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?

Good idea.

Mine would be:
a mini Mac lipstick
notebook
fountain pen ink
some vintage Ladybird books
coffee chocolates
Earl Grey
Neals Yard bubble bath
yard of Jaffa cakes
Aveda Had Relief mini
jar of Garners red cabbage
jar of Duchy lemon curd
Nesti Dante soap
little bottle of Port

Book token so I can spend ages choosing without guilt
New nail varnish
Nice lip balm
Nice knickers rather than practical pants
Generally the things I can't justify buying for myself even though they're not expensive.

Ooh good thread :

Patek Phillipe watch
Fancy perfume
Dark chocolate
Nice socks
Gift voucher for a pedicure
Lipbalm
Bottle of port, as per Remus's idea
Silk knickers, which I'd send anonymously to the guy I fancy

L’Occitane hand cream
Turtle Dove hand-warmers
Nice tweezers
Ferraro Rocher
Christmas scented candle
Nice notecards

Face mask
Candle
Ground coffee
Post Its
Perfume
Bracelet or necklace or earrings
Sachet of hot chocolate
Another book

I do my own (and my DD/DH's) the best thing I got myself was a one-serving cafetiere and that was from a charity shop!

I also get books, chocs or sweets, a model for my DH to make, toiletries or pamper products for me and DD (this year I've got a bag with socks, eye mask and gloves for me).

We do this for everyone in the family (adults & kids) every year. Me, my mum & sister usually get a few things each, and everyone gets roughly the same per stocking. We don't do expensive stuff, something like

• chocolate bits & pieces - couple of mini lindt figures & some coins
• soap / shower gel etc - often a crazy flavour
• socks
• lib balm
• christmas hanky
• pen or notepad
• an orange in the toe

We open them over breakfast.

I don't really understand "stocking filters" that are like £20+ (perfume, gadgets etc) - that's not what our stockings are for!

Oh this is such a lovely idea! In mine I would like...

A nice face cream
Some makeup
Nice hand cream
Chocolate
A couple of books
Nice gloves
Fluffy socks
Bath bomb
Face mask

We usually do stockings within the family. This year I've bought:
Christmas bath bomb
Novelty socks
DVD
Scratch cards
Body spray
Favourite chocolate
Lip balm
Mug

I should point out that the dc get stockings of course!

Great ideas here; I might get myself a little Lego set too. I'm finally accepting that dh just does not do presents and that if I want nice things I'll get them myself. I felt a bit silly but seems like lots of us would/do the same

What a good idea! Will be fun to have something to open alongside my boys this year. So far I've got myself silver bird earrings, 2 X chocolate and a Jeremy Wade calendar enjoy your stockings everyone!

Almond and hazelnut chocolate Florentines from Aldi
Godiva chocolate bar (dark choc and vanilla, or milk choc and orange)
A hat from Amelia Jane
Costume jewellery, probably earrings, probably from M&S
An Urban Decay eyeliner
Mini Mac lipstick
Chanel compact mirror
Silk scarf (would happily get this preloved from eBay)
Two or three traditional Christmas decorations from Scandinavia, to remind me of home

I've always done my own stocking since I had my DD who's nearly 8! It's a bit of a standing joke with my DH and friends!
So in it goes, jo malone perfume, naive hair bobbles (too good for the kids), jewellery ( this year some robin earrings from not on the high street), chocolate usually peanut butter M&S as their hard to get hold of but I've tons so this year it will be marzipan, a satsuma, gold coin, nativity charm bracelet and whatever else catches my eye!
I'm going to do my BFF one next year as she always jokes my stockings are fab! (She got a beauty advent this year from me, my advents are pretty cool too)!

if money no object:
nice knickers
hotel chocolat chocolates
lush bath melts or bath bombs
silver earrings
cashmere fingerless gloves
book token

I will get a stocking but it will contain none of the above.

Magazine subscription
Boots royal jelly foam bath
Christmas yankee candle
Vanilla bourbon candle from tk maxx
Box of hair dye
Bottle of koppaberg cider
Canvas or leather shopper bag

This is a brilliant idea! We have stockings but never put anything in them. We're not getting each other any presents this year (haven't for a couple of years as money is tight), but having a few little things in a stocking for each of us would be a nice idea and wouldn't break the bank. Of course I would have to do my own as DH isn't brilliant with present buying, plus it would be a nice surprise for him and I wouldn't be left out.

I thinking for both of our stockings:
A pair of socks (fluffy or cute design)
Some chocolate
A scratch card

It's not a lot but it's something nice for both of us.

