My go-to Christmas gift + cozy holiday Loungewear

SLIPPERS: UGG  |  CARDIGAN: free People  |  PANTS: Honeydew Intimates  |  TOP: old, similar HERE  |  THROW: Nordstroms (on sale!)  |  CANDLES: Diptyque (Baies, Feu de Bois, Opoponax)  |  MUG: old, similar HERE

Due to my chronic tendency to work as well much and plan ahead as well little, I am the (self-proclaimed) QUEEN of panicked last-minute shopping.  let me provide you a bit insight into my annual holiday buying process:

November 26 – December 22:  In browse of gift inspiration, I’ll sometimes browse lame on the internet holiday gift guides during lunch breaks, and/or when in desperate requirement of an excuse to not clean my apartment.  This generally results in a complete lack of motivation and the whispering of expletives under my breath every time one of these guides offers the ground-breaking tip that I purchase the guy in my life a (*drumroll*) TIE.

December 22, 8:41 PM:  I recognize I still haven’t discovered any great gifts, and frantically attempt to order random, terrible things online. The expletives are now growing louder.

December 22, 10:27 PM:  After settling on a slew of fairly terrible gifts, I quickly recognize that next-day shipping is no longer available. It’s officially as well late. Expletives are now being hurled at the screen of my laptop with noteworthy volume and vigor.

December 22, 10:29 PM:  I phone call customer service and begin fruitless attempts at bribing regrettable customer service agents to assist me.  He/she reminds me that he/she does not, in fact, manage UPS shipping capabilities. We exchange pleasantries and hang up.  So many expletives.

December 22, 10:38 PM:  I begin the age-old argument of whether to fake my own death, or do the truly unthinkable: try to shop in-store (GASP!) the next day.  %$*#&*@#*&^%$#!!!!!!

December 23, 10:00 AM:  With a mixed drink of emotion that can only be likened to that of somebody walking to stand before a firing squad, I do the Christmas walk of Shame—the act of entering brick-and-mortar stores (apparently these still exist) on December 23rd and/or 24th to browse for gifts because I am a thoughtless, disorganized, failure of a human being.  I begin the process of sifting with the hapless dregs still available in store (a.k.a. the products that all of humanity has heretofore rejected),  becoming progressively creative with expletives as standard-issue expletives are growing insufficient.

December 25, 8:30 AM:  I’m voted out of the family.  In true A Christmas Story-style, I weave a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we understand is still hanging in area over Lake Michigan.  My mom is in cardiac arrest.  when properly defibrillated, she begins calling moms of childhood good friends asking who taught me such language while my siblings heave me out the back door and into a snow bank by the collar of my bathrobe.  My siblings then high-five each other while my father, inconsolable, sits by the terminate with his head in his hands.

This year, I’m thrilled to report that after much bribing (and just a smidge of blackmail), I have effectively persuaded my household to re-instate me as a probationary member.  As such, I have taken suitable measures to ensure that I do not autumn back into bad habits, and have devised a sure-fire plan of attack to secure appropriate gifts for my nearest and dearest while avoiding the previously mentioned annual ritual of self-destruction.

So here’s strategy numero uno: There is no man, lady or child who doesn’t like slippers.  even those who own slippers already are always amped to get a cozy new pair.  The Ugg slippers I’m using today are the third pair of Ugg Dakota slippers I’ve bought from Nordstrom.  I’m on my third pair not because the slippers are lacking in quality, but because I wear them more than I can admit in composing to you without appearing like a crazy person (making the giant leap that you haven’t wrapped up that already).  inspect out more of my cozy slipper suggestions for him and her as follows:

SLIPPERS FOR HER

SLIPPERS FOR HIM

ALSO, slippers are a truly excellent gift because typically, the recipient is moving those puppies on promptly after opening gifts, which means they’re likely going to be lounging in them for the rest of Christmas Day.  This provides the gift giver the priceless chance to go to her siblings and say, “Hmm, appears like my gift to mom is a quite big hit since she’s had her slippers on all day.  Where’s that cookbook you got her again?  Oh still under a stack of rubble next to the Christmas tree?  Don’t worry, I’m sure she’ll like putting it on a decorative shelf in the kitchen area someday.”

Not that I would ever take the chance to torment my siblings like that.  I’m just listing it as a compelling option, in the rate of interest of full disclosure.

If you don’t feel that slippers are rather the right gift to give, there are two other fantastic, live-saving choices at hand for any and all last-minute gifts that do not include entering the witness security program:

(1)  Nordstrom offers the fantastic choice to order on the internet and pick-up in-store.  This means the aforementioned Christmas walk of pity can be performed in the comfort and privacy of your own home, only needing a quick drive-by to pick up the gifts that you’ve procured on the internet an hour or two later when a lovely Nordstrom sales partner has done the dirty work for you.  GENIUS.  just click the “Shop Your Store” button at the top of any listing of products to filter the products that are available promptly at your regional Nordstrom.

(2)  e-Gifting!  You can purchase a gift on the internet and Nordstrom emails the details to the recipient (check out all the details HERE).  This choice has all the convenience of providing a gift card, with the personal touch of a specific gift.  It shows you’ve chosen out something special for the recipient, but provides them the choice to either have the actual product sent in the mail or they can choose to get a gift card for the full amount instead.  This eliminates pesky in-person returns for the recipient if the size or style isn’t right.

Cheers to these last frantic days of holiday shopping!!

SLIPPERS: UGG  |  CARDIGAN: free People  |  PANTS: Honeydew Intimates  |  TOP: old, similar HERE  |  THROW: Nordstroms (on sale!)  |  CANDLES: Diptyque (Baies, Feu de Bois, Opoponax)  |  MUG: old, similar HERE

Thanks to Nordstrom and ShopStyle for partnering on this post!