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Stocking Stuffer Idea: Birthday Cake Gum

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So here's today's little gift idea, which I think would be perfect for stocking stuffers: gourmet gum. I saw this first at World Market (we go there every holiday season to get a “beers of the world” for a friend who's really into beer), and I spied this at checkout; the last time I went back I bought a ton of packs as well. (I'm also a fan of “Wedding Cake” gum, which, yes, is totally different than “Birthday Cake” gum. OK, slightly different.) They don't seem to have it online, but Amazon does, and it's fun to look at the full range of flavors, which include Coconut Lime, Front Porch Lemonade, Grapefruit Melon, Mint Julep, Red Velvet, Tres Leches, Summer Snow, and more. (And, ooh, mints.)  They sell for about $1.50 for a pack of gum at World Market, but if you don't care to make a special trip, you can also buy it in bulk at Amazon. Project 7 Sugar Free Gum, Birthday Cake

A few other really little ideas: I like this “deep renewal” lip treatment almost as much as I like my usual overnight lip treatment from Caudalie (which is still pretty affordable at $10-$12 per stick), and I think I've mentioned this little $6 pack of red lipstick colors, also.

Ladies, what are some of your favorite super small holiday gifts? (Here was our roundup of stocking stuffer ideas from last year.)

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  1. Bag recs

    I have someone on my list who would love cake flavored gum.

    I’m looking for a lightweight shoulder bag. For weekends with kids (to hold diaper supplies, snacks, and my wallet/phone/keys), not for work. <$50. Couldn't care less about designer name. Ideally has a zippered compartment and smaller than a tote.

    I'm currently looking at ChicoBag crossbody bags. I would prefer a should bag rather than crossbody, but the hobo or sling is close. Nomad would be perfect except for the size.

    Any suggestions?

    • Maddie Ross

      I use a Kavu sling bag on the weekends for kid stuff and see lots of other moms doing the same. Comfy and hands-free.

  2. LC

    Anyone have any gift ideas for 8 and 10 year old girls? My nieces (husband’s brothers kids) but we don’t see them a lot and I don’t want to buy them even more pokemon or mine craft stuffed animals as is requested. Around $25. Help!

    • TXLayer

      Books! Ask your brother-in-law if there’s a series they like or a genre!

    • Cat

      what’s the big deal about pokemon or stuffed animals? It might not be the family legacy hand-me-down gift, but isn’t that what aunts and uncles are for? The fun, what-I-love-right-now gifts?

      Anyway, for some other ideas – at that age, I LOVED the Klutz books (fun crafty stuff that includes some materials), making things with those beads that melt together when you iron them, Legos, reading, learning to rollerblade, Barbies, Oregon Trail, and SimCity 2000. But I also would have specifically asked for those types of things on my Christmas list…

    • In the Pink

      legos

      arts and crafts kits focused on jewelry etc.

      books – indeed. Caldecott and Newberry Winners, maybe a “classic” Like

      – the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
      – Rats of NIMH
      – Secret Garden

      old set of Trixie Belden or Nancy Drew Mystery books (Available on amazon)

      – monogramming pads and sticky notes (either with first inital or name … order on Stationery Studio.com)

      – colorful desk accessories – pencil cups, bulletin boards and tacks, gel pens, highlighters, etc.

      • Anonymous

        I also was thinking about a DIY gingerbread house kit. A neat tradition. Or a set of kid-friendly cookie cutters, decorating goods to introduce them to baking? Cute aprons and oven mitts as well. (Bed BathBeyond usually has some kits I think). Just a thought.

        Several years I adopted (quote) an animal from their local zoo…and sent along either a DK book about that type of animal or a stuffed animal. NO muss, no fuss.

        You could get them a family membership to an area children’s or science museum or the zoo.

    • LAnon

      +1 to the “craft kit” suggestion. I LOVED those when I was a kid.

      Maybe just go to Michael’s and look around – lots of “girly” craft kits if they are into that, also plenty of more gender-neutral (like building a birdhouse) kits if you feel more comfortable with that.

