Last time I got fun and funky for the White Elephant gift guide. But what if you’re trying to please a larger crowd? This year I had to buy gifts for my very first Yankee Gift Swap. Unlike White Elephant gift exchanges, these gifts should actually be good and useful, you know… things people really want, things people will fight over!

I used a couple of the ideas in this post, but here are things that are sure to become the most popular item at your Yankee Swap or family gift exchange. (Bonus: Most of these things are Amazon Prime, so that means they’re perfect for last-minute gifts!)

Unique white elephant gifts that’ll win the holiday season

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On November 18, 2015

In holidays, shopping

It’s that time again: Time to stress about gift-giving! As I was shopping for the people on my list, I kept seeing gifts that were SO AWESOME, but so not exactly right for my shopping needs. So maybe these unique gifts will help you win the holidays this year, or at least make a killing as white elephant gifts…

15 gift guides for just about ANYONE

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On December 13, 2014

In holidays, shopping

My FAVORITE thing is to find the perfect gifts for people. It’s like a sport for me. So much so that I have amassed a ton of different gift guides for so many specific people and interests. I figured I should put a list together of all my gift guides in one handy-dandy spot on the internet.

Here we go:

My second favorite thing is know that I’ve helped others find perfect gifts. So if I have done so successfully, please let me know! It warms my cold black heart.

Christmas is canceled: A video-assisted guide to my feelz

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On November 25, 2014

In holidays, sad times

So it’s official: Christmas is cancelled. Due to work reasons, Aaron and I aren’t able to make it to Texas to spend Christmas with our families. We’re bummed as all hell, my parents are broken hearted, and my sister has basically threatened to kick my ass… if she ever gets to see me again.

Let me tell you about the first (and LAST) time we had Christmas on our own…

Adventures in Adventure Time Halloween costumes

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On October 20, 2014

In fashion, holidays, nerd stuff

Last Halloween, I was finally able to unveil my costume that took me all year to put together: Steampunk Princess Bubblegum — based on this drawing.

Here’s how I pulled this off without sewing anything:

Aaron’s 37th NYE birthday blowout

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On January 2, 2012

In holidays, parties

Aaron's 37th NYE birthday party

Once again, Aaron’s birthday rockin’ eve was an amazing time. There was a lot less people at this party then at years past, but it was just as much fun as they’ve always been. For those of you who don’t know, Aaron is that guy I married and his birthday is 12/31. We both used to hate that birthday date because, well, making reservations for dinner is a nightmare and most of your friends can’t hang out because they’re trying to give their partners a nice evening. So we started throwing an annual New Years Eve birthday party for people who don’t feel like celebrating New Years Eve with the masses. And it’s been our favorite day of the year ever since.

Here’s how this birthday blowout went down:

Animal masks were donned:

Megan (koala) & Aaron (giraffe), Daren (monkey) and KayLee (tiger)

Ari as the creepy horse.

The Finleyquists were together, as always:

Aaron's 37th NYE birthday party

There was much dancing:

Our Merry Finleyquistmas

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On January 1, 2012

In holidays

Here’s a quicky about the my first Christmas without ANY family. The Finleys spent it with our best friend Coco Rosenquist — hence the “Finleyquistmas” name.

We spent Christmas eve with Oliver and Marianne:

Coco rocked her reindeer slippers.

The next morning, aka Christmas, I got up before everyone else, turned on our fireplace, and spent the morning with my fur babies…

Why this atheist loves her some freaking Christmas…

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On December 24, 2011

In holidays, life

yoda star
This year is the year that I came out as an atheist. I don’t know why it took me so long to admit and and share it with others. But, I feel a HUGE sense of relief being really out and proud about it.

This post is one that I’ve been kicking around for a while, but I never published last year when I started writing it. And now, a year later, I’m ready to hit publish and put this out there.

This is how and why this atheist not only celebrates, but loves her some Christmas. It’s long, and rambles at time, it talks about my views and awkward experiences with religion, but if you feel like getting inside of my brain, you can take a stroll through this Christmas-themed coming out party…

Have yourself a geeky little Christmas

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On November 28, 2011

In holidays, nerd stuff, shopping

Since it’s Cyber Monday, I thought I’d get all superficial on your asses over these awesome geeky holiday finds. This departure from “serious blogging blogger” is brought to you by this Yoda Christmas tree star and a lot of other adorakable products:

Y’all know that I really want this, right? Like, BEST TREE STAR EVAR!

From the best tree star to the best holiday wreath…

Awesome gifts under $20 for your whole family

By Megan Finley Horowitz

On December 6, 2010

In holidays, shopping

A few years ago I was going through an extremely bad year, financially, so I had to cut back on my Christmas gift spending. I managed to pull off ALL the family gifts for under $20 and it was one of my favorite gift-giving years! This year we are in that very same boat. So I’m working my butt off trying to find awesome gifts for family for under $20.

I got a lot of gifts for people from Fiji where everything was super affordable, but I also am managing to find a few other things on the internets here and there. So, here, if you are interested, is my 2010 holiday gift round-up.

[Spoiler alert: If you are family member, you may not want to read if you want to be surprised at Christmas time!]

Page keeper — $8

Genius! I’m super stoked about the Page Keeper. I bought a few of them (one for mahself) because I’m pretty sure that these are perfect for almost everyone who likes to read and they’re freaking $8 each, but the more you buy the more you save!

funk in deep freeze

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Unique white elephant gifts that’ll win the holiday season

15 gift guides for just about ANYONE

Christmas is canceled: A video-assisted guide to my feelz

Adventures in Adventure Time Halloween costumes

Aaron’s 37th NYE birthday blowout

Animal masks were donned:

The Finleyquists were together, as always:

There was much dancing:

Our Merry Finleyquistmas

Why this atheist loves her some freaking Christmas…

Have yourself a geeky little Christmas

Awesome gifts under $20 for your whole family

Page keeper — $8

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