Secret Christmas present

I'm in desperate need of some new comfy pyjamas, and I've dropped this hint plenty to my husband so hopefully it'll get through to him at least on a sub-concious level. As for the rest of my family, I like the random assortment of bits, books, and bobs I get each year, so I just let them do their thing.

I don't normally advise people buy me clothes as I'm very fussy, but I wouldn't mind a halter dress from Anna Scholz either:
www.annascholz.com/online-store/dresses/evening-dresses.html

From my co-workers, our secret santa gifts this year have to be under £10 so I wouldn't something from this list:
www.red5.co.uk/christmas-gifts/secret-santa-gift-ideas.aspx

Apart from that, I'm totally with Portiatrue! I love Jo Malone candles, some more Yankee Candles would also be very welcome. My house is now covered in these scented candles, who knows what it used to smell like!

I would choose a hard-back copy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy my favourite book of all time.

A huge jo Malone candle please!

I am wishing (and not for the first time!) that I was a Woman of Wealth. I hope it doesn't sound corny, but I have so enjoyed reading all your varied secret desires - big and small - and would love to have the financial and practical means to make those gifts appear. Ah well, I hope the thought will count!

I would like an electric bike or, failing that, a handsome, erudite young man to accompany me to places and events I no longer go to now I am single [sigh]
Dobbies can be expensive, be aware! I only found out last week that Tesco owns it . I recently bought a furry stag's head wall hanging, complete with felt antlers (I know, daft thing, but the gc's like it) in Dunelm for £9.95 and Dobbies are marketing the very same for £20

I love Dobbies too jings Its the only place where I can get my Mrs Bridges Chilli Jam.

a brain that can tell you straight away what the rest in the family want!

Ohhh and some Mrs Bridges Chilli Jam please. No other make will do.

I would (secretly) love an enagement ring. Not an expensive one. I have fairly simple taste it comes with practice .I have never had a proper one and am a teensy bit jealous of people who do.

DH couldn't afford one anyway unless it came from a christmas cracker.

I would like an all singing and dancing sewing machine

Realistically an Amazon card to buy books for my Kindle or fudge from the Cornish Candy Shop in Helston Cornwall. My dream present would be for DH to say he is willing to move to Cornwall to be near DDs and DGC.

helmacd Dobbies is a chain of garden centres. Used to belong to Tesco. Don't know if it still does.

A set of interchangeable knitting needles all organised in a pretty case

Oh to give me the, gift to be able to write poetry of me

For my husband to be off work. We both worked over the festive season for many years and celebrated at various times to fit in with our shifts but now I'm retired I wish he could be enjoying himself at home.

Some gorgeous soft yarns. The kind that is out of my price range. Also magazine subscriptions to all the knitting magazines! (You can guess what my hobby is!)

ginny reminded me - even though divorced for the last 20 years, would love to have my engagement ring back. It was stolen in a house burglary 30 years ago.

And changing the subject- What's Dobbies??

Sorry - forgot this was about secret presents. Well, that's a secret!

Charades are now compulsory when we have Christmas at my DS1's family home. My GC will never let me forget the time I had to mime Tom and Jerry. I feel sure that one day in the future they will be telling their children all about it.

Tickets to a top show and meal afterwards!

When the children were small & expensive my OH and I gave up buying presents for each other and I can't say I have missed it too much.

Having my family around me for Christmas being silly and good humoured is amazing. My children, now in their twenties, think of outrageous things to do at the table to make us laugh like piling up every single separate item of food on one fork (last year 13 items counting sprouts and gravy) and eating it in one go or drinking the gravy with a straw. My son says every single time, 'Best meal of the year,' and my daughter comes out for the ritual Christmas walk with enthusiasm - even the year the flood water came over our wellies. The OH peels the veggies to the 'Nine Lessons and Carols' and my mother says, 'What's this Doctor Who then? I don't like him!' ( I don't think she's noticed the changes in actors!)

You can't put a price on all that.

Ginny, I lost a diamond from my engagement ring and claimed it on the insurance. The replacement cost 3 times as much as the whole flipping ring did quite a long time ago.

I'd love one of those fabulous houses on the edge of the sea between Aldeburgh and Thorpeness. No one seems to telling DH though!

Seriously, I don't really yearn for anything, or need anything for that matter. I would, however, be very disappointed not to receive a surprise present or 3 from DH as he is really good a buying me lovely and thoughtful things (apart from the year he bought an iron!)

As I'm allergic to perfume, any 'smellie' is out, which is a shame.
Actually what i would like mostof__all is time - time that the young could give me to help out in the garden, do things i'm not strong enough to do, just spend quality time with me; help with say painting as my shoulders no longer cope with high walls, etc... Cheap but not likely!

That's exactly what DH did for my 60th birthday Ginny. Except it was a ruby.
He managed to sneak it off to the jewellers without my knowledge. And then he was so worried because he hadn't bought me something new!
It was the most thoughtful present ever!

It's no secret in my family that i always need Liz Earle skincare products. Also, and i don't care what you think of me, I would like a tail-less onesie!
i'm using every opportunity to acquire a collection of cashmere cardigans as well. Thanks for the ideas on this thread. My list has suddenly grown!