Ideas

My friend Carolyn works for T-Moblie and moved to Maine in August for a new job with them!

Here are my ideas for gift giving!:
1. Find out if the person collects anything and get that!
Could also be a funky version of what the person likes!
2. Burts Bees ~ Anything lotion, lipbalm
3. Maine things...Especially for those back home here in New Mexico! eg: Socklady socks, moose dirt, blueberry jam. I usually try to get both Carolyn and Melanie New Mexico things! Because I know that they will love it and remind them of home!
4. Homemade items: potholders, (make them little and they are costers!),
scarves, spice tea!
5. A shopping bag of things to make a dinner: 2-3 soups in a box, gourmet
crackers, & cheese. Ingredients to make one of your favorite dishes and include the recipe!
6. When all else fails I go with gift cards. Books, dining out, Walmart, craft store!

Idea for your co-workers is next year to do Secret Santa's. Those who want to participate write out a quick questionnaire (kinda like Secret Sisters but could be shorter!) When we did this at work in SoCal we drew names the week of Thanksgiving and usually you got a small or homemade gift each week and then at our Christmas Party we reaviled our who we had picked and gave them a bigger gift. We also made up a "Wish List" of things we would like and that took the guess work out of things when we went to go buy gifts!

So I hope this helps! Have a good wintery day! (it's going to be 57 today in NM!)