Need Grab-Bag Gift Idea!

**AmyBoz** · 12-23-2002, 06:37 PM

Okay, I need your creative help! Every year, with dh's brothers and sister and spouses, we do a Chinese Auction. We each pull a number from a hat and each bring a $15 grab bag gift. Whoever gets 1 goes first and chooses a gift. Then whoever gets 2 can either steal 1's gift or take a new one. Then 3 can steal 1 or 2, or take a new one. You get the drift. Anyway...we try to do creative theme gifts and I'm stumped. For my gift I'm theming it "date night." Inside is a bottle of wine (re-gift), a $5 Blockbuster gift cards (gotten from a trade of coupons and upcs), a box of microwave popcorn (free with coupons and a sale over the summer), and a pretty candle (re-gift). So, basically, my gift is free, but still of the $15 value. (They don't need to know.) However, we can't think of anything for dh to bring. Any ideas? (For this one, I don't actually mind spending the money if I have to since the other gift is essentially free.) I'd appreciate any and all ideas you may have!

**aylasmommy** · 12-24-2002, 07:27 AM

gosh all i'm thinking of are pretty cliched gift sets..

Stationary or bath stuff...

Stationary you could include a book of stamps too, to make it more valuable than just getting some paper and envelopes...

Bath stuff, I'm thinking a terry cloth headband to keep your hair away while you wash up, and facial mask...and other things like cotton balls and pumice bars or whatever to fill it a bit more..

I still have to get my inlaws their gift and I don't have a clue what... I got some idea's by thinking about what you could do

**Darlene** · 12-24-2002, 07:30 AM

My hubby got a cool gift last year. Someone on his route (he's a mailman) gave him a nice commuter coffee mug and a $10 gift certificate to a local bagel shop. Yum!

**dz_blonde_girl** · 12-24-2002, 08:17 AM

Dh's family does this too, this year we played BINGO though.

*GC to the Auto Parts store
*Window washer fluid, nice gloves and and ice scraper
*Rolls of assorted tape, assorted screws and nails, screwdriver set to keep IN the HOUSE
*small cooler filled with can coolies
*Scratch off or Pickle cards

That's all I can think of right now...

Edited to add:

*A big box of Gardetto's
*Nacho or chili fixins

**AmyBoz** · 12-24-2002, 12:10 PM

Thanks for the ideas! I went to Target this morning and found a nice bar set. Drink mixer, 6 martini stirrers, 6 wine tags and a corkscrew. I'm the only non-drinker in the group, and with my luck, I'll wind up with it. However, I've got the receipt, so I'll just exchange it for something I'd like!