Secret santa for work - gift ideas?

[Southpaw]

We apparently do the whole secret santa thing at work. I need to buy for one of the vet techs, but I've only worked there for a month so I don't really know anything about her. Our limit is $20. Any ideas on what I could get? I'm horrible at buying gifts for even family and friends, so this is really messing with me haha.

 

[PoodleMommy]

Some ideas I have used in the past:

Coffee Store Gift Card inside a travel mug.

Two wine glasses and a bottle of wine.

 

[Saeleofu]

When we do our secret santa, most people give gift cards. Ice cream is always a winner, usually Borders or Barnes and Noble is pretty good too.

 

[therottweiler]

You might want to give a nice chocolate/truffle box, they turn out to be nice gifts.

 

[eddieq]

I'm a big proponent of toys at Christmas, even for adults (not necessarily "adult toys", pervs). How about something fun and completely impractical? Board game, silly putty, a slinky? If you're going the gift certificate route, how about "dinner and a movie" (Wendy's gift card and blockbuster gift card or something like that).

 

[Barb04]

Lotions from a Body & Bath type store.

 

[bubbatd]

A couple of bags of corn to pop and gift card for movies ?

 

[Southpaw]

Thanks for the ideas! I was figuring a gift card might be my safest bet. The coffee one's a good idea, and I've at least seen her drinking coffee in the morning so I think it'd be something she'd get use out of.

 

[eddieq]

If she uses iTunes, get an iTunes gift card, also.