I have noticed one or two people asking for suggestions for Christmas presents. I have a suggestion which may be too late for this year (although it could still help if you implement it fast) but can prove invaluable in the future.
If you have problems finding the right gifts for your partner or family members you could try what my wife and I do.
We each have a little box we call our wish box and whenever we see a gift or item we would like in a newspaper or catalogue (the free Argos catalogue is great for this) we cut it out, mark it clearly and place it in our special wish box.
It doesn’t matter how cheap or expensive it is, if you would like it put it into your own wish box, you never know how flush the other person is buying your gift.
Then, whenever one of us needs an idea for a suitable gift for Xmas, birthdays or whatever for the other person we simply look in the other person’s wish box when they aren’t around and find something in there.
If you find something you really like online rather than in a catalogue you can cut up you could always print it and put it into the wish box or as a last resort simply write down the name of the item, price and where to find it etc.
Each member of the family could have their own box and it really does save time and stress over getting something someone actually wants without asking them outright – they still don’t know what they are getting because you don’t tell them and of course they don’t know if the gift you got came from their wish box until after they open it.
It works for us.
Extra Tip: just make sure that you clearly mark which item it is you wish for when it is on a page from, say, a catalogue with several items on (also mark the right size colour etc. if there are choices).
Hope this helps someone out.
If you have problems finding the right gifts for your partner or family members you could try what my wife and I do.
We each have a little box we call our wish box and whenever we see a gift or item we would like in a newspaper or catalogue (the free Argos catalogue is great for this) we cut it out, mark it clearly and place it in our special wish box.
It doesn’t matter how cheap or expensive it is, if you would like it put it into your own wish box, you never know how flush the other person is buying your gift.
Then, whenever one of us needs an idea for a suitable gift for Xmas, birthdays or whatever for the other person we simply look in the other person’s wish box when they aren’t around and find something in there.
If you find something you really like online rather than in a catalogue you can cut up you could always print it and put it into the wish box or as a last resort simply write down the name of the item, price and where to find it etc.
Each member of the family could have their own box and it really does save time and stress over getting something someone actually wants without asking them outright – they still don’t know what they are getting because you don’t tell them and of course they don’t know if the gift you got came from their wish box until after they open it.
It works for us.
Extra Tip: just make sure that you clearly mark which item it is you wish for when it is on a page from, say, a catalogue with several items on (also mark the right size colour etc. if there are choices).
Hope this helps someone out.
