The holidays are fast approaching which means gift buying time again. I enjoy shopping for gifts, puting them in gift bags and dishing them out at family gatherings. As a kid the holidays were all about gifts for me, now I much prefer to give rather than receive. The more adventurous the better, unfortunately I’m not always the best at being clever. Some members of the family are just hard to buy for.
Admittedly my idea outlined below is not the perfect solution, but it does get the creative juices flowing and makes the task a bit easier.
I like to browse through the Amazon wishlists and Listmania at Amazon. This is probably an little thought of resource for many, but it’s actually quite the goldmine of information. If you can find a list related to a product your mother-in-law already has, and that list includes all the necessary accessory “must-haves” that go with it, then you now have a premade list of possible things you can buy her as a gift.
Think about how helpful that is. Print the list and secretly try to figure out which accessory item she either already has or may not need. Cross those off. What’s left are ripe for the buying.
For instance, I search curved shower rod in listmania and get back quite a few lists that pertain to bathrooms and showers. Now I have an instant set of products I probably never would have thought of that I could by someone who either has or wants this product.
Give it a try. Listmania and Wish lists are great tools.