    • lsw

      Do they like animals? My 9yo stepdaughter LOVES, LOVES, LOVES National Geographic for Kids, which her aunt got her last year. Not joking, she will reread each issue 5-6 times. She also likes science, so a few years ago I got her a subscription to Ask magazine (from the same family as Cricket), which she also rereads like crazy. Magazine subscriptions are especially fun because they come each month (or every other month, like Ask). The whole Cricket magazine family is pretty neat if science/nature isn’t their bag.

    • KateMiddletown

      Along these lines – I just did some damage at Ulta – they have 5 for $10 stocking stuffers of the perfect variety for 8-16 year old girls.

    • Stormtrooper

      My comment is in moderation, but…

      Mighty girl [dot] come has a truly wonderful holiday guide, with really great stuff for all price ranges. Check out their book lists too.

      • LC

        Thanks all! Ended up getting some awesome geode sets (they get to smash them open) recommended on mighty girl that I think they’ll love! Issue is more that their father puts no effort into the gift requests he sends to us (if he bothers to reply to our request for gift suggestions at all), and I know the girls love the more interesting gifts we’ve gotten them in the past.

    • Best Coast

      Science kits! My daughter is the same age range as your nieces and loves the science kits that let her “mine” for minerals, or grow her own crystals, etc. and when I tell our family that, they always say they would have never thought of that.

  3. Wildkitten

    I saw this at Target yesterday and the checkout cashier said it was disgusting.

    • LAnon

      I bought some at Target this weekend – the cashier is right. I don’t know what I expected but it wan’t good.

      • soaps

        Yes, I agree. I thought these were gross. I gave it few tries, but I had to throw it away.

    • Jules

      Oh nooo. I bought some at the Target check-out and tossed it into my son’s birthday care package box sent to him at college. I also sent him an actual cake, which made him hugely popular in his dorm, so I guess if he threw out the gum it’s no big deal . . .

      • Wildkitten

        I’m sure he chuckled at the novelty factor before trying them and throwing them out :)

  4. JP

    My husband just found out that due to gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying and lots of resultant discomfort and pain), he should adopt a low-fat, low-fiber diet and have five to six small meals a day. In our household division of labor, I prepare the meals. Right now we have a fairly healthy diet—whole grains, vegetables, beans, healthy fats, some dairy, limited meat—so his new nutritional needs are basically the opposite of what we eat. I love him and want to help him get better, but I don’t particularly want to give up our current diet myself (for reasons of both nutrition and taste)

    For those who have partners or kids with medical dietary restrictions—how do you manage the food preparation and mealtime if you don’t need/want to be on that restricted diet yourself but still want to eat as a family? I know one answer could be “let him fend for himself,” but cooking is a concrete way that I can help him get better, and I truly want to do it. I’m just trying to figure out the logistics when the foods and preparations that support our health goals are not at all aligned.

    I made him a bunch of mini-meals for the freezer that he can pull out midday to defrost (he works from home), so this is mainly about dinner. I’m a devoted meal planner, if that helps.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t have this particular dietary concern, but I have been a lifelong vegetarian am am used to sharing meals with meat eaters. Usually meals involve something that we both will eat and then we each customize it to our liking, so perhaps you could come up with a repertoire of low-fat, low-fiber foods that you both want to eat, but you could each add different things to it (like you add some beans and he adds a boiled egg, or whatever fits in line with a low-fiber diet. Or you have the same ingredients, but cook them differently – you could roast carrots and then boil the heck out of some for him, if this is permissible on his diet). You can still eat as a family, even if you eat different things.

    • Wellness

      I’ve been doing a Whole30, which means that I’m not eating the same stuff as my family. The easiest thing for us has been to think in terms of components. So for example, if we’re doing fajitas one night, I eat the meat and veg, the kids add tortillas and cheese and sour cream. If we have spaghetti, I make sauce for everyone, then serve mine on spaghetti squash and theirs on pasta. Another way to do it is just to cook more meat – he eats the chicken, for example, as the centerpiece of his meal, and the rest of you eat the same meat but in smaller portions. Basically, every meal is like a venn diagram of sorts!

