![]() ![]() ![]() Customizing your OWN “Favorite Things Party” Here are a few past gifts given in our parties to help you brainstorm: FAVORITE coffee, coffee mug, socks, underwear, tote bag, necklace, watercolor paint kit, dish scrubbing brush, card subscription box, wine glass drying towel, mittens, nail polish, memory pillow, pan, magazine subscription, decorative napkins, exfoliating mitt, face wash, essential oil diffuser, spatulas, work-out top, etc. I can say with 100% honesty that every single one of the gifts given to me through the years has now become staples in my household, wardrobe, etc. I can not speak highly enough about just how exciting it is to receive a gift that a friend/family member of yours is so passionate about. By the end of the game, all participants not only have a collection of gifts, but they are guaranteed to have great quality items that are loved by those they love most.As a result, we have set a $20 price cap per gift, resulting in an overall $100 allowance. We have six people in our party (including myself) which means we each will purchase and receive FIVE different gifts. Generally speaking, the more participants in the party, the lower the value. Wanting to have your own “Favorite Things Party”?… the rules are quite simple. Now six years in, we have not only perfected the rules but have also created a tradition that we thoroughly look forward to each year. And so was born our “Annual Favorite Things Party”. ![]() However, we then realized that not only did we wish to buy for everyone in our group (not just a randomly selected friend), but we also wanted the opportunity to gift our closest friends something we KNEW they’d love because we love it ourselves. We tossed around the idea of traditional exchanges (i.e. It was Christmastime and we found ourselves wanting to create some form of gift exchange. Now fast forward a few years to where a few of my college besties and I decided to turn one of our favorite specials of all time into a tradition of our own. From her favorite book, to her favorite set of pots and pans, to even her favorite vehicle… if it was on Oprah’s list, then her audience members were in luck. The “Favorite Things Special” was an annual holiday inspired episode where Oprah would not only list her favorite items/products of the year, but… WAIT FOR IT… she would also give EVERY audience member one of the items. What is/was the “Favorite Things Special”? However, in the event you have found yourself living under a rock, allow me to explain. (Comedian Dane Cook even poked fun of the special in his stand-up act, “You get a humpback whale, you get a humpback whale, everybody gets humpback whales!”). Heck, even those who never caught a single episode have probably heard of this annual special. Every past Oprah Winfrey Show watcher could tell you exactly what this special was about. As intriguing as each show was, there simply was no episode that compared to the “Favorite Things Special”. When I was in high school, I’d often find myself at home in time to catch The Oprah Winfrey Show. ![]()
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