If You’ve Waited This Long To Buy Presents, Here’s A Gift Guide

I love to buy people holiday presents, but I hate remembering to have to do it the day after Thanksgiving, when I’d much rather lie on the couch getting mad about the Great British Bake-Off finale. I missed the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this year, which doesn’t seem to even matter because the deals just…kept happening after Monday anyway? Also, when items get put in a gift guide on a national publication’s website, I find by the time I’m frantically Googling actually good gift guide for ideas the stuff on those lists is already out of stock.

So! It is now the first week of December and you’re on the hook for winter holiday gifts for everyone. How do you know what to buy that a) is not insanely expensive b) firmly cements your place as an incredible gift-giver and c) will almost* definitely arrive in the next three weeks? I’m HERE TO HELP, and if you’re expecting a Christmas gift from me this year this is your cue to stop reading.

*Obviously I cannot guarantee this! I’m sorry!

For your well-meaning friend who moved to the west coast for a tech job four years ago and still calls it “Frisco”:

These West Elm Golden Gate Bridge mugs should do the trick.

For your friend who misses showing up at Mood Ring at 2:30 am:

For anywhere from $62.25 to $165, depending on how much you like your friend, this sign can be yours! Your friend can turn it on and bask in its glow as she…