      Good luck. This is tricky!

      • Anonymous

        Is it really “wellness” to expose your kids to faddish restrictive diets?

        • Wellness

          Does it make you feel better to make judgmental and snarky comments on anonymous internet sites?

        • Anonymous

          Wow Anonymous, that is incredibly rude and judgmental. Wellness may be trying to address a food allergy or other issue. Back off!

        • Fake coffee snob

          Maybe I shouldn’t feed the toll, but, for anyone else wo worries about this…

          My mom has always eaten extremely restrictive diets on weird schedules (because she “likes” them, she says). While it’s not in line with what’s recommended for parents to do, she NEVER made judgmental comments about our food choices (aside from asking us to eat/add vegetables, choose whole grains, etc.) and I know I’m better off now than any of the girls whose mothers made comments about them getting fat from eating something or some similarly judgmental stuff.

          As long as you model that your diet doesn’t also need to be the right choice for your children, there is nothing wrong with choosing a restrictive diet yourself. Especially if that diet is still full of some pretty healthy food.

    • Coach Laura

      Ah – the joys of food restrictions. At one point, we had in our family a paleo (husband), vegetarian (daughter), celiac (me and son) and dairy/casein intolerant (son). For meals, I made what I called “building blocks”. For example – Steak, roasted zucchini, rice, sauce (Indian curry, Asian, Italian), salad. That way, everyone could take what they wanted and leave the rest. Something like that might help you.

      I’m not sure what is on a gastroparesis diet – I hope that they gave you a handout or instructions. So perhaps your go-to would be pasta plus sauce on the side plus cooked ground turkey plus side salad or veggies. Or roast (or pre-cooked rotisserie) chicken with mashed potatoes, peas and side salad. Then he could just eat small portions of everything but the salad and/or veggies.

      • JJ

        Agreed. My husband doesn’t really eat veggies, but I love them. In the beginning of the week, I’ll make a huge pot of sauteed vegetables from what I have on hand: broccoli, onions, mushrooms, spinach, bok choy, etc. No seasoning other than salt and pepper. Then I’ll mix that in to whatever we’re having for dinner during the week. Pasta with tomato sauce and chicken? I’ll make enough for two, but instead of the majority of my pasta, I’ll mix in some of those veggies.

        I’m thinking homemade Chipotle bowls and the like would also be a good mix-and-match option.

    • Meg Murry

      I agree with all the advice given above (building blocks and each of you adding what you need to the meal), and I would also suggest if at all possible the two of you meet with a dietitian (note – dietitian has strict requirements to call themselves that, nutritionist is a much broader term that isn’t strictly regulated) to make up some meal plans that can work for both of you. My FIL is on a severely restricted diet but my MIL does 99% of the grocery shopping and cooking, and it really helped to look at a list of foods and meals that he CAN eat, as opposed to the list the doctor gave them which was all just foods he CAN’T eat, and the dietitian was able to help them make sure he was able to keep his daily overall nutrition balanced – because as I’m sure you’re aware, taking away high fiber veggies takes away a lot of good sources of vitamins. Does he have a specific target of how low the “low fat” needs to be (per day or per meal)? Or how low the low fiber should be? If you aren’t cooking with much meat currently and you aren’t slathering everything in tons of butter or avocado, he might already be at the ok end of the low fat – but low fiber will be trickier.

      If nothing else, can you come up with a basic formula for meals (lean protein for both, then put it over white rice for him and over spinach with beans for a salad for you)? Can you put some of your current meals into something like My Fitness Pal or Food.com to calculate the nutritional info and see how far you need to move on the target fat and fiber?

      • Anonymous

        Agree with this. My dad is now on the same diet as your husband. He was assigned a dietician (his medical issues are different and initially required extensive guidance) and she’s the best. They call her once every week or so to check and she helps them solve issues that have arisen and gives them new ideas for recipes, etc.

    • Anonymous

      We also have a household member who is on a low-fiber diet. They are on their own for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner we use the techniques that the first two responses describe, where there’s mix-and-match or relative proportions.

