ranking
experiences > homemade gifts > gift cards > books (any form) > physical > digital
✸ experiences
- lunch out
- parallel play at a cafe
- theatre/plays
- movie date
- (window) shopping date
- attend a presentation/talk with me
- take a dance class with me
- let me show you my favorite episodes of whatever the hell i’m into and talk about it with me w/ even 75% attention and active listening
✸ subcategory: please help me
- … learn how to send a postcard
- … generally just tag along while i get something (non-computer-related) done
(doing these things with me = legitimate gifts… i would never do these things otherwise)
✸ homemade
- buy a book i like and annotate it with your thoughts and let me read your copy
- playlist (i use spotify, but youtube music also OK)
✸ books
- to-read books (cross-check with my physical library)
- also wimpy kid collection
✸ gift cards
✸ i like…
- nintendo
- princess highway – australia
- ropé picnic – japan
- archives — japan
- myer — australia (the undergarments section…)
✸ i want to try…
- popflex
- house of cb
- chelsea reece
- loud bodies
- unique vintage
- show me your mumu
- fayt the label – australia
- aulieude – australia
- aym studio – UK
- club monaco
- arro athletics
- the pretty dress company
✸ physical items
✸ eh?
- 13mm weightlifting lever belt
- light pink yoga mat with the usual squishy/sticky texture
- 1tb hard drive
✸ stationery
- sailor fountain pen lecoule power stone <F> (in rosequartz or pearl)
- typewriter letter stamps
✸ games
- danganronpa decadence
- a physical copy of thousand-year-old vampire
- lovestruck
- a magic puzzle company puzzle
✸ drugstore / personal care
- necessaire lip balm multiceramide
- the ordinary lactic acid 10% HA
- rosemary oil
- mielle hair oil
- jvn complete blowout styling milk
- mise en scene hair serum
- oribe dry texturizing spray
- bumble and bumble finishing hairspray
- tresemme hair protectant
- d’alba white truffle aromatic spray serum
- caudalie instant foaming cleanser
- peach and lily hydrating gel cleanser
- glass skin serum
- some by mi retinol intense serum
✸ makeup
- rare beauty blush in bliss
- nars soft matte pot concealer
- lancome taunt e dole ultra wear care and glow foundation
- m cosmetics so soft bronzer stick
- elf products – power grip primer, putty blush, hydrating concealer, liquid filter
- laniege glowy makeup serum (pink)
- nars liquid blush
- huda beauty fauxfilter concealer
- makeup forever hd skin foundation
✸ splurge
- silhouette cameo sticker printer and cutter
- a waterpik and an electric toothbrush LMAO
- digital camera
✸ digital items
- aseprite
- cameo of greg chun as grimsley (pokemon) saying something incredibly smug yet pathetic
- games on my steam wishlist
- how to webcomic
✸ general items that are always nice to get
- candles/scented wax (i have a wax melter!)
- fountain pen ink (dark, please! i use my pens for longform writing)
- soap & glory products
- like, wet wipes and tissue, screen cleaners, stuff like that
- lip balms
- eyedrops
- gatorade :)
- granola :)
- cheetos :)
- cheap dog toys for worm (she enjoys rope toys and small squeaky plushies)
- dog treats for worm (she likes most meats)
- bags for picking up dog poop… this is becoming a worm wish list
- instax film
✸ please no
- pins and charms – nowhere to put them
- i’m kind of a snob when it comes to sticker/washi tape designs…
- embossed stickers especially (can’t fit in my journal…)
- fanmerch, unless you know i really like the artist – i’m picky :(
- food/snacks, unless you know exactly what i like
- stuffed toys… i have so many…
- memo pads… i have so many…
- bookmarks… i have so many…
- hand cream
- unlisted books, makeup, clothing
- lego/similar. i have nowhere to put these, fun as they are to make.
✸ flavor profile
- jewelry: gold & rose gold
- scents: clean (powder), vanilla, jasmine/light floral