These Are a Few Of My Favorite Things...

Quick Flashback! These were on my wish list probably around the year 1991. DUCK shoes! These were super cool in the SLC hood. (Salt Lake City) Did you ever own a pair?

Now on to the important stuff...

Gift giving! Let's face it. EVERYONE likes to find a little surprise under the tree Christmas morning. I have decided that there are three types of gift giving when you're in a relationship and they are as follows:

A) Year after year you make an agreement with your significant other NOT exchange gifts this year. And year after year this eventually comes back to haunt you with either disappointment or bickering.

B) If there are gifts under the tree, you purchased them your self & wrote FROM: HIM on them.

C) If he did buy gifts, you're already practicing the "You shouldn't have" face and have already decided what you're going to exchange them for.

So...which category do you fall in to?

For me, and I think probably for most, it's not about the money spent (most times :D)but the thought put behind the gift. And it doesn't take a ton of thought. Just an itty bitty ounce usually does the trick. DUDES... if you'd clean the ear wax out of your ears every once in a while I can guarantee your wifey pooh makes subtle hints all year long about simple desires. So, read below for some Princess Pookie gift giving advice. BTW: My Prince Charming doesn't need this advice anymore. He gets it...finally!:) Love you babe!

Engraving~can be on just a simple $20 band. This will mean more than the $500 jewel you can't afford.

100 reasons why I love you list~my husband did this once...I treasure it! Tie it to a small gift that is significant to the list. Something like THIS would bring a tear to her eye.

Photographs~get in touch with your "pink" side and enlarge some of your favorite photos. Just make sure they are not of fishing, moose heads or a sporting event you've been to~duh!

Thoughtful jewelry such as THIS and tell her how "lucky" you are that she's yours.

Tickets to Events~And you arrange for the sitter!

Gift certificate to "Dinner's Ready"~ and you go prepare the meals!

House Cleaning Gift Certificate (NOT homemade coupon from you. The real thing dork!)~and set it up in advance for her. (Day after new years is a GREAT time!)

Gift card that is tied to a mini gift significant to the gift card. Ex. Tie a Target gift card to a Target recyclable bag or a NORDSTROM gift card to THIS. Clever eh??

Spice up practicals~if she's asking for a new vacuum, get her the pink one. Pink makes everything more fun. Red too!

There you have it gentleman. Now SHOP til you DROP! (I'm sure it won't take long.)

Christmas Gift No No's

*Home made coupon book~ Cop out! No one ever redeems them anyway!

*Clothing she hasn't specifically picked out~she WILL return it!

*Sexy underwear~save that one for the anniversary. It's the Holidays...trust me, she's too tired

*Power tools~whatever dude, you're not fooling anyone!

Good Luck Prince Charmings...may the force be with you. Warning: If you wait until Christmas Eve to do the shopping, you're screwed!

P.S. Dudes...if you don't get the Christmas gift giving right, your Princess is going to buy you one of THESE pups. Just what you've always wanted.

Hand Made Christmas Give Away #4
{Thursday 12.18}

"Giggle LOVE" This is a one of a kind Princess Poookie wooden bangle. It's guaranteed to make you LIVE your life with lots of LOVE and LAUGHTER.

Question: Do you prefer Christmas RED or Grinch GREEN?

To find this little lovely in your mailbox answer the above question by clicking on "Fashion Experts" at the bottom of this post. Remember, you have until Saturday morning to leave your comments and get a chance win a rare Princess Pookie Hand made original. :)

For those of you who may be new to my give away thing, scroll down and read up on the give away fun.

Can someone tell me why the song "These are a few of my favorite things" considered a Chrsitmas song? I don't dig it!