If you filled your own stocking...

[Misty9]

I'm seriously considering getting my own little bits for my stocking and a few bits for dh. Stockings were my most treasured aspect of Christmas as a child but dh gets very stressed about present giving so I'm thinking of just doing it for both of us and not saying until Christmas eve. The dc are asking about mummy and daddy's stockings (FC brings stockings and one present here) so I'd like to do them.

So far I'm thinking for mine:
Nice dark chocolate
Nice body moisturiser
Fluffy socks
Nice pants
Book
Snow globe

What would you put in your own stocking as little treats/luxuries you wouldn't normally buy?

That’s a good idea 👍🏼☺️

I’d get the following:

Luxury milk chicks (Godiva)
Perfume (Chanel or Dior)
Fluffy socks for bed
Rubix cube (old school)
Couple of satsumaS
Chocolate orange (old school)
A lovely red lipstick (Ester Lauder, Dior or Chanel)
And a magazine subscription

Feels silly but if I had the money I’d totally do it 😁

I gave beautiful stockings from the USA but mine is always empty. I only normally do them for my DC. This year I’m doing them for nephews and nieces but not plastic rubbish, stuff that’s actually useful

*have

And

*luxury milk chocs

A book
A CD (yes i'm old-fashioned)
HUGE Toblerone
Silver earrings
Something silly but useable from Tiger (quirky pen, travel boardgame, funky tin of plasters)
Satsuma
Walnuts still in their jumpers
Shiny €2 coin
Fancy lipstick (€20 or so)

Foundation
Eyeliner
Nice socks or gloves
Nip and Fab pads
A kindle voucher
Thornton's chocolate mints
A Sophie Allport mug

A book
A nice quality lip balm
Fingerless gloves
Bed socks
Some high quality chocolate
Bag of macadamia nuts

my other half and i always have a nice tradition of swapping our stockings.If we want to give anything small like perfume or chocolates we fill each others stockings then swap them on christmas

I do stockings for 3 of my single friends. I love doing them.

i usually put in my other halfs

socks
chocolates
mug
games
phone case

Mince pie filled cookies
Miniature bottles of gin/rum/baileys
Harry Potter socks
Really nice hand cream
Bath bomb
Little puzzle book and a nice pen

I'm hoping My Mum Santa gets me
Book
Chocolate (Lindor)
Satsuma
Chocolate coins
Bottle of wine sticking out the top (I can't get Alcohol where I live, so this is a real treat)

DH is getting
Box of nuts
New socks
Protein bars (he loves them..... they are expensive here)
Mini Christmas cake (he is working away at Xmas, I won't see him)
Mini chocolate Santa
Puzzle book.

Oh, and if you have either spare stockings, or wrap all the presents, next year buy bits over the year, and wrap or stuff into the stocking, so it is a surprise come Christma day!

Good idea! I'd put in

Opi dark nail varnish
Booja booja espresso truffles
A mini bottle of champagne
A christmassy scented st evals candle
Some lovely citrus scented soap

I’m kind of doing my own gifts (single mum and never had a stocking), things I would like in my stocking....

Lush snow fairy
Lush rose jam
Hand warmers
Gloves
Fluffy socks
Baileys truffles
Epoch body butter

Chocolate orange
Sanex bath foam
Razors
Tgel shampoo
Makeup brushes
Photo phone cover
Key ring
Hair bobbles or clip
Gloves
Individual Christmas pudding

mine would have to be
a yankee candle pref christmas scent
hand cream
gloves must be fingerless
a lilliput cottage
a satsuma in the toe of course
bag choc coins
chocolate santa
lindt chocolate reindeer

If money was no object:

Perfume
Cashmere gloves
Cashmere socks
A book
Ferrero Rocher
Nice underwear

Lush snow fairy shower gel
Lush snow fairy sray
Cath kidston mug
Spectrum make up brushes
Mac lipstick
Chloe love by chloe perfume

We do stockings for each other. Last year for Dp I put in

Bottle of chili sauce/bbq sauce
Vodka miniature
a camping spork thing
sweets/choc
socks
magazine

Keyrings are good too.

Invisibobbles as I begrudge paying for them.

Quite fancy trying the Hourglass mascara. There is a half size one around £13, useful as reviews so divided.

I love the bars of chocolate coated marzipan with a layer of Nutella like stuff that come from Lidl or Aldi.

Can of baileys latte thing maybe. I’d also be pleased with any Christmassy San pellegrino can, little bottles of fentimans especially cherry cola and other interesting soft drinks. If adding them to an ocado order possibly some nice nuts too - I like almonds but cashews, pistachios etc also good.

Falke or Wolford tights ideally from TK Maxx.

Maybe a copy of grazia if it’s still going. Haven’t read in an age but could flick through at Xmas.

If we have any trips planned I quite like a guide book to wherever we are heading - I know there is tons online but it just helps me get the sense of it.

Order a personalised jar of marmite from their website if you like it.

Some ham (iberico)
Salted dried crackers
Lychees from Harris's (I've never had better but they were like £1 each 🙄)
Some dusty pink lipstick
Perfume
Socks
Face cream

Oh this sounds nice

Sorry that should say Harrods

I’ve got myself a stocking, first Christmas single after 8 years so felt the need to treat myself.

I have a couple of eos lip balms, joe and sephs popcorn, socks and a terrys chocolate orange.

Can’t wait!

I always get a stocking from DH! I do the DC. Nothing in our stockings is more than £3-5 per item, usually much less.

And now also do one for MiL, I did the first one for her a few years ago when we were giving her theatre tickets and I wanted it to look a bit more festive. She actually cried, as she hadn’t had a stocking since childhood. So now it’s a tradition to do her one too.

I tend to buy a few bits for mine as I’m the one out shopping and see things I’d like/need but I’m doing less and less as the DC get old enough to steer DH! The quality of all my presents across the year is improving as they have more input...

So far I’ve got;
some festive earrings from H&M
Fluffy socks from Primark
Dark chocolate Brazil nuts
2 for £3 Green and Blacks Maya Gold
Toothbrush

It will also have a magazine in it and maybe some stationary from The Works.