Your own stocking

[Bellafrenum]

If you were doing your own stocking, and had a budget of around £50 all in, what would you put in it?

Nice chocolate, book token, novelty Christmas thing to wear (hat, earrings, silly glasses etc...), Little bottle of raspberry liqueur, warm bed socks, one of those little lights you clip onto a book so you can read in the dark

Space masks
Bath oil
Nail polish
Stationery (especially post it's and pens)
Lots of books
Stroopwaffles
Scented candles

I don't spend anywhere near that much but I do do my own because no one else would

in mine there's:

• a necklace
• old school vintage style game
• tooth whitening kit (if it ever gets delivered)
• new wallet
• Nyx lipstick
• Maybelline lipstick
• manicure file
• eye shadow
• stress ball and then just sweets like chocolate orange etc...

My stocking has
Solid hand cream bar
Two tins of ready mixed cocktails
Hotel Chocolat strawberry cheesecake batons
Emma bridgewater mug
Flower seeds
Small embroidery kit

A crochet hook/ wool needles / stitch markers
Chocolate
A lipstick
Some nice loose tea
A newbridge Christmas tree decoration
Some socks
A book
A bar of soap

I like the sound of yours Yorkie !

I have:

Hard backed book
Book I loved when I was a child and managed to find in a Charity Shop
Molton Brown miniatures (free gift when purchasing a friends gift)
Hotel Chocolat liquid caramel chocolates
Christmas decoration
Christmas personalised coaster
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In previous years have also had
Christmas mug
Christmas plate
Alcohol miniatures
Nice coffee beans
Underwear
Socks/knickers/tights
Novelty socks
Chocolate coins
Chocolate Father Christmas
Magazine
Stationery
Slippers
Novelty Christmas books
Calendar

Hand cream
Chocolate
Lipstick
Lip balm
Face mask
Hair mask
Nail file
Diffuser oils
Moisturiser/face serum
Fluffy socks
Mini bottle Prosecco

A very good pen
Fun/cozy socks
Small book
A lovely pair of earings
Seeds to plant in spring
A nice bar of soap
Fancy chocolate

@mam0918

I don't spend anywhere near that much but I do do my own because no one else would

in mine there's:

• a necklace
• old school vintage style game
• tooth whitening kit (if it ever gets delivered)
• new wallet
• Nyx lipstick
• Maybelline lipstick
• manicure file
• eye shadow
• stress ball and then just sweets like chocolate orange etc...

Wow you get all that for under £50??

I also do my own. So far - cult board game; brass hair pin that works on the ‘twist and stab’ principle; nicely made book that’s better to read in hardback than paperback; and some measuring spoons for tiny quantities. I’ve got £5-10 to go to spend £50 I’d imagine. I’d love some F&M Rose Petal jam, but not for this year I fear.

Some nice coloured pens for journaling

Lip balm

Socks

Nice notepad

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Sweets

Fresh petal soft lip balm
Rituals shower gel
Flower seeds (for my greenhouse next year)
Fluffy socks
Book (anything weather related)
Hotel chocolate cherries

In mine, I've got some new PJs (Primark, £12), some Hotel Chocolat peppermint penguins (£4), a dressing gown from White Stuff (£55 but got it for £16 by using a gift voucher from my birthday plus blue light discount).

I think I will add some black opaque tights (which I need anyway) and maybe will re-wrap my Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic at Christmas book to go in again, as that's a great holiday read!

Maybe some Tisserand bath oil too.

posh post-it notes
bath bomb, maybe coconut or something musky
crimson velvet hair ruffle
supersoft socks with bright colours/silly design
sharp lemon travel sweets in tin
earbuds
scented candle
sugarcraft modelling tools

I do stockings for my whole family (DH, and our 2 young children). I grew up with the whole family getting stockings. It was the first thing we unwrapped Christmas morning as we all gathered around on the floor and they're still one of my favourite things about Christmas.

My husband never did stockings with his family. So in order to carry on the tradition I have to do them. He doesn't really like them and thinks they're filled with pointless things, but I love unnecessary trinkets. He doesn't really ever get anything for mine unless I specifically tell him to. So I usually end up doing my own along with everyone else's. Things I've put in mine over the years (or DH's that would like) are:

Nice tube of hand cream
Earrings
Chocolates
Soap
Nice pens / stationary
Fancy nuts / sweets
Makeup
Dry shampoo
Small pair of kitchen tongs
Nice spatula
Candles
Socks
Gloves
Abs the obligatory tangerine in the toe

Oh! Forgot to say mini bottles of wine / prosecco and scratch cards

A pretty notebook and pen, bath salts, small 'Prestat jewel' chocolate box, lipstick, earrings, fluffy socks, hot chocolate and a Disaronno miniature for amaretto hot chocolate. That's probably more than £50 worth though!

New sheet music
Coffee pods
Something from my favourite shop here

@Mintyt that has warmed my cockles, what a lovely thing to do

@Bellafrenum, socks Spode napkin rings from a charity shop as at Christmas she uses the Spode plates, 2 little Spode mugs (CS) Reed defuser, pumpkin syrup for coffee ( she loves pumpkin, set of battery indoor fairy lights. A pretty tea towel which will match her kitchen. Mini hotel chocolates. Socks she is very easy to buy for but then I know her well too

A diary
Slippers
Hat
Scarf
Sleep well oils
Chocolates
A book

Great ideàs here.
I don't think anyone hàs mentioned what all stockings in our family have to have down in the toe, no matter your age or who packed them:
Bag of chocolate gold coins
Satsuma
Pound coin (used to be a sixpence, but inflation struck). If you are already at your £50 limit, could be a 5p piece instead, but it must be shiny.
'Tis the law.

Lip balm
Hand lotion
Bath bubble
Bath pillow
Bath salts
Candle
Gift card
Chocolates

Mini bottle of wine
Slipper socks
Nice coffee
Coffee syrup
Nice hand cream
Scratch cards
Lindt chocolate truffles
Nice biscuits
Gloves
Scratch cards
Room spray
Candle