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I don't know why every year we say we'll do a stocking for each other, especially when DH never really wants anything. The things he really wants are big things like a new Mac, a new camera none of which is eeeeever gonna happen! I am really easy to buy little things for, crochet hooks, hair clips, lip gloss etc. Our only main Christmas present to each other is going to be a book, another lean Christmas unfortunately.

Can anyone give me stocking filler ideas for DH please? So far I've got:

magazine
chocolate orange (our tradition)
socks
????

Please help! I just can't even think as DD won't shut up talking at me!

Dh and I always do stocking and are hving a lean Christmas due to DH being laid off.

Stocking will iclude a small book, CD, some chocolate and then things like nice shower gel, shaving foam etc. Everyday stuff that he needs but getting brands he likes rather than the shops own brand that we have to buy normally.

DH also impossible in this department - always socks, hankies, chocolate brazils.

chocolate coins
satsuma
socks
winter hat or gloves
some silly things from hawkins bizaar
a bath bomb
a bike bell
a desk calendar

yes, new razors, lynx anti-perspirant.

if the hoarding thread is anything to go by, then he'll also need a spare-bulb set for the car, shoelaces, batteries (of all sizes), spare fuses, a big pack of assorted screws etc

Put yourself in a nice pair - he will be well chuffed!

SD card for his old camera
Pants
Razor blades
Alcohol miniature
Notebook? (What is his job - would he need anything for that?)

Masking tape for dd's mouth (JOKE btw - before I get flamed!)

sainsburys do chocolate in the shape of a tie

we do stockings too

shaving foam
toothpaste
shower gel
deodorant
toothbrush
chocolate
can of pina colada from M and S
satsuma (2)
pens
diary
bottle Budvar
chocolate coins

Doesn't need to be too expensive, but nice to have one like the kids

a new real ale that he's not tried before

Framed recent photo of DC?
"Luxury" razor, i.e. Gillette Mach 3 turbo super - or whatever the latest is!
Nice bottle of wine, or small wine book - ^The Juice^ series are quite good.

a promise or favour written on a little token of some sort - eg for a massage, or a 'get out of the pub free' or something more Adult.

boots do a nice fcuk body spray with keyring for a fiver....and on the 3 for 2's. i got 3 for the dd's teenage boyfriends!never know what to get them

an adult 'chequebook of sexual favours' £2.50 from waterstones...on the counter!!

Great ideas thanks very much.

DH doesn't 'do' smellies at all, and doesn't wet shave (awkward) but alcohol, maybe a can of G&T, chocolate coins, oh and he really likes Moleskin notebooks. Oh and he definitely needs some new pants.

He works in a library PT and looks after 2yo DD PT.

Keep the ideas coming so I can hoard them for future years.

Maggie Thatcher nutcrackers? Alcoholic ginger beer? I often buy second-hand CDs and DVDs from ebay very cheaply too.

A wrapped banana guard sticking out of the stocking.

Lottery ticket/scratchcard?

What about a reading light?

frog http://www.amazon.co.uk/Funky-Frog-Reading-Light-Design/dp/B001TJ2A5E/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen& qid=1258762498&sr=1-31

less funky one http://www.stocking-fillers.co.uk/find/keyword-is-book/product-is-09152

Perhaps a bit pricey (the frog is great though!)

A stab in the dark, but what about

Classic Comic - War of the Worlds reprint

£2.99

Ooh I like this game But I need more to go on!

What does your DH like / do?

What's the budget (£1 an item? £3?)

How about some retro sweets? What generation are you?

guys http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/ have them all!

oops I totally stuffed the links! Lets try again ...

Funky frog

less funky but cheaper reading light

Retro sweets

Oooh, retro sweets a good idea too. DH is 44, a child of the seventies.

We actually already have a banana guard they're great! Nothing too explicit as we will probably be with my mum for Christmas!

I always get my DH a cd single of whatever horrific shite is the Xmas number one!

Go to the local £1 shop and go wild on tat. It's what we do for DD. She is 13 and loves tat. We put it all in a stocking on the end of her bed. It gives us an extra half hour in bed, after she has finished opening it all.
Mind you, I did buy a Fratellis cd in the £1 shop last sunday. Bargain.