Showing posts with label Gifts that don't suck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gifts that don't suck. Show all posts

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Rusty's Gifting Anti-Rules

Rusty


Holiday Rules to Break

A lot of advice comes out around the holiday season about what you should or shouldn’t get some people. Some of it is sound, but a lot of it seems to take the preferences of some women and apply it to ALL women. There’s nothing that can replace knowing the woman (or girl) you’re purchasing gifts for and having clear lines of communication on what they’re interested in for Christmas. But the world is imperfect, we have to buy gifts for people we don’t see often, and sometimes these ‘rules’ seem to indicate that all the gift ideas you have are WRONG. So instead of making a list of rules that would only apply to specific women, these are my anti-rules:

Monday, December 5, 2011

Gift Sets That Don't Suck: Soap and Glory's You Cube

Rusty



We all know that it’s the thought that counts and tis better to give than to receive, but lets face it: no one wants to receive a sucky gift or give one. Here are some pre-assembled presents we’d be happy to receive and why.

Do you have someone in your life who, like me, spends all the winter months complaining of dry skin, dry hands, and hating life in general? Are they always searching for new hand creams and can give you a run down of the flaws in every brand they’ve tried, occasionally arranged alphabetically? Do they like having pretty boxes to store things in? Can they handle somewhat lame pop culture puns with good humor? Good news! I have a great gift idea for you!