I love this idea and am going to do it this year - start a new tradition now that dc is a teen and we are moving out of the small kiddie phase.

We always do one for dd but this year I suggest to dh that we do them for each other too.

In his I will put:
New Scientist magazine
dark choc cherry liquoir chocolates
a mini box of sugar puffs (childhood fav)
a small bottle of whiskey
a mini bottle of champagne
Earl grey loose tea and one of those little things to contain the leaves
giant toblerone
nice shower gel
socks
boxers
a scarf

All things he needs / loves and nothing wasted! He will love it

In mine I would like:
a nice lipstick
nail polish
L'Occitane shower gel
handcream
Leonidas chocolates
ground coffee
small bottle of champagne
macroons
socks
gloves
a book

Chocolate pretzels
Some nice nuts, honey roasted or more expensive ones like macadamia or chocolate hazelnuts
Reece's Christmas trees
Ceramic pot of Stilton
Marzipan log
A book
Lush items, Snow Fairy shower gel, bath bomb, bar shampoo, bubble bar etc
Christmas tree decoration
Christmas mug

A lovely bar of perfumed soap from TKMaxx.
A feelgood trashy Christmas paperback.
Some bamboo socks.
Luxury shampoo.
A password book from Amazon to record all my different online passwords in one place so I don't have to keep resetting the ones I've forgotten!
A pack of Aldi or Lidl florentines all for me.
A beautiful luxury glass Christmas tree decoration.
What a lovely idea OP - I hope you enjoy your stocking.

A dark choc toblerone
Tea pigs
A Douglas Kennedy paperback I havn’t read (he’ll need to write one though!)
Small silver jewellery, especially with stars.
Bamboo socks

Lush bubble bar
Lush snow fairy
Silver daisy earrings
Sparkly gel nail polish
Cashmere socks
Mac lipstick
Costa voucher
Posh coffee
Hair mask
Swarovski pen
Pandora essence bead
Mini wine bottle
Blue/green scarf

I'd like:

• Lush bath bomb/bath oil
• L'Occitane almond shower oil
• Prestat chocolate truffles
• MAC mini lipstick
• EOS lipbalm
• some lovely cashmere or super soft socks
• A bar soap that smells delicious
• some jewellery from And Other Stories

Aww, I'm glad to have inspired a few of you to join me in having a stocking - whether you fill it yourself or not
I've had to tell dh my plan as the kids were asking about our stockings and I didn't want him to stress about doing it. That said, he seems mildly miffed that I've given up on his present buying so much that im doing my own!

I've started buying for dh but am yet to do my own. I've got him edible stuff and booze so far I'm a bit rubbish at treating myself and believing I'm worth it so will have to make sure I do actually do this...

It's a bit sad having to do it for yourself, isn't it? Though at least you'll get something the right size/you want/need etc! DH and I have a stocking that we 'share' - by which I mean, I buy some new underwear (socks and boxers) for DH, maybe beard oil or something small like that, and some of his favourite chocolates and wrap them. Then I'll buy some really nice cosy socks for me and stick them in too... I wish he'd actually work out that I enjoy the little surprises in a stocking too, and I've told him as much.

The children get stockings, very lavish ones. I do ALL of that. DH's sole contribution, year on year, is to buy DS1 a dvd he's asked Father Christmas for, he'll announce that he's got it in a tone that implies his work here is done. Our other child has autism and is reasonably hard to buy for, yet I will start searching ebay for 2nd hand toys in the tiny niche he's interested in, in October. I know that the stockings are the part of Christmas DS1 looks forward to the most (suspect DS2 enjoys the fizzy drinks and puddings the most...) so I try to make them magical and really special. DH either doesn't get this, or was so badly stunted by shite stockings from his own parents in the 70's that he has no idea where to start. Either way, I feel a bit peeved that I'm the Christmas Fairy who actually bothers to think about this.

oh god sorry! Massive sense of humour failure.

On the back of this thread, I've decided to revive the stocking I used to do for my mum when I was in my late teens, because she continued to do me one until well into my 20's She hoards and needs NOTHING that isn't consumable or instantly useful: so far, I've thought of:
-the little knitting notions I've already got her (wool needles, needle gauge etc)
-fruit tea bags because she's just 'discovered' them in her mid-70's
-the fudge I always give her anyway
-a nice book
-a photo diary
-chapstick
-jar of her favourite Geeta's chutney
-pack of festive tissues
-and maybe something tiny I've knitted her.
There we are. No tat, very little to add to her piles of stuff, fun to open. Thanks for the inspiration!