Luke

Gift advice for "her" birthday

If you willingly clicked on the link to this article, it's probably because you're stumped on what to buy your significant other. I'm writing this piece in the context of my own girlfriend's birthday, but you could apply this advice to any holiday or relationship.

Luke

2nd April 2021

Why it's okay to want

For a long time, I've been afraid of recognition, praise, and gifts. I criticize myself endlessly. I expect better of myself, and I think - no, believe - that gifts and money are wasteful.

Luke

17th February 2021

Valentines Day in isolation

As we approach a Valentine's Day made distinct by social distancing, it's time to prepare a celebration that renews passion between lovers, but also reminds those other acquaintances what they mean to us.

Luke

22nd January 2021

Holiday Revelation

For someone who wrote for a gift-list site, I admittedly was never one for giving gifts. Call me frugal, call me dull, call me a grouch, call me what you will, but I would call myself content.

Luke

5th January 2021

New Year, New Gift-List

It seems that every January starts the same: new goals, raised expectations, and enough motivation to finish a PAX wardrobe from IKEA even after you lost the instruction manual.

Luke

17th December 2020

Holidays, by the books

I think I speak for most people when I say the upcoming holiday season will be a quiet one - figuratively, of course. Mariah Carey will still blast out of every stereo in our house, and I assume your local shopping centre will have the same spirit.

Luke

2nd December 2020

Funding Your Next Holiday

As hard as Things to Get Me tries, sometimes gifting isn't easy. It's hard to tell what others want. Sometimes, it's hard to tell what you want! And sometimes, people don't want a gift at all.

Luke

18th November 2020

Shopping for the Kid in You

Few of us are immune to retailer's many ploys to create artificial moods, myself included. I purchased my first pumpkin spice coffee last week because it came in an enticing orange container.

Luke

27th October 2020

It's beginning to look a lot like virtual Christmas

Yes, I agree, it is too soon. The sun still shines. The birds haven't even started packing for the journey south. And rumor has it Santa is taking a vacation in Ibiza.

Luke

10th September 2020