Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Well, the prices are rather amazing this year, given the state of economy.
As holidays approach, my ultimate gift question arises - what should I buy? It's one thing to shop for friends and family where I can let my creativity shine. It becomes difficult to shop for co-workers, teammates, and especially clients.
What is an appropriate, fun, yet ethical gift? My friends in the financial sector tend to disagree with me and last year their gift bags included goodies from Hermes and places as such. I am more on a conservative side and prefer to give gift baskets composed of items from all over the world (Belgian chocolate, Italian coffee, etc.), good wine, and of course boring but favorite gift cards from Starbucks. We all drink coffee, especially in the consulting world. Those who don't drink it, become addicts on their first 100 hour weeks project.
This year a few of my clients were interested in art and photography, so I got them books and photo-collages from their favorite art galleries in NYC.
In that Christmas spirit, I could not help but also get some treats for myself. Because of my hectic schedule and the fact that pre-holiday malls remind me of an airport during a hurricane season when all flights get canceled, I started shopping online.
Besides the traditional Neiman Marcus-like sites, I discovered a few online places that offer designer sample sales where a truly unique items can be purchased to add a twist to a boring business suit.
Sites such as Gilt Groupe, Rue La La , Editor's Closet sell items from Just Cavalli, Muse, Michael Kors, etc.
Gilt invite: http://www.gilt.com/invite/bachity
Happy Shopping!
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I did a lot of online shopping with various stores.
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