HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE; My Dream List

This is the item I want not because I need it but because I feel like once I have it I can finally call my mom and tell her not to worry about me anymore – I have my shit together.

Jk, jk – I’m never going to have my shit together. But this is the item I’ve been lusting for as long as I can remember and if I’m being honest it has a lot to due with the status associated with it. All of my favourite bloggers and influencers have this hairdryer and my friends rave about it. I want this goddamn hairdryer so much that it’s even in my about page.

$500 CAD

Full disclosure, I have a bottle of this already but it was gifted to me and I dread the day I run out. And when people come over I hide it because it’s not for them.

I just want to lead the kind of lifestyle that would let my hands smell like a rich lady, ya know?

​$51 CAD

This necklace reminds me so much of the one my mother used to wear as part of her Sunday outfit for church. I love how simple, yet bold it is plus it seems like it would layer with other necklaces so nicely.

This one is extra thicc and I’ve seen it in person. It’s so perfectly shiny without looking cheap and it lays flat so beautifully.

​$785 CAD

These Anine Bing boots are the representation of who I wish I was. I wish I could rock a leather studded boots with buckles. These boots are so badass and they would go with dresses, jeans, casual and fancy shit too. Every time I see them I look like a goddamn heart-eyed emoji.

I even like them in the suede, the grey, the taupe. Every version of them is fucking perfect.

$900+ CAD

EVERY DAMN YEAR I TELL SANTA I WANT A VITAMIX AND EVERY DAMN YEAR THAT FUCKER IGNORES ME.

It blends so fast that it warms up soup. It has a self cleaning mode. It would be all I need to become a food blogger.

K not really – I would make a terrible food blogger because I’m a picky eater and more often than not I just want a burger and fries.

But if I had this VitaMix I could have a liquid burger and fries like I’m bulking up.

$550 CAD (for this particular one)

It’s a foundation that I get a sample to “try out” every time I’m in a Sephora because it turns me into Gigi Hadid with the most flawless glowy skin and I want it on my face all the time but for what will work out to be over $100 after tax for a foundation is too expensive for my peasant face.

It does make you look like a fucking angel though.

$90 CAD

Listen, I’m just as surprised as you are that I love spin class. I feel like a basic bitch every time I say it but I’m getting older and spin is the type of cardio my joints can handle because it’s low impact, so SUE ME.*

Spin memberships tend to be on the more expensive side (my favourite studios are more than $200 a month unlimited) so it’s a splurge whenever I do go since it’s usually about $20 a class (drop-in).

$200ish CAD/month

*Don’t actually sue me, I have no money for you to take.

Perfume is expensive in general, but I can almost guarantee you that in a blind sniff test I can always pick out the most expensive perfume because it’s going to be the one I like the most.

This perfume smells like I have a boyfriend that has a family friend with a cabin in Aspen that we could stay in for free, not that money is an issue sine he’s a distant relative of the Kennedy’s.

Someone needs to tell my tastes we’re unemployed and I should be reverting back to my high school fave, Fantasy by Britney Spears.

​$159 CAD

I get why this is expensive for a planter. It’s handmade and it’s beautiful and to be honest I don’t deserve something this nice because I can’t keep plants alive.

I love that these are designed in Brooklyn and come in variety of skin tones

I have been infatuated with these boob-a-licious ceramics for years and recently noticed that my friends Mikey and Matt have one in their home. I’m not saying I’m going to rob them, but I’m not saying I’m not going to either.

$85 CAD

I just know this goddamn candle would step up my flat lay game. The candle for all your favourite influencers selling you Fab Fit Fun boxes. I probably wouldn’t even light it because it’s so beautiful but it’s $90 and I could never.

​$89 CAD

Y’all – I run real warm. I wake up sweaty but am unable to give up having a blanket while I sleep and I know that linen sheets are the game changer my beauty sleep needs.

I also don’t like to wear clothes when I sleep and I know that having sheets that soften over time would just feel so luxe plus I love the look of super worn-in linen.

Confession time: I am still rotating through the same three sets of sheets I brought with me to Vancouver when I moved here 6 years ago so I think I’m over due for some sheets that are a bit more grown up.

$380 CAD for the bundle that has one flat sheet, one fitted sheet, four pillowcases and a duvet cover.

Sigh. Having a mattress to call my own feels like this farfetched dream if I’m being honest. When I first moved into my studio apartment I slept on the floor (no joke) for about 4 months, then I got a memory foam topper (no mattress still – just the topper). Then almost like a year later (I KNOW) I got a mattress that was a hand-me down. It does the job, but it’s super soft and I kinda sink into a bit. Then almost a year after that I got a bed frame, also a hand-me down so I would LOVE to have a mattress that is brand new and my friends rave about the Endy mattresses.

The last time I seriously contemplated buying one I ended up losing my job, SO… this is on my list of what I’m going to buy when discretionary income is a thing again.

​$775 CAD for a full size.

It’s  feels like silky butter and I know it will fix all of my problems. I put it on every time at Sephora and have never once actually contemplated buying it because $90 is an insane amount to look extra dewy.

For real, go to Sephora, touch it, live it, slather it on your face. Then leave and get mall smoothie instead.

$90 CAD or 10 Jugo Juice smoothies.

I do not need another pair of jeans but these jeans are just so beautiful. When I see another gal wearing them I can tell they’re the AGOLDE jeans from across the street because she looks like she has her shit together and jeans never look frumpy on her.

It somehow manages to be a loose fit but still shows off your silhouette and can be dressed up or down and it’s all I’ve ever wanted in a pair of loose fitting jeans.

I have also never tried them on and I am half the height of this model probably so they might not even look good on me tbh.

$250 CAD

K. Full disclosure, I have no idea what this thing is. It’s some kind of skincare device and there are different formulations depending on your skin type. I love a seemingly gimmicky product and I would love to try this out.

$252 CAD

My leather jacket was the most worn item of clothing and parting with it was such sweet sorrow. It had gotten so beat up that it didn’t even have a resale value so I had to recycle the fabric instead of donating the item.

​My friends are probably sick of me contemplating getting this jacket but now that I’m unemployed there is no contemplation. It’s just a “haha, are you fucking joking?”

​$690 CAD

So apparently the majority of my dream wish list is from Sephora and I do not need another makeup palette. This is over a hundred dollars BUT LOOK AT IT! It’s stunning, everyone swipes right on it and it’s all I’ve ever wanted from my eyeshadows . I may be a little dramatic but I don’t really care. The packaging, the fact that it’s all mattes, everything about this. UGH.

$162 CAD