Need some "secret santa" ideas

[Tikitoi]

I work in an office and we are doing secret santa for each other. The one I have to buy for; her fav color is purple, fav food is chocolate, fav animal is a cat, fav scent is apple and fav hobby is music. We can spend anywhere from $10-$20. I have to buy something by next Tuesday. So any ideas?

 

[fairykin]

her fav color is purple, fav food is chocolate, fav animal is a cat, fav scent is apple and fav hobby is music.

with a budget of 10 to 20 dollars..

fav scent apple.. i'd buy a mini bottle of apple lotion for her desk at work.
fav animal is a cat.. i'd buy a cat shaped sticky notepad for her desk.
fav hobby is music.. buy some blank cds and jewel tone cd cases.. that would also cover the purple.
fav food is chocolate... how about some hot chocolate mix?

between the dollar store and the office supply store you can get it all within your budget!

 

[Heidict]

Mitten or scarfs in purple.

There are tons of things out there with cats on them.

Apple scent. Lotions, bath soap, body spray, candles.

Chocolate. Oh, the possiblities are endless. Grab some Lindt truffle balls or bars. Those are really good. Or some other "nice" chocolates.

When all else fails, you could grab a gift certificate to a restaurant that she likes. Some place that she has ordered lunch from. Or Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks, if you know she likes it.

 

[tiggerlover]

Is your secret santa a one day thing or spread over several days in the week? One present or gift basket is easier to do than spreading it over several days.

We are doing one at my work and the limit is $20 and we have 5 days to suprise our person. I used coupons (like at Bath and Body Works for free things and used coupons from Michaels for 50% off), I also went a little over budget, but ended up with some cute stuff. The first day I bought a little snow globe and my persons favorite candy and put it in a decorative box. Day two I got a desk calendar of my person's favorite sport and some more candy. Day three I bought a nice ornament and some more candy. Day four is a little stocking filled with my free Bath and Body Works and more candy. Day five I bought a snowman dip set with some gourmet dips.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I work in an office and we are doing secret santa for each other. The one I have to buy for; her fav color is purple, fav food is chocolate, fav animal is a cat, fav scent is apple and fav hobby is music. We can spend anywhere from $10-$20. I have to buy something by next Tuesday. So any ideas?

http://f.chtah.com/i/34/528207786/20081124_8536_coupon.html - print out that coupon and go to bath & body works. Coupon expires 12/24 so no worries on that. You can get a multitude of different items for your $10 and their apple scent is delish! They also have a cider type one for a fall scent. Their antibacterial soaps are $3 each right now but there is always bath gels, sprays, lotions, candles, etc. http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/pro...=3074766&cp=2073259.3314708&parentPage=family and then add in something else to bring your total over $10 (an antibacterial soap in same scent?). Once you hit the $10 mark you can pick any other item up to $12.50 for free. Now you'll have that stuff. That is a nice gift in itself. And valued well over $20 if bought seperately.

If you want to do more see if you could find a cat mug at your local $1 store and wrap it in cellophane with an assortment of hot cocoa, candy canes to stir it with, hershey kisses. The mug she could leave at work to use there vs. bringing home.

Put everything in a purple gift bag & you could write some sentiment about 1 is to relax at home and the other is to relax at work in a Christmas card.