Apparently we are doing advent calendars this year.
She doesn't want a regular chocolate one, previously done cheese so looking for other ideas up to around £50. She doesn't drink, sadly.
Torn between getting revenge for the appalling favoured instant coffee one she got me last year, and the Wera one I she really wants
L’Occitaine do some nice ones. I think they start at about £50.
I got my wife one. She was delighted!
Lego?
Lego?
Still prefer the Wera....
How are you not just buying the wera one? If my wife asked for that I’d be over the moon.
Tennents Lager slab of 24 makes a lovely choice for the discerning lady in your life :o)
Pork Scratching Advent Calendar
I was hoping that was going to be like the pork scratching/ peanut boards you used to get hanging up behind the bar of pubs in the 90s where every packet removed revealed a bit more of a naked lady.
Pretty sure that was a thing...maybe it was just an idea I had but never followed through. I could have been rich 😂
Just buy the wera one for yourself.
Drac
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Well you can shove that idea up yer bum! 😎
Damn, why did I not guess that Dracs link was best not found on my browsing history.🤦♂️
However, MrsMC is rather partial to pork scratchings, so I think we have a contender!
Well you can shove that idea up yer bum!
It is Christmas.
Call it sad but my wife loves a sock advent calendar.
My wife makes these - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1103881467/personalised-christmas-countdown-advent?ref=shop_home_feat_2
She was a childminder until lockdown happened and all the parents started WFH.
Village wax melts a small family run business do an advent calendar with different wax melts for each day. I don’t have the advent calendar but I use them exclusively for my wax melt use at home.
I'd go for buying less shit you don't need but that'll be about as popular as cock flavoured lollipops.
Fortnum and Masons tea Advent calendar is a staple in our family. And the tea is magnificent. It's a pound a cup, before you ask
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/christmas-tea-lovers-advent-calendar
I was going to suggest an Angela Harding but I think they will all be sold out by now.
My wife has bought herself a charity giving one. I think there’s just a different “You have supported x” message behind each door. Flimsy bit of card, probably quite expensive, but seems wholesome and avoids rampant consumerism a bit.
I told her I don’t want an advent calendar (but only because the Wera one seemed a bit disappointing this year).
Thanks for the reminder @superficial, did that a couple of years ago and it went down very well. I'll get one sorted for this year too.
My wife's already bought herself one of the tea advent calendars and let me know where to find it so it's a 'surprise' on the 1st December. Not quite as posh as the Fortnum one though, I think it's the Pukka tea equivalent.
Wera one I she really wants
I was going to suggest that one ,quite fancy it myself.
Buy her that one and accidentally buy the adjustable set for yourself.
cock flavoured lollipops
day three on Dracs link?
We have one that is wooden and has a nativity piece behind each door, and a hut on top where you build your scene day by day. The doors have plenty of space for other stuff too.
I guess my point is get a wooden one , then each year buy fillers for each day.
Heck, this is STW, so you should probably make one!!
Just buy the wera one for yourself.
This is the best advice so far.
Wera advent calendars are awesome, and you will have a set of good quality useful tools you will actually use.
I can't justify it this year though, I basically have every tool in the set already. I'd be buying it for the bottle opener.
I got the missus a Yankee Candle one. they have some for like £75 quid, but they also do one at £50 and £25. I went for the cheapest option, and I still feel like a mug. Picking it up from Boots next week.
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£50 on an advent calendar? We don't spend much more than that at Christmas itself!
I bought this:
https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/exit-advent-calendar/
I'm... sure she'll be delighted.
Well, I'm sure at least one of us will.
I was mightily astonished with the magnifier in that Wera set until I realised that "1 x 9500 magnifier" was just the part number.
Why not come up with 25 things for you and her to do before Christmas day?
You could home make a calendar to open, and every day has something like 'I will make your favourite meal tonight' or 'Walk at our favourite place' or 'The gin is in the fridge' etc etc.
I bought one for the dog the other day from Lidl.
It has meat treats behind each door.
Does she like meat?
Why not come up with 25 things for you and her to do before Christmas day?
I think Drac already had that covered.
I have a cheap felt calendar with pockets in.
Each pocket has a little card inside with a personal insult from my wife and daughter. It makes me smile 🙂
I tried having my cheap pockets felt, but I ended up back at Drac's link again.
Can recommend the Bird & Blend Tea one, got it for the girlfriend this year and she was delighted 🙂
https://www.birdandblendtea.com/products/tea-advent-calendar
Can be had with/without caffeine
I feel like £50 advent calendars are one of these consumer things that have quietly taken over the UK in recent years, like Black Friday. I hadn't noticed, and suddenly everyone seems to be in on it except me!
Luckily for me, MrsDoris particularly loves those 1970s style calendars that don't have 'gifts', but are covered in glitter and have shonky pictures behind the doors
I think Drac already had that covered.
I am not clicking on that link....neither will the OP's wife I would guess... 😉
Cougar
Full MemberI was mightily astonished with the magnifier in that Wera set until I realised that “1 x 9500 magnifier” was just the part number.
It's a magNETISER dear boy! Rather useful I thought.
I guess my point is get a wooden one , then each year buy fillers for each day.
Heck, this is STW, so you should probably make one!!
She has inherited her mothers enormous and very expensive nativity scene. It will fill our TV table.
We also have the ones with little pockets, also from her mum.