      Some meal suggestions that work for my family:
      Corn, peas, cooked carrots, sweet potatoes, beets, chard, squash, zucchini/summer squash work for everyone, so I often start meal planning with one of those + meat or keep them on hand to easily substitute out a vegetable dish that’s too high in fiber.

      Warm chard and beet salad with poached eggs and blue cheese crumbles
      Pulled chicken with corn muffins and sauted zucchini/summer squash
      Chicken soup (light on celery with ribs removed using vegetable peeler)
      Beef stew
      Roasted meat with baked sweet potatoes
      Pea salad with salmon and couscous

    • Wildkitten

      If you look up what is high fiber (like broccoli) you can just give yourself more of that and give him less of it when you’re dishing things up. Most of your meal plan already sounds low fat and low fiber.

      • Anonymous

        Whole grains, vegetables and beans are all super high in fiber, it doesn’t sound their current diet is low-fiber at all, though it’s likely low-fat.

        • Wildkitten

          Ah – we only have to avoid certain veggies, not most of them. Sorry to lead you astray!

    • JP

      Thank you! Building blocks/choose your own adventure type meals are a great idea and should make meal prep/eating much easier.

    • Ms Doc

      Can I ask – does he have a good gastroenterologist helping here? And is it truly necessary to adopt an extreme diet?

      I ask because I have worked with a lot of patients with gastroparesis …… including my mother who had severe gastroparesis with advanced pancreatic cancer who was as sick as you can imagine…. and you can make this work without being totally disruptive to the entire family routine.

      Is he on medication? Reglan, and if he needs it long term four times a day…. domperidone you get from Canada. A PPI inhibitor if needed. Get the symptoms under control, watch for triggers in the diet, and try to modify slowly as needed. It is rare that you need to jump to such an extreme diet. You only need to avoid things that make him feel worse.

      And the medications often work very well and you may be able to taper over time as you figure out triggers.

      It is easier for him to find some snacks that he eats between meals, and just cuts down a little on the size of his main meals. You don’t need to make him 6 mini-meals a day. In general, you will make the same meals at dinner and just add an occasional substitute. He should learn how to make that substitute.

  5. Anonymous

    My SIL gave me an assortment of 10 caramels from Trader Joes last year (I think it comes in a tube) and that was a huge hit. I’m making candles and ornaments for everyone this year. Otherwise, we usually just do chapstick/gum/nail polish/etc….

  6. teen gift help

    I’m shopping for my nephews and niece. Ages are 16, 14, (the boys) and 12 (the girl). The boys play guitar and trumpet. They are all obsessed with technology/their phones, but whenever I’ve tried to give gifts related to that, it’s either not compatible or they already have it. I used to try to get them books, but they don’t seem into reading anymore. They have EVERYTHING, so it’s hard to come up with anything new.

    Help!

    • Bewitched

      My son who is that age loves his Mini Jambox-a small speaker that hooks up via Bluetooth to your phone. The sound is amazing!

      • teen gift help

        That looks so cool! However, I can spend $50 max per kid, so it’s out of my price range. I may pass that idea on to their parents, however…

        • Annie

          There are cheaper versions on amazon, we’ve been happy with our Photive CYREN speaker.

      • You can find a cheaper one

        I have a great bluetooth speaker that I bought for under $25 on Amazon. The sound is probably not as AMAZING as the Bose products, but it works just fine — it’s loud enough to completely fill my one-bedroom apartment. Mine is the Soundbot SB571 and it’s currently selling for $21.

    • Shopaholic

      iTunes gift cards? Family friends have kids about that age and they absolutely love iTunes gift cards (I don’t really get it but it seems to be a big hit)

      • Cat

        This is what I was going to suggest – then they can use it for apps, music, whatever. Alternatives could be upgrading their free streaming services (would require recon with the parents) to the paid version for some period of time.

      • Basically trash

        iTunes cards are only useful if the kids use Apple devices. If they use Samsung phones or tablets, they might be buying apps and music from the Google Play store. Amazon, however, has apps for both Apple and Samsung devices, so Amazon cards might be better if you aren’t sure. But you could ask the parents!

