Today my sister called me to get gift ideas for Christmas this year. She said she honestly had no clue what to get Hubby and I, but she didn’t want to give us the same old gift card everyone else gets when they have no clue. She asked for a list of things I would like to have, and told me she had a $20 budget for each gift.

I honestly told her to buy Hubby socks and boxers. I know it seems like the typical gift every guy gets every year, but Hubby is ecstatic to get them. That’s because he goes through both like crazy. I find myself buying him another pack of boxers at least once every couple weeks, and socks are almost a weekly purchase around here. He will only wear one brand, and even though he rips the legs out of the boxers and the toes out of his socks he refuses to change brands. I’d be seriously happy if everyone would just get together and give him a year’s supply of both.

As for me, I honestly didn’t know what to tell her. I hate it when people ask me what I want. I setup a Wishlist and emailed it to all friends and family for that reason, but here she is calling me anyway. I finally ended up giving her a list of some smaller cheaper things that I’m always in need of like office supplies, personal hygiene items, stuff like that. I big on giving gift baskets or bags full of practical stuff that’s useful versus stuff I’ll never use.

She liked that idea, so I’m pretty sure she’ll be throwing together a gift bag of random stuff for me. I honestly can’t wait to give her the present I bought her. I got her a handmade purse made out of a gorgeous horse fabric. My sister is a huge horse freak, so I know she’s going to absolutely love it.