Christmas gift guide for Women 2022

Christmas gift guide for Women 2022 | Blogmas

I'm not the best are picking items for myself for Christmas, I don't really like money being spent on me as I always want to treat everyone else, but I have come up with a few items that I think maybe helpful for some out there. I have tried to be mindful of budget as this year isn't great for people.

Book

I do love a good book and I normally put at least one on my list, this years pick is 'Tom Felton Beyond the Wand', I am a huge Harry Potter fan and would love to know more about the actors. Obviously there are many types of books to choose from such as romance, biography's, crime and many books based around TV shows and films.

A great place to find second hand books is the World of Books on eBay.

Slippers/Lounge wear

Slippers are always a great gift for many as they are things you don't normally buy yourself, they come in so many different styles now so are sure to fit someone you know. If that fails lounge wear is a good one, pajamas or onesies are always fun and handy, especially in this years energy crisis.

Primark are always great for these types of gifts being reasonably prices and having such a large range too.

Bath bombs/gift sets

I am a great lover of bath bombs and they give me the opportunity to have a bit of me time, there are such a wide range of them now to suit many peoples budgets. I do also love a good beauty gift set, a soap and glory one from Boots or Bayliss and Harding are my favourite ones to receive and they are so useful.

LUSH do some amazing bath bombs, especially festive ones and also create great gift sets too.

Lighting

This may sound a little odd but I am all for cosy lighting and there are some great gift ideas such as the moon lamp or the character lamps which are becoming popular. Some of these lamps you can also personalise for your loved ones.

I always find amazon is the best for items like this.

Personalised jewellery

This is probably one of my favourite gifts to receive as I feel its more heartfelt and means a lot. I recently got a necklace with the girls initials on which was beautiful and meant to me that I had a bit of the girls with me at all times, There are also birthstone gifts or photographic pieces too which are beautiful and would certainly put a smile on my face.

My necklace was from Bloom Boutique and was beautiful.

Blankets

These are always great to get and have received a few over the years, character ones are great as are hooded blankets that wrap around you to keep you cosy, then there are they over sized hoodie blankets which are all the rage and do look very cosy.

You can pick up different character ones and different styles from Primark.

I hope that this gives you some ides, I do love Christmas and am very excited to see the festive season through. What would you like to receive for Christmas this year?

Victoria

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