    • waffles

      It’s well below your budget but my nephew (and my husband) love the bean boozled sets by jelly belly. Half of the jelly beans are “good” flavours and half are “gross” flavours. Hours of fun with the family at Christmas!
      Also, the “exploding kittens” card game from kickstarter is a hit with our family and would make a good teen boy gift.

      • KateMiddletown

        +1 to Jelly Belly. The Harry Potter Bertie Botts everyflavor beans are always a hit, too. Alas, earwax.

        • Anona

          If the kids aren’t into Harry Potter, another fun thing along the same lines is miracle fruit tablets an assortment of sour/bitter things.

    • Anonymous

      Amazon gift cards?

      We are getting our 12 year old goth niece stuff from hot topic (stuff picked out by the cool uncle and aunt)
      The 10 year old is getting some clothing and snoopy stuff
      Also board games might be a good idea (like Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan)

      • In the Pink

        love board games … monopoly, chess, risk, stratego (boys like this one in particular), mouse trap, battleship (without the electronics version), mancala, sorry, etc.

        microscope, telescope

        discographies of favorite players (Severinsen, Ferguson, Segovia, etc.) or dvds of their concerts?

        bedazzler for the girl?

    • Jules

      RC helicopter? Last year at least they were well under $50 on amazon and I think they make some you can control with a phone.

    • X

      My nieces are 12, 11 and 9.5. They’re mostly getting clothes, because they’ve all developed their own styles recently. But the middle one loves the movie Clueless so I found a pencil case at Nordstrom with the phrase “As If” on it. She’s also getting a jean jacket printed with stars from Land’s End and a plaid infinity scarf and a yellow and green chevron headband (both from Nordstrom).

      The oldest is so tall, she wears XS women’s so she’s getting the striped Halogen blazer Kat featured here a couple of weeks ago, plus a navy on navy striped Lucky notched jersey.

      And the youngest is getting monogrammed leopard print accessories from Land’s End (binder and pencil case), plus purple print corduroy jeggings.

      They do love to read, though, and have requested Amazon gift cards. I figured my brother can give those this year. My mom and I got them all kindles last year…

      • Suzy

        Great ideas, I wish you were my daughter’s aunt!
        Mine loved when they were given personalised stationery with their name printed. Actually made the thank you notes easy that year too.

    • Classic Rock Songbooks

      For the boys, maybe a Beatles/Stones/etc songbook so they can learn to play the songs. I’m not sure if iTunes giftcards are the best– while they’re a lovely thought, the boys have ways of getting all the music they want already.

  7. Basically trash

    I’m interviewing somewhere later this week, and I’m reaching out to potential references in advance in case the employer wants them. But since I haven’t had that many jobs yet I only have 2 fairly recent managers who would have great things to say to me. However, I understand that most employers want 3. I could ask my internship supervisor from 3 years ago, or I could put down a coworker from a couple years ago who didn’t manage me, but is fairly influential in the industry and I think if he has praise for me, that would carry a lot more weight than someone who only managed me part-time in an unrelated field.

    TL;DR: who would make a better reference, a former (but more senior) colleague with influence in the industry, or an internship manager from 3 years ago from a different industry?

    • Anonymous

      I know someone who was hurt at the Boston marathon bombing and she is still not done with the surgeries and has had to lose her livelihood (think of how many jobs require good legs . . .). And her husband’s job is now basically taking care of her. She was there with her family, and some members were also hurt more severely. It is just so rough and unfair.

    • Seattle Freeze

      I read this yesterday and cried, too – such a devastating impact on the whole family.

