Office Secret santa - what do I buy?

[caelite]

Hey Lads

Looking for ideas, put my name in for my office secret santa. We dish out the gifts on the 23rd when we're closing for Christmas so I need to sort it before then. Anywho, we are a fairly small company, about 30 people all in, I have only been with them 4 or 5 months. Yet I have somehow managed to get one of the office woman I have literally never met/spoken too for more than a few seconds (I am a site technician and only part time, spend minimal time in the actual office).

Just looking for ideas, she works in procurement, a 'girly girl' in her 30s I believe. There is a £10 limit. I absolutely suck at gifts for woman, particularly ones I don't know. Any suggestions guys?

[Dixy]

Something from Anne Summers.

[Riley Blue]

O/H is just wrapping up her SS gift to take into the office tomorrow, a book called 'Keep Calm and Cook with Prosecco'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keep-Calm-Cook-Prosecco-E...

[PapaJohns]

Can’t go wrong with https://www.lovehoney.co.uk/product.cfm?p=33566

[Raddors]

I had exactly the same last year and drew some random girl from marketing. Girly girl hardly ever spoken to.

The answer is sea monkeys. She loves them and a year later they still take pride of place on her desk....

http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servle...

[caelite]

Riley Blue said:

O/H is just wrapping up her SS gift to take into the office tomorrow, a book called 'Keep Calm and Cook with Prosecco'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keep-Calm-Cook-Prosecco-E...

Buying a woman a cook book? That's sexist nowadays innit? Decent idea though, got a WHSmiths a block away from my flat.

[parabolica]

Bath-bombs.

[MissChief]

A smelly candle of some sort. https://www.inaracandles.co.uk/ or if there isn't time Asda have some Yankee Candles in store. Or bath bombs from Lush

[MikeT66]

https://www.poopourri.com/

[Riley Blue]

caelite said:

Riley Blue said:

O/H is just wrapping up her SS gift to take into the office tomorrow, a book called 'Keep Calm and Cook with Prosecco'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keep-Calm-Cook-Prosecco-E...

Buying a woman a cook book? That's sexist nowadays innit? Decent idea though, got a WHSmiths a block away from my flat.

Being bloke, I'd be quite happy with a SS pressie to do with tuning cars - is that sexist too? Anyways, my O/H (who is female BTW) chose it.

[ambuletz]

i bought my secret santa this. (same girl, age etc).

https://www.firebox.com/Beauty-Hacks/p8202


she liked it.

[CanAm]

Why Mummy Drinks
From the writer of the Peter & Jane Facebook page. Very popular with the ladies.

[anonymous-user]

This classic from the Pistonhead archives.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Bus-Stops-Christop...

I'm sure a little budget creep is okay.

[Alex_225]

Raddors said:

The answer is sea monkeys.

That did make me chuckle although I can see the appeal in an office kind of way.

I recall doing Secret Santa thing at an old firm I was at. Department of 100+ people and just get given a name, ended up with someone who I'd never met. Ended up buying something generic.

If it's amongst a team of people you work closely with it can be quite fun though. I bought one of the guys a Nerf gun in one team I worked with, that ended up being quite a laugh.

[simo1863]

this year I'm in two and have done for;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEAN-GAFFNEY-Canvas-Signe...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jiminis-Smoked-Onion-Cric...

Can't find a link but got someone a DIY Vajazzle kit one year too that went down very well.

[alorotom]

Last office based secret Santa I did I bought a used false leg off eBay and some pink sparkly tights for it (and it came in just under budget!)

The victim was a little taken aback but it still has pride of place in the office all year round and this was from 4yrs ago now

[Tim-D]

Best (!) In our as exchange was the truly random.....5kg of rice.... Leading to a fair few wtf moments....lots of piss taking and having to lug it around on a pub crawl...with the inevitable small hole in the bottom...leaving a trail ...... (Copious amounts of alcohol in the equation may have enhanced the comedic effect.....)

[anonymous-user]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Images-You-Should-Not-Mas...

[alorotom]

simo1863 said:

this year I'm in two and have done for;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEAN-GAFFNEY-Canvas-Signe...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jiminis-Smoked-Onion-Cric...

Can't find a link but got someone a DIY Vajazzle kit one year too that went down very well.

ISWYDT

[ZOLLAR]

I was involved in the office one this year, thankfully the female was a colleague I knew so I bought her a bottle of Gin from a Christmas market.
seemed to like it.