With the holidays right around the corner, I suspect that you too are rushing around for last minute gifts right now if you're as irresponsible as I am. Rather than wasting your time fighting with WASPy moms in line at the Yankee Candle in Georgetown, looking at you like your the biggest plebe to hit DC, choose your shopping locations wisely and kill all your birds with one stone (or however that expression goes) without having to sit in Tyson's Corner traffic for over an hour, which, yes, I did. The following places are some great DC locales with great gift ideas that will make you appear like you spent a lot of money when you actually didn't (and will also help to be sure that people get you expensive things in return, after they feel bad seeing that it appeared you spent so much money...just saying). So tomorrow morning, eat a granola bar so you don't get hypoglycemic, chug a vanilla chai, and get your walking shoes on (as long as they look good and match your outfit) for some serious shopping madness, Paint the Town Leopard-style. After much research, I suggest the following stops for your loved ones (and your liked ones, too):
- For your mommy: Hit up Amethyst Boutique in Bethesda, which specializes in silver, gold, and precious metal jewelry with precious stones. The pieces are all affordable and the owners are awesome so you won't feel guilty giving them business.
- For your diddy: Because he's rich and can probably buy whatever he wants whenever he wants, consider purchasing him tickets to a show. Andrea Bocelli? Cheech and Chong? Or, if he's on the feminine side, Susan Boyle? With DC, the sky's the limit with the array of performers we get.
- For your Yiayia (translation: grandmother in Greek): She will be tickled to death if you donate to a DC charity in her name. Consider donating to Starlight Mid-Atlantic Children's Foundation or DC's Central Kitchen, which both have online applications to make charitable donations so you won't even have to leave your living room and deal with DC degenerates two days before Christmas Eve.
- For your boo: Target + Best Buy, baby! But stay away from Columbia Heights and Tenleytown to avoid the insane crowds and check out Alexandria, instead. You'll find laptops and flat screen televisions for as low as $200, and super cheap digis as well.
- For your child, nieces, nephews, etc: Hottoys2009.com is an awesome site with the most popular ranked toys of this Christmas season. Plus, they have rushed delivery so assure that your toys will arrive ASAP. Or, if your cousins are like mine, get them a Barack Obama bobble head from one of the 8000 inaugural souvenir shops.
- For your best girls: Check out Bloomingdales in Chevy Chase. They have some insane holiday sales on Marc Jacobs and Juicy (which I still love, don't hate) that will make them happy since they probably wouldn't buy any of that stuff for themselves.
- For your boss/manager: A Christmas Georgetown cupcake, which just moved to a new and beautiful M Street location and has holiday-themed treats. Totally affordable and they'll think you're very thoughtful.
- For the mailman: Go to CVS and buy some fake Godiva chocolatier whatevers. Because unless your a mother in suberbia, it's problematic for you to be buying pressents for your mailman.
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