    • Anonymous 2

      I was also at the Boston Marathon. Not physically injured, thank God. There is so much I relate to in this story. The push towards resiliency and being “Boston Strong” was detrimental to me. I know everyone grieves different. But I was scared. The first night or two I was afraid to be alone, afraid to even be alone in a room in my house, afraid of my bathroom, that someone could be in the shower. It is totally irrational. But something like this just shatters your sense of safety, the places you never questioned if you were safe, so then you start questioning all of the places. I wanted to talk about it. I wanted to tell people how scared I was. How I would lose the ability to work for an hour after hearing the fire trucks go by my office. No one wanted to hear me talk about it. My husband had his on trauma, driving into to town, unable to reach me on my phone, not knowing if I was okay. His way of dealing was to pretend it didn’t happen. I needed to talk it out. My parents would listen but they probably just didn’t know what to say so they would change the subject after. I’d see other people, victims who were physically injured, planning to go back and run the next years marathon. I was still getting the courage to be back in crowds in cities. My reaction was 100% normal but it didn’t feel it since I was supposed to be stronger. I eventually went to therapy, well over a year later, and my therapist commented how it was still like day 1 for me since I had never processed it. I needed to talk about it. I needed people to tell me I was normal and it was okay to feel the way I felt. A few people on here posted about there own struggles after and it helped me immensely to know I wasn’t alone. Someone told me her mom’s a therapist and was seeing lots of people who weren’t physically injured but still emotional scarred. That really really helped. It wasn’t just me.

      Thanks for posting the article.

      • Boston Anon

        It’s not just you. It’s my dad, too – at the corner of Ring and Boylston. You are not alone, and I wish you peace in your healing journey.

        • Anonymous 2

          Thank you. Your poor dad, that was really right in the thick of things. I was luckily 2 1/2 blocks away from the actual blasts on Boylston, closer to Arlington. I was separated from my group at the time but we managed to reunite at the family meeting area, not knowing it had been evacuated to Boston Common. There was no direction so we ended up just walking and when we got to Copley by the medical tent we realized we had walked to the chaos instead of away from it. We knew there had been bombs but didn’t know where. Even the police didn’t know where to tell people to go. At one point we were herded one direction by the police only for police at that end to herd us all back the other way, both sides saying their side wasn’t cleared yet. Local residents were great though, pointing us to residential streets that we thought were safer places to wait. It was a crazy day.

  9. anon

    Anon for this, since it will totally out me. Here’s a holiday work outfit doozy…

    In one day, my department is having:
    -a volunteer event in the morning for which we’re to wear clothes we don’t mind getting dirty (t-shirts provided)
    -a regular business-casual workday in the afternoon
    -straight from work, a holiday party at a fancy venue where the dress code is “Great Gatsby / Roaring 20s”

    Think there will be no way to get around changing, but I’d like to narrow it down to 2 outfits. So, the afternoon work outfit and roaring 20s costume outfit somehow need to be the same. Not really any women to ask what’s appropriate.

    Help?

    • Opal

      I’m thinking along the lines of “what could you add to a black sheath to make it roaring 20s?”….

      Long necklace, bedazzled/feathered headband, gloves. Maybe afternoon dress isn’t a neck-high sheath, but something with (appropriately wide) straps so that when you take the cardigan off at night it’s a little more festive than an uber conservative basic sheath. That’s about as far as I’d go.

      • Basically trash

        I agree with this. The dress doesn’t need to be a flapper costume as long as you can add something to it. I’d even say that even a long, faux pearl necklace can go a long way in making something 20’s style.

        You can also use your makeup to look more 20’s, by putting on a dark shade of lipstick, and eyeliner on the heavy side with short, “cats eye” style line extending from the outer corner.

        Could you possibly find a work-appropriate dress with a drop waist?

    • Anon

      Work outfit = sleeveless shift dress with a blazer/cardigan and normal work shoes/boots

      Evening: remove cardigan/blazer, switch out shoes for something fancier (bonus points if they are retro) and add long faux pearls, black fishnets, and a feather headband.

    • Meg Murry

      How dirty will you really be getting, and/or will you be around clients for the regular business casual afternoon (and how casual is your business casual)? Will you be painting or gardening or similarly messy things in the morning, or is it more “don’t wear dry clean only” because you will be baking? If there isn’t a risk of clothing getting ruined, and you wear pants to work from time to time, I might lean toward a less favored pair of work pants for the morning/afternoon and just change into/out of the provided t-shirt from a work shirt, and then change into a dress for the party. Unless you are going to get absolutely filthy in the morning or have to go to client meetings in the afternoon, I suspect a lot of the guys in your office will be wearing the same pants to 2 of the 3 events, if not all 3.

