Last Minute Gift Idea
A couple of years back I was having a conversation with a friend on twitter about how he was going to have to cut off the finger tips of his gloves just so he could use his smartphone during the winter. And to be honest, it never occurred to me (or to any of you for that matter)—until you had your gloves on and tried to answer your phone. And then you realized you couldn’t, so maybe you pressed harder, still NADA. Well the days of cutting off the tips of your fingers on your gloves are over. No you don’t even have to buy those gloves that already have the fingertips cut off. You can have have stylish gloves and not have to take them off to use your phone, iPhone, iPad and any other touch screen device.
The gloves are designed with ISOTONER’s signature Stretch materials for superior fit and flexibility, the gloves have a conductive thread embroidered on the index fingers and thumbs that conveys the electrical impulse to touch screen devices –allowing uninterrupted typing and texting in the cold. Oh yeah “electrical impulses”… sexy hey?
Look at these bad boys!
Price Range is $24-30, they come in various colours and styles and they are actually quite warm. I did shovel my driveway in them and my hands were still warm, so it’s not like they aren’t also functional as well as stylish.
Pros: Moderately priced, allows me to use my phone in the cold without freezing my fingers off
Cons: The gloves work well, but they are not really precise for quick typing. You have to be really deliberate with your typing.
So if you’re looking for a gift for the tech savvy person in your life, or hey even grandma has an iPhone these days, the Isotoner Smart Touch Gloves are where its at.
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Worst- a pair of pink frilly silk sexy underwear. From my grandma. When I was 8.
I think that’s when she started losing it.
The worst gift I ever got for christmas was the game Ring Toss…….when I was 17.
if you don’t know ring toss, it’s for kids aged 3 and up: http://www.kaplantoys.com/store/trans/productDetailForm.asp?CatID=12%7C0%7C0&PID=19843&area=next&WT.srch=1
Let’s go back to 1989, shall we?
The era screamed New Kids on the Block. I loved Joe. For Christmas that year, all I wanted was Joe any and everything. I guess my communication didn’t seem to pass to my parents and Santa too well because instead of a Joe doll and similar themed items, I got Danny everything.
Danny, while I’m sure he had a nice personality, did nothing for me. Notta. I got screwed over, royally.
That Christmas I am sure that several girls enjoyed Joe as I tried to convince myself that Danny was acceptable. He wasn’t. From that day forward, my Christmas lists have always been in writing.
The worst gift I ever got at christmas was a set of cheap hairbrushes from my MIL last year. Dollarstore type brushes. ended up giving them to DH’s daughter to brush her dolls.
The worst Christmas gift I ever got was a bottle of Elmer’s white glue from my grandparents when I was 12.
The first Christmas I had with my hubby (then boyfriend) he bought me a bike helmet. I didn’t have a bike. 🙂
Worst Christmas gift I ever got was nothing. From my husband. It only happened once. ;-0
My parents got me an electric floor sweeper. I smiled politely, never let them know that it was nutty to give me one. I was a neat freak, and I guess they thought I would appreciate it. Should have told them to give it to my messy sister!! Hah! Hah!
Another Christmas when I was about 9, they gave me an off-brand “Barbie” with weird rubber band joints and gave my younger sister (yep, the messy one) a genuine Barbie. They told me that I was too old for dolls. Boy, I guess I know which one of us they liked the best.
Best gift I never got. Ex-husband bought me a cappuccino maker “for us to share” — of course, he took it with him when he left.
My ex boyfriends mom bought me a sexy red teddy (the lingerie not the bear) for Xmas. Not telling me, I opened it up in front of his entire family! Awkwardly horrifying!!
Worst of all she got all excited and begged me to try it on!
SMH.
You win my dear, that’s a horrible gift in front of family from the bf’s mom!
I was 8 and like every year we did a name draw with my numberous cousins. Yet my aunt gave me coke a cola coasters can we say ‘forgot they had my name’!
I received a clothing steamer. You know, the kind that stores use to keep their clothes wrinkle free? And no, I didn’t ask for it.
On Christmas eve my girlfriend at the time called me up and dumped me for my best friend. On the phone. I was 17. Worst. Gift. Ever.
It seems that I’m a magnet for bad gifts, a few of the most recent include:
• a large ‘skelaton’ key spraypainted black (clearly my grandmother doesn’t know who The Black Keys are)
• a facial steamer (‘it’s almost the same as a foot bath’ – which is what I actually asked for)
• a men’s manicure kit (‘what’s the difference? Fingernails are fingernails’)
• several bottles of vodka and a martini shaker (I haven’t drank vodka in 15 years!)
• plumber’s putty (I’ve got no explanation for this one)
Thankfully, there have been some really great gifts mixed in there. I may have picked them myself, but that’s not the point!
I never got the worst gift but I remember when I was about 6-7 I wanted this singing little mermaid doll that had a mi cyou can sing to
And the doll would sing it. I wanted it so badly and bless my parents for their efforts but they turned
Every store sears, the bay, toys r us you name it upside down and couldn’t find it. Alas to save face Santa had written me a note to say my special doll was nowhere to be found but that he would keep trying. Still, 21 yrs later I am waiting for that singing little
Mermaid doll. Lol