It feels like it has been decades since I last sat down and properly wrote a blog post. That tag does not count! Thankfully, my year has been winding down, and I’m going to be in possession of at least a little bit more free time. Usually, I’m the kind of person who leaves my Christmas shopping to the last minute. This year, I’m going to be in Hawaii for Christmas, so I had to get my shopping done well in advance.

Last year, I did a gift guide of everything I had bought for people. I wasn’t really intending upon doing this again, but I changed my mind. Foolishly, before changing my mind, I wrapped all of my presents up with fancy ribbon. It took a lot of effort. They look really pretty now, though. So all the photos are going to be stock photos. You can go ahead and assume that none of them are mine. Oh! And if you’re in my direct family, or my roommate, stop reading this or you’ll ruin Christmas. Good? Good.

Mom first. My mom is in her mid-fifties. She works from home, but is soon to start working back in an office. She talks a lot about how glamorous it is to have nice makeup and bath products and things. Since she’s going back to work, I got her a makeup brush set from Sephora. That way it will start to get her ready for when she’s back working with young people who do put a lot of time into their appearance.

I also got her the Mr. Frosty bath bomb set from Lush. It’s cold, and a warm bath makes everyone happy. Especially one that smells nice.

Dad is always the hardest person to shop for. If he wants something, he’ll just buy it for himself. A few weeks ago, he bought himself a Kindle touch, so I got him a case for it from Amazon. Guys love their tech accessories, so I think that he’ll love it. I got a nice charcoal grey colour, because it matches his work brief case.

He’s a professor, and is always carrying around little notebooks, so I picked him up some fancy cloth bound ones from Fossil, pretty much because he doesn’t have many really nice things, and these are really fancy.

My sister and I aren’t close, but she does live with my parents still. I don’t know a lot about her to be honest. One thing I do know is that she has a penchant for peppermint tea. I got her a packet of loose peppermint tea from David’s Tea, along with a mug that comes with a strainer. I think she’ll like it. The mug changes colour when it gets hot, so it’s real spiffy.

My sister has two kids, George and Jenna, ages eleven and seven. George is getting an anywhere table tennis set. It attaches to any table. I think he’ll love it. Boys are hard to buy for.

Jenna is your archetypal girly girl. Whenever I’m home she wants to paint my nails, and do my hair, and put on my makeup for me. Being seven, you end up looking a little more…garish…than normal. But she doesn’t like the kiddie stuff.  She wants to use big grownup makeup, and she can tell the difference. Essence is my go-to for that. It’s very adult, but also lower in price. I got her four nail polishes, as well as the sparkliest pink lip gloss I could find. She will love it.

Finally, we have the roommates. Beth is getting a perfume set from Sephora. She likes her perfumes. She was saying recently that she doesn’t have many floral scents, only musky ones, so I made sure to get her some that came in floral. They’re also in cute little roller balls. :)

Odessa is a big fan of Superman. I found this cute little plushie online and just had to get it. She’s going to love it.

So that’s what I bought for the people I like. I also might need to pick up a little something for the boyfriend, but I don’t think he’s getting me anything, to be honest, and I’m alright with that.

What are you planning on getting everyone this year? Did you find the shopping tough? Oh! For those asking, I'm still doing my book of the week, I just need some time to do all the posts. It's being done though.