Lockdown dreaming... the best Christmas Stockings ever...

[CottonHeadedNinnyMug]

So you've been a good Mumsnetter this year & Mrs Claus (we know she does all the shopping) thinks you deserve some special treats in your beautifully embroidered velvet stocking.

She is (of course) telepathic and on Christmas morning has delivered your dream Christmas stocking.

What's in it?

Cashmere gloves
Cashmere hat
Nice socks
Perfume
Ferrero Rocher
Book
A new iPad - if only!
Marzipan fruits
Diptique candle
Posh bubble bath

Chocolate coins, satsuma, maybe some chocolate covered almonds or Brazil nuts.
The Anthropologie mug I dropped a couple of years ago.
A small poetry anthology to read on the loo.
A silk pillow case
Some new cheap but magically flattering sunglasses to bash around in my handbag til I break the next pair!

Weirdly, I find, a lot of people have chosen
Socks ( albeit fairly posh ones)
Diary or
Note book and pen
Smellies like bath bombs etc
Chocolates
Books

.... which is pretty much the same list a lot of people will be moaning about having received for real. Ahhh unless these are suitable stocking presents only, and there has to be a big or luxurious present to go with it!

I'd love:
A multi-tool keyring (for cutting cable ties on kids toy packaging in the car)
A decent pocket torch
A night sky guide for 2021
Loccitane cherry blossom hand cream & shower gel
Mini flavoured gins
A long necklace
Travel mug
Posh socks

When you write if down, it is quite "generic woman stocking" stuff. I think the trick is getting the exact right product in each category.

• a set of black art markers
• a set of DS & Durga perfume samples, never smelt any and am far from Liberty’s/NYC
• pretty but thick wool socks
• posh fountain pen
• a decent pocketknife for outdoors with my initials on handle
• paper bag of good quality Turkish delight in all sorts of flavours
• silk pillowcase
• a good face cream/oil
• lots of packets of beef jerky

@Sniv Mrs Claus has picked a couple of books out for your stocking

woolly gloves
pack of fruit pastils
chocolate eg whispa or flake or chocolate buttons.
norwegian formula hand cream
crochet hooks
kendal mint cake
some decent biros.
a life straw
head torch and batteries
box of maltesers
decent solar charger
diy facemasks so I can sand the fecking wall without breathing in dust.

I buy most of this stuff for myself anyway!!

On my list... Opalex hair treatments, Black rose face mask and oil, vouchers for Rockett st George

Ohhh I’m liking this thread:
Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir perfume
Maybe another JM perfume or small set of samples
Charlotte Tilbury new eye palette (the rose one)
Charlotte Tilbury facial wash combo (called something daft like goddess cleanse)
A really good pair of secateurs
Voucher for David Austin roses
Any local garden centre voucher
Kate Spade purse
Mint Velvet scarf
Capture Totale - anything
Hotel Chocolat chocs
A bottle of Tia Maria - haven’t had any in about 15 years
Sarah Miller hand cream
Soft pjs

I’m now wishing we did stockings in my house (I’m planning one for my DH but that’s a different story)

Or.. a really expensive fountain pen and lovely stationery

Vera Wang Princess Perfume
Guerlain Little Black Dress Perfume
Daisy Perfume
Incredibly warm fluffy socks
Olaolex step 0 and 3 set
Charlotte Tilbury Foundation
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream
Embroyolisse (sp) Lait-Cream
Benefit Makeup set
Babyliss Curl Secret (I have tools but I'm too lazy!)
Josh Wood Colour Gloss
Fancy electric Toothbrush
Paula's choice skincare set
Homemade brigadeiros
Monin honeycomb, gingerbread and BlackBerry syrups
Whittards Dreamtime hot chocolate
Alex Monroe necklace
Tickets to Disneyland Paris

That was fun

@CottonHeadedNinnyMug Oh yes, Mrs Claus should definitely get me that cross stitch book.