Anyone else doing their own stocking..?

[Misty9]

Dh is a wonderful man in many ways, but present buying is not one of them. So to spare him the pain this year I said don't worry about my stocking.

But, stockings have been such a big part of my Christmas memories that I'm now regretting this and wondering about doing my own stocking...but is this bit sad? My mum always sorted her own and they're divorced now

Anyone else doing their own stocking?

Wow! I think this may be my most replied to thread

Opinion is evidently divided then. I'm leaning towards not bothering, though have told dh I'd at least like a chocolate orange!

For those questioning the "crap at gift buying" aspect, I have no doubt that dh loves me and our family to the moon and back - but faced with gift buying he is anxious and clueless. He struggles to put himself in other's shoes and think what they would like if I wanted expensive tech I'd be sorted

That said, I've told him we need to chat about general gift buying as this won't go away... its Christmas, our anniversary and my birthday all within a couple of weeks of each other he's uusually given up by my birthday

The couple of bits I'd found for him I'll just wrap up as presents - stocking fillers are never wrapped thems the rules

Maybe an Amazon wish list with double the amount of things on than you'd want, get him to choose and order half? Perhaps make it a look and click exercise rather than a traipse around shops one.

Everyone has blind spots and it doesn't say anything about your relationship - I know my DH gets anxious about getting it wrong, and I had to put a lot of effort into appreciating whatever crap he got me before he relaxed and present quality began to improve.

Btw, think I recognise you from my thread earlier in the year, I was moving to your part of the country and you gave me lots of good advice. I was a different name then and you were expecting dc2. Apologies if I've got it wrong

Either just do them for the dcs or giver your DH a list. I haven't done so for years but when I did it was something like this:
Socks
Clarins hand cream
Clarins bubble bath
Red Bounty bar
Paperback
CD
Kitchen utensil
I won't see all of that and some of it be under the tree and he'll probably add to it. Even if I get a book, a bounty and a satsuma I'm happy.

I do my own stocking. And proud.

I've had my stocking since my first Xmas, so I always put it up, as it has such happy memories for me.

I do stockings for my children, OH and my sister (as she is a single parent).

I fill the stockings with little bits and pieces eg treats like a posh hand cream or practical items like socks or a water bottle

It's just a bit of fun for us.

soot that may well have been me - how did the move go? :)

Well, we've just had a chat and he said he's being crap and will do better - i think knowing he'd inspired a mumsnet thread made him feel a bit ashamed! I'll tell him to ask for all your wisdom on what to put in it...

Stockings are just for children in our house, I'd feel a bit silly opening a stocking if I'm honest.

EhricLovesTheBhrothers it might be to do with gender I don't know, I spend ages thinking what a person likes etc and could buy gf a million things that are relevant to us or her likes and I am fully expecting her to have done the same going by what she has said. I get a lot of pleasure choosing things for people and knowing someone has gone to so much trouble for me is lovely.

I do them for me and my mum. I am the only sibling without children and my mother stays with my Christmas Eve. I do her a lovely stocking but as she is on the pension she wouldnt be able to afford to do the same, but at the same time would feel bad opening the stocking while i sat there staring at her, so I do my own, but i do fun things in mine, last year I gifted myself tardis salt and pepper shakers.

My sister and I do an advent calendar for each other, we have a small budget and we have to get 12 presents in that budget we then swap presents and get to open one each day. Its a nice way for her to take some time out of her day to give me a call and chat about what we each got that day.