Stocking Stuffers
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My 'stocking stuffer' bag includes jerky, Tic Tacs, balloons (to make balloon animals Christmas Day), key chains, small flashlights, a tiny screwdriver and screws in a glasses repair kit, nail files, chap sticks, silly postcards, books of "Forever" stamps. Closer to Christmas I will pick up candy and scratch off lottery tickets and possibly a regular lottery ticket if the jackpot is obscene enough.
Curious about the lottery tickets. Is that an allowable reimbursable item? I, too, have used those for office gifts. Everyone smiles when they get one or two! I know some items, such as gift cards, are on the no-no reimbursement list.@Flash wrote:
Closer to Christmas I will pick up candy and scratch off lottery tickets and possibly a regular lottery ticket if the jackpot is obscene enough.
Shopping SoCal and Maui.
Not everything in the bag is shop purchases and not all of it is completely covered by reimbursements. I don't worry about that too much. There are also some oddities in my 'bag of tricks' for stuffing stockings. In certain areas of town if I am shopping and see a garage sale sign it is worth stopping. There are some fascinating old pieces of kitchen equipment, costume jewelry, and Liberty of London silk scarves.
I do one shop twice a week that offers a $1 reimbursement. The items I buy aren't stocking stuffers: seedless cucumber, two packs of chili powder, 2L soda for hubby, mushrooms, eggs, corn chips, limes.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
So far, what's in the gift closet for stocking stuffers are hand sanitizers, socks, stamps, postcards, and candy. I *finally* snagged a Lego shop (I happened to be on the computer the minute it got posted) so am planning to use that reimbursement to add to the pile.
Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.
I find the .99 store near me has the best, great fragrant soaps, nice creams (small) polish, all kinds of fun stuff.
Candy (dark chocolate), all for under a buck.
Candy (dark chocolate), all for under a buck.
Live consciously....
I just went to Dollar Tree and loaded up on multifunctional stylus pens. They are a laser ponter, LED flashlight, and stylus and come in different colors and are boxed. They are my favorite stocking stuffers and they make great small gifts for co-workers.
Love to shop the "dollar" type stores and also love that a few years ago I bought a little bit of stock in some of them and it's coming right along. Here's a great dollar store story I want to share and this actually happened.
I'm long time friends with a local couple. The husband was seriously hurt in a tragic accident years back on the Interstate, which was under construction and not properly marked. An oncoming car's driver went to sleep and crossed the median and hit him head on. Driver and passengers in that car died and my friend was left critical. Consequently, he was represented by a law firm who sued the state, the construction company, and the estate of the driver who went to sleep.
After many years of litigation and lives of waiting poverty, my friend who was hurt and his wife as his caretaker were both awarded huge settlements which will support them for a lifetime. While waiting on the eventual arbritration, I commiserated with the wife and told her that someday this would be over and they would have no money problems.
Her comment, with a laugh, was "You bet, Mary. I can go to the dollar store and stay all day."
I'm long time friends with a local couple. The husband was seriously hurt in a tragic accident years back on the Interstate, which was under construction and not properly marked. An oncoming car's driver went to sleep and crossed the median and hit him head on. Driver and passengers in that car died and my friend was left critical. Consequently, he was represented by a law firm who sued the state, the construction company, and the estate of the driver who went to sleep.
After many years of litigation and lives of waiting poverty, my friend who was hurt and his wife as his caretaker were both awarded huge settlements which will support them for a lifetime. While waiting on the eventual arbritration, I commiserated with the wife and told her that someday this would be over and they would have no money problems.
Her comment, with a laugh, was "You bet, Mary. I can go to the dollar store and stay all day."
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
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