: gifts

Oblivious

I’m not a big fan of holiday shopping—this last year I managed to buy nearly all my gifts online—but I did leave my apartment a couple of times to look for things I thought people might want. One place I went, and almost immediately regretted, was the holiday market in Union Square…

Vanilla Gifts

Gift cards are already the most boring gift someone can give another person. Then, Visa and American Express decided to make gift cards even more generic by offering gift cards that work anywhere that accepts credit cards (so, everywhere). Now, these cards have their place. I got mine for as a “thank you” for “services… Continue reading Vanilla Gifts

Designer Sea Creatures, For Less!

I don’t live very far from a T. J. Maxx, so when it comes to Christmas shopping I always take a peak in to see if there is anything I can get anyone. My mom like to shop there, so why not shop for her there? Last year, I wrote about a great little find… Continue reading Designer Sea Creatures, For Less!

5 Words You Don’t Want Describing Your Gift

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There are plenty of words out there that you’d want describing a gift you’re giving to someone (ex. awesome, great, alluring) and there are some obviously undesirable words (ex. terrible, inappropriate, bad). Here is my list of words that aren’t obviously poor gift descriptions but they’re really no good: Useful – It is a good… Continue reading 5 Words You Don’t Want Describing Your Gift