      I also agree with everyone else that a headband or glittery hair clips plus a long necklace will go a long way toward making your outfit “roaring 20s” enough without requiring you to go full on flapper dress (unless you want to)

    • NYC tech

      Could you do it the other way around? Combine the volunteer & work outfits: charcoal gray slacks and a lightweight shell under the t-shirt. Remove the t-shirt and add a necklace (and maybe a blazer you keep in your office) for the afternoon. Then a fun party dress for the night. I always feel better and more festive to completely change out of work clothes for a party.

  10. Angela

    I saw this, too and thought it actually looked kind of gross. I like minty gum, not sweet gum. But, my daughter would love it! And I love all Caudalie products!!

  11. Anonymous

    I’m sure it’s meant with good intentions, but if your friend is into beer, the selection at World Market is likely stored poorly and not a great selection. I’d recommend a well-regarded bottle shop or even Eataly for a better selection.

    • Baconpancakes

      Seconded. World Market’s QC isn’t great (found 2-year old IPAs there – yikes) and their selection tends towards international but not-actually-good beer. Whole Foods, on the other hand, generally hires a full-time beer manager, and usually has a great selection. And they’re super helpful, so they’ll be able to help you put together an exciting six-pack (or four-pack – beers that get beer geeks excited rarely cost $2.50 per bottle, and tend towards $6-15 per bottle.

    • V

      Thirded. Whole Foods in Brooklyn has a great selection. As does Top Hops. Or pick up a growler or some cans right from the source at the Other Half Brewery in Brooklyn. You are putting a lot of thought and effort into the gift, and I hate to see you end up with beer that is (frankly very) sub-par.

  12. APC

    Enable me… or don’t…. I just got a new “plane” purse since a recent move has me flying a lot more than I used to. It’s big enough to work as a carry-on and I can use it as my regular (albeit a little large) bag when I get to my destination (I used to travel with my L&S OG but it was really too big to use as a regular purse when I got where I was going). I spent about $60 and already used it over Thanksgiving. And then I saw this pretty: http://www.henribendel.com/jetsetter-quilted-convertible-backpack-280115.html which I like a lot more and love that it can be used as a backpack (so useful for frequent travel). I don’t mind the pricetag in general but feel silly that I just spent $60 on a different bag. Would you get it or no?

    • Anon

      You could use both. Or, consign the other. A good bag will make you happy. Also, order this one and makes sure you like it as much in person.

    • Wildkitten

      The top two features I like in a travel bag are that it slides over a suitcase handle and that it has a slash pocket to put my ticket in without digging through my bad. The backpack has neither feature.

    • moss

      I love the convertible option on that. I just went through a day trip across country and I had a convertible bag and it worked great. I could wear it as a backpack during the run between terminals and then carry it close to me as I was edging up and down the plane aisle.

      Everyone with a rolly bag was having to check them at the gate so this would be a good bag to be able to keep with you.

  13. Travelling Without Spouse

    Do any of you travel (internationally) without your spouse/SO? I have carryover days that I would really love to use early next year but my husband doesn’t have any vacation days until later next year (and we already have a trip scheduled to go visit his parents overseas). A few of my girlfriends are planning to travel to Korea and timing is perfect for me except I feel a bit guilty going without my husband. My husband isn’t too crazy about visiting the country but this is a place I’ve always wanted to visit. And during the time I will be gone, my husband will be working super long hours (busy season-CPA). The trip will be 11 days if I do go. Am I being overly attached or should I wait until my husband can travel too? I guess I’m on the fence because earlier this year, I travelled with my best friend and my brother for about 7 days and felt awfully sad and guilty for enjoying myself. Even though I had fun, I wished I could’ve shared the moments with my husband.

    • Anon

      YES you are being overly attached. (You asked!) Go enjoy yourself! Spend time with your girlfriends! In the long run it will be good for your relationship so talk yourself out of feeling guilty.

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