Yes, Yule is coming, and with that gift giving times.
I was asked what I would give to my husband in an advent calendar, and I answer:
- stationery - my husband loves stationery, especially pens and notebooks. I could give him just pens, and it doesn't need to be expensive pens either, for every day and he'd be happy.
- book related things, from cheap pocket books or books picked up from second hand, antiquaries or goodwill, to bookmarks, audiobooks - he would love if I read books on MP3 files and filled his MP3 player with my voice... it could just be short stories, and he would be happy.
- my husband loves bears. Bear is his spirit animal, and he loves bears in all forms. For example, he'd love those novelty slippers that look like bear paws.
- beard care items
- he loves knitted socks, thick, woolly socks. I know how to knit. I could knit him 24 pairs of "ugly Christmas socks" and he would wear them year around proudly :-D
- he loves hats and caps and kippot (he's Jewish). So if I gave him 24 hats, he'd be very pleased.
- he loves gadgets. Frankly, I don't think I have ever met a man who doesn't love gadgets. Or a woman. Gadgets are cool :-D
- gift card to his favorite game store or Playstation. (Or stationery store or book store...)
- something to appeal all five senses; something that smells good, something that looks good, something that tastes good, something that sounds good, something that feels good. Or something to smell, something to watch, something to listen to, something to touch, something to eat.
Look at his hobbies. My husband likes to read, play games and study things. (Yes, studying is his hobby.)
Look at what he buys with his money, small things. Does he buy a cup of coffee from the same store? Gift card. Does he buy the same snack? Does he always carry a pack of gum?
Get him something to remember you by, like a key chain with your picture on
So - here's some ideas that won't cost as much as most gadgets...
52 reasons why I love you
You could also go find some two person card games from online and print them out for a personal, private, just for the two of you game book.
Candy tackle box
You could personalize a coffee cup for him, or a pillow case, or a t-shirt, it's pretty easy and affordable to get some textile pens or glass/china pens and you can fix the colors at home.
It's relatively easy to etch glass and make him personalized items, like water bottle on his nightstand or toothbrush cup or something like that.
You could also buy him one of those multiuse cups with insert sleeve and make him a bunch of them so that he can change them when he wants to.
Here's some more ideas
I was asked what I would give to my husband in an advent calendar, and I answer:
- stationery - my husband loves stationery, especially pens and notebooks. I could give him just pens, and it doesn't need to be expensive pens either, for every day and he'd be happy.
- book related things, from cheap pocket books or books picked up from second hand, antiquaries or goodwill, to bookmarks, audiobooks - he would love if I read books on MP3 files and filled his MP3 player with my voice... it could just be short stories, and he would be happy.
- my husband loves bears. Bear is his spirit animal, and he loves bears in all forms. For example, he'd love those novelty slippers that look like bear paws.
- beard care items
- he loves knitted socks, thick, woolly socks. I know how to knit. I could knit him 24 pairs of "ugly Christmas socks" and he would wear them year around proudly :-D
- he loves hats and caps and kippot (he's Jewish). So if I gave him 24 hats, he'd be very pleased.
- he loves gadgets. Frankly, I don't think I have ever met a man who doesn't love gadgets. Or a woman. Gadgets are cool :-D
- gift card to his favorite game store or Playstation. (Or stationery store or book store...)
- something to appeal all five senses; something that smells good, something that looks good, something that tastes good, something that sounds good, something that feels good. Or something to smell, something to watch, something to listen to, something to touch, something to eat.
Look at his hobbies. My husband likes to read, play games and study things. (Yes, studying is his hobby.)
Look at what he buys with his money, small things. Does he buy a cup of coffee from the same store? Gift card. Does he buy the same snack? Does he always carry a pack of gum?
Get him something to remember you by, like a key chain with your picture on
So - here's some ideas that won't cost as much as most gadgets...
52 reasons why I love you
Candy tackle box
You could personalize a coffee cup for him, or a pillow case, or a t-shirt, it's pretty easy and affordable to get some textile pens or glass/china pens and you can fix the colors at home.
It's relatively easy to etch glass and make him personalized items, like water bottle on his nightstand or toothbrush cup or something like that.
You could also buy him one of those multiuse cups with insert sleeve and make him a bunch of them so that he can change them when he wants to.
Here's some more ideas
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