Reasons I Deserve a Gift Basket

Scotty and I often joke that we deserve a gift basket for every little inconvenience in life. If we get a cold, “someone should get us a gift basket.” If an appliance breaks or we get an unexpected bill in the mail or we find a rock chip in the windshield… “someone should get us a gift basket.” Yet, we are continually baffled by the amount of gift baskets we don’t receive!

Maybe the problem is no one knows what to put in the gift basket- at least for me. So here is a list of 20 things you can put in a gift basket at any point in time, and I will be simply tickled: 

1. Colgate wisps and /or flossers

2. Crock Pots (just think! You could use a Crock Pot as the basket!)

3. Fine point Sharpies

4. Good dish towels 

5. Gum (just not fruity)

6. Soduku books

7. Polly Pockets or Little People sets (I’m starting an imaginary collection because they have the FUNNEST sets on the market right now)

8. Crunchy Biscoff cookie butter (you could also add a few honeycrisp apples - I’m just sayin)

9. Scrub Daddies

10. Betty Crocker brownie mix

11. Dots pretzels (honey mustard only)

12. Body scrub (and a loofah or scrub brush)

13. Lip gloss or foaming hand soap from Bath and Body Works

14. Dove chocolates (milk chocolate only)

15. Tootsie Roll Mini Bites

16. Kitchen shears or scissors (you can never have enough)

17. Scotch tape (again, you can never have enough)

18. Gift cards 

19. Cash (just throwing it out there)

20. Post-Its or magnetic notepads

Now that you have some ideas, here are a few reasons I’ve earned gift baskets today:

- My feet hurt

- I’ve been awake since 2:00 a.m.

- I dropped a container of cherry tomatoes on my kitchen floor

- My right eyelid has been twitching

Porch drops are now being accepted. Thank you and goodnight.