An utterly shallow and materialistic thread for Christmas gift ideas

Pirouette

Can I get someone on the forum to help @Eightbit‌ with Christmas gifts? Seriously. My love language is gifts and when I just mentioned this thread his vein in his forehead started pulsating. He needs HELP. For real. 

frillyfun

Woot has projectors on sale again- it's a great deal, and the projector we got has been awesome (although we haven't used it for 3D yet).

http://electronics.woot.com/offers/vivitek-3000-lumen-svga-dlp-projector-4?ref=cnt_wp_5_10

H has been getting me some lovely handmade jewelry on Etsy.  

Monkeys_Uncle

frillyfun said:

Woot has projectors on sale again- it's a great deal, and the projector we got has been awesome (although we haven't used it for 3D yet).

http://electronics.woot.com/offers/vivitek-3000-lumen-svga-dlp-projector-4?ref=cnt_wp_5_10

H has been getting me some lovely handmade jewelry on Etsy.  

That's an awesome deal.  I have been wanting to get a projector so we can do Swimming Pool Movie Night in the back yard during the summer, and that's maybe the best deal I've seen for one.

frillyfun

Yes, you really can't go wrong for under $200.  We've been extremely happy with ours.

I think it has about a 6 foot throw- we keep it pretty close to the screen.  I haven't tried it farther back because our screen isn't huge. 

Next year's splurge will be the bigger, inflatable screen.  

ruckus

Could use some help from any FOs in looking for some boots for my wife.

My wife has lost some weight since I started mapping, and is starting to step up her girl game.  The women never even owned a sun dress.  Now she has 2, and wore them a good bit this summer.  Nicer jeans (even her pre-baby jeans), more sexy/flattering tops, etc.  So for x-mas, I'm encouraging this further by getting her a few things that are appropriate, but that I would find attractive on her as well.

She's been going on about loving the style of an online clothing store called limelush.  I like most of it as well, some of stuff is down right sexy.  Anyway, I know for a fact she absolutely would love these boots:

http://www.limelush.com/taupe-suede-buckle-boot/

Problem is they don't have them in her size, and haven't for a solid week.  I've sent an email to the company asking when they would restock, but having heard back from them.

Can someone point me to some other retailers/distributors where I might find some boots very similar to those?

Tennee

A humorous moment, in keeping with the title of this thread:

W:  'So Kiddo, what do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas this year'
Kiddo:  'Everything'

There was no hesitation on her part nor did she look up from her Kindle.  I don't know how to wrap 'Everything'.

SignorePillolaRossa

@ruckus‌ ;
try www.zappos.com ... you can filter by the style of boot, color, size, heel , etc ... i used them yesterday to get my wife some boots that she squeed over when she saw them on a tv commercial (blue, bootie, stilletto heel)
good luck

pornwidow

Take a look at Hawthorne sex swings.  They look lush, and have been on my pressie list for a couple of years.  I don't think i'll be getting one this year either.  Not cheap but they look quite substantial and comfortable.  

ruckus

@SignorePillolaRossa‌  I'll have to check that out.

Within 5 minutes of looking at ebay I found 2 pair that are pretty close to the originals I posted.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131361557295
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381068283441

Seneca

Does anyone do the online lingerie shopping thing?

I usually go to stores in person every year to get my wife something, but I've thought about trying online because of the increased options.  I don't live close to any real specialty lingerie stores.

Any thoughts on online lingerie shopping?  Is it risky, particularly if you're looking to spend a bit more money for quality?

RebuildingHusband

I've got it easy but not cheap for Christmas. 12 days of Dooney starts soon. My wife picks out what she wants, I foot the bill. Usually knock out Christmas and birthday all in one. 

May do a little shopping over at liberator.com too. We need a stage to go with our esse. 

JellyBean

http://theflickingcandles.com/

JellyBean

https://www.etsy.com/listing/121267287/delete-my-browser-history-medical-alert?ref=related-0

JellyBean

This cast iron skillet is what I asked GE to get for me for Christmas:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006JSUB/?tag=serieats-20

SignorePillolaRossa

JellyBean said:

This cast iron skillet is what I asked GE to get for me for Christmas:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006JSUB/?tag=serieats-20

where is that Gen. Akhbar .jpg when you need it?  

JellyBean

LoL @SignorePillolaRossa‌.  It's not a trap and he knows it.  I love to cook.  I love high-quality kitchen items.  I don't have a cast iron skillet and I have always wanted one.  GE likes to cook, too, so it would be a nice gift for the both of us.

A woman I know has a cast iron skillet that came across the plains in a covered wagon with her ggggggreat-grandmother 170 years ago.  She uses it all the time and plans on passing it along to her children and grandchildren one day.  I think that is such a nice family legacy.

SignorePillolaRossa

LOL - i assumed as much, but had to pick the low hanging fruit  

more than 10 yrs ago, while out xmas shopping, i saw Sra PR stop and caress a skillet with a longing look in her eye i asked if she liked that and she said 'yes, but i already have a skillet that is perfectly good enough and ithis one's expensive' ... after i had gotten her a generous haul of xmas gifts that were purely 'fun/frivolous/pretty/squee-inducing', i went back and bought that skillet and wrapped it and put it way in the back behind the tree .... after all the gifts were opened, i told her that i think santa brought one more ... she was happy to get it and she uses it  numerous times per week and it shows no signs of wear

Husband3point0

Do yourself a favor and get a second smaller one too. You'll use it. Trust me. 

Scarlet

I inherited my grandmother's cast iron and love every piece.  My primary skillet, though, is a Lodge cast iron we bought unseasoned for $10 at the farmers' store when we were newly weds starting with nothing.  Now it is black as coal and slick as ice. Like marriage, it just keeps getting better.

Tennee

@Husband2point1 said:

Do yourself a favor and get a second smaller one too. You'll use it. Trust me. 

Yep.  And I'm not trying to add to GE's list, but I once asked for a Dutch Oven - no, not that.  Got a really nice Le Creuset one form W years ago.  Its a freakin' tank.  And we use it for tons of stuff.  Worth the price.  They're awesome.