Hard-to-buy-for people on your X-mas list?

My husband and I vowed we would finish our Christmas shopping early this year so, starting the day after Thanksgiving, we rushed to the PX/BX to find just the right gift for everyone on our shopping list. During the ensuing weeks, having spent several days and, indeed, late evenings searching, we came up empty-handed. Oh, buying for our young children was relatively easy because AAFES had clothes and toys aplenty, and what they didn't have, we bought off Amazon, but when it came to buying for our close friends and a few coworkers that my husband and I exchange gifts with, we found shopping virtually impossible! After scouring the PX/BX and yes, even Amazon, I was ready to give up because any decent present costs $300 and up. Crazy, right? And who wants to spend that kind of money for something that will likely just sit around and collect dust until it ends up for sale again here on Okinawa Yard Sales?

Thank goodness for my down-to-earth husband! He suggested giving our friends something they could really use, something they might not otherwise get for themselves. Thinking along those lines, it suddenly came to me. Our friends are always complaining of being stressed and overworked, yet they rarely, if ever, do anything about it. We frequent Secret Garden Aromatherapy Massage Salon and it has done wonders for us, yet our friends have never tried it. It was at that moment that I suggested to my husband that we buy Secret Garden Gift Certificates for all of them, and my husband agreed! I believe he actually said, "That's brilliant!" With prices starting at under $50 each, we finished our Christmas shopping with one quick phone call and a stop by Secret Garden to pick up the certificates. While we were there we got a couple's massage too and an hour later we were both feeling GREAT, partly because of the fantastic massages we had just received and partly because we were now finished with our hectic Christmas shopping; HOORAY!!!

Check out Secret Garden at:

https://www.facebook.com/SecretGardenAromatherapySalon

https://www.aromatherapyokinawa.com

It certainly made our shopping easier and we know from experience that our friends are going to love these gifts!