I started thinking about Christmas gifts this week!
Each year my mom, aunt, and I spend a weekend in December making 12+ different goodies so that's what extended family and my boyfriends' parents all get. We've already started picking up the chocolates and candies that go into them, along with sugar, butter (omg prices of butter this year!), and flour.
I only have two people to buy for so it's not too difficult, but this year dbf and I are going to
Disneyland and staying onsite in January before I go back to school so I'm trying to keep it super budget friendly this year.
For my mom - a pressure cooker! I found one on
amazon for a decent price and has gotten some good reviews. It's something she's always wanted and any time we see it used on the food network she mentions it... so a perfect time to get her one. I also want to get her a Dr Who license plate holder that says her other ride is a Tardis, but I'm waiting for free shipping at thinkgeek like I had last year when I grabbed her a Dr Who mug. I always make her something but I'm kind of running out of ideas. I think I've single handedly decorated her bedroom in art pieces and a big mirror that I made for her. I was thinking of making something for this big wall we have in the kitchen but I haven't squared the details out yet. (I was thinking metallic painting some paper mache letters that spell out "EAT" to make them look like metal and putting them on a stained board or burlap covered canvas) Thankfully dbf works at Michael's and gets me 30% off with his discount on top of any coupons that are out lol
I was also looking at getting her a 3 month subscription to this Dr Who shirt of the month sort of club where they send an exclusive Dr Who themed shirt out each month. It's relatively inexpensive for each month (I think $13.xx shipped?) but they add up, so I figured 3 months is enough for her to decided if she wanted to continue it or not on her own.
Then my boyfriend! Ugh he's being ridiculous this year with "I don't want anything" since we're going to DLR a few weeks later. When I was looking at the "shirt of the month" club for my mom I found the same sort of idea but with Legend of Zelda (a videogame series) shirts, so I might do a few months of that for him. Then I got to thinking I may as well do an entire Zelda themed Christmas! I thought of making an 8-bit image of Link quilt for him. But then I was thinking that would get a bit on the pricey side... so I asked my mom if she could teach me to crochet since it's simple squares over and over again and yarn would be better on me price-wise.
He needs things he always uses; sketchbooks, pens, etc so I might make up a little basket kind of thing of everything wrapped individually.
I found this woman who makes felt sewn character pillows on etsy and she makes a sloth, so dbf and I got that for his brother who's obsessed with them. Then he also got my mom an eleven character pillow, from Dr Who. .... my mom really likes doctor who so she's pretty easy to buy for. At least two of his gifts are out of the way!
I haven't actually purchased anything yet so these ideas could all go out the window in a week or two lol
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), and the stupid thing still hasn't shipped yet! Yes, I used the free super saver shipping, and I know those are the lowest priority, but this is ridiculous. Today is the first day of the "Expected delivery" date window, and it hasn't even left yet! 
