how to shop our holiday gift guides
well, ladies the holiday shopping season is upon us! in fact, a lot of you have already started your holiday shopping. today we are introducing our 2020 gift guides and giving you a quick tutorial for how to shop our top gifts. over the course of the holiday season, we will continually add new gifts, so you can revisit the guides to find the perfect gift at any time.
since we still receive sooooo many questions about where to find this or where to find that we created a video that will walk you through how to navigate this blog site and show as well as shopping my looks, finding categorized posts, shopping reader favorites, and the new holiday shop where all of our holiday gift guides will live.
holiday gift guides
we are curating great gift guides for holiday 2020 shopping! we will continually add new items to these gift guides, as well as holiday fashion, so be sure to come back often to peruse the latest gifts and fashion. happy holiday shopping!
gifts $50 and under
gifts $100 and under
hostess gifts
tech gifts
pet gifts
for the tabletop
deck the halls home decor
but please tell me the origins of today’s OOTD!!!!
both the top and pants are from NYDJ last season.
All wonderful ideas. I start my Christmas shopping around October 1st every year. The first thing I buy for each person that month is one major gift – it might be a higher end cashmere sweater, necklace, etc. I give these a lot of prior thought and then shop for a great price. After that I spend November buying the smaller personal gifts and stocking stuffers over the weeks prior to Christmas. I tend to use a theme based on the giftee’s personal preferences. Using a theme seems to help me choose items. By the holiday all items are bought and paid for so I don’t need to have any carryover bills after the holiday. I started doing this 40 years ago when Christmas clubs were so popular at banks and it have worked great. I spend December decorating, wrapping gifts, baking and entertaining (prior to the pandemic of course).
what great shopping tips, lyn. thanks for sharing!
Hi Beth
You look great in that burgundy color! I just love that color for fall and winter. I think your hair is very flattering at the length you are wearing right now.Thanks for posting. I look forward to seeing your outfits and ideas each day. Blessings to you and your family.
thanks so much for reading the blog, joanie! i’m so happy to hear you look forward to our posts.
Stunning wine colored outfit on you. Pls give brand.
both the top and pants are from NYDJ last season.
Hi Beth,
What a lovely idea. This reminds me of the Christmas toy catalogues that kept me engaged as a child. Thank you for making Christmas shopping from my favorite chair so easy.
this Christmas will look a bit different for many of us and our gift buying too. i’m so happy to hear our gift guides will be put to good use becky!
Please post the info about today’s outfit- especially the sage earrings!
the earrings are Banana Republic about two years old. the top and pants are NYDJ last season.
Wonderful post, Beth. We can all use a little diversionary eye candy, fun, right now.
Hopefully you are not affected by the wild weather going through Atlanta – stay safe. 🌷
that storm was a doozy, andrea! high winds and rain blew through the state in the early morning hours leaving power outages and trees down in its wake. but the sun is shining again and all is well. thanks for asking!
You look great in that outfit. Can you tell us the details?
Thank you for the shopping list. I know that took a lot of time and planning.
I will use it to buy presents this year!
both the top and pants are from NYDJ last season.
Hi Beth,
I, too, have added some burgundy to my Fall and Winter round-up—such a nice change from black and navy!
On another note, I know your intent is to to help with your Christmas Gift Guide, but this year Christmas will be painfully different for most of us—no holiday parties, large family gatherings, or a calendar full of seasonal events. My family is blessed with good jobs they can do from the comfort of their homes and they don’t need more Yeti tumblers, charging stations, or cheese knives. Instead, this year our family is adopting a family(ies) who have lost their job(s) and have no idea where the rent, utility bills, and grocery money is going to come from instead of the usual plethora of gifts none of which anyone remembers a month later. I would humbly suggest that you add helping a family in need to your Gift Guide—it could make a difference far more than one can imagine.
thanks so much for the reminder, janet. it’s so important to remember those of us who need help, especially during the holiday season.i am so happy to hear your family decided to give back to your community and those in need. thanks for sharing.
Beth, you look absolutely lovely today. The colour really suits you
thanks so much, jackie! burgundy is a beautiful and flattering color that most of us can wear and wear well.
Hi Beth
I enjoy reading your post here in Scotland They are so uplifting thank you.
Not getting daily blog posts???
I do a similar approach. I start in September buying gift cards of 10 and 20 dollars for the stocking stuffers. I do a theme each year as well, The big gift for each person is done with a scavenger hunt. They have to solve a word problem or a riddle to find the gift. Lots of fun and laughs.