Santa's Helpers: Your Under-$40 Gift Guide

Supermodel Eva Herzigova poses with her Secret Santas for the Printemps Holiday 2013 Ad Campaign. Photo courtesy Printemps. 

Originally posted in The CLOSET

This happens every single year. You've figured out your big gifts (or at least a few of them - just me?) and feel like you can sit back and actually start to enjoy the peace, the merry, the joy of this wonderful season. Then a few weeks before the big day, it hits you: you still have about 90 gifts to buy. Between teachers, Secret Santas, neighbours, co-workers and random second cousins, it all adds up pretty fast. And forget about budget - it's more about figuring out what on earth to buy people you don't really know all that well.

This year, make a list, check it twice, then get it done. I've rounded up the greatest gifts for under $40, perfect for anyone (and everyone) on your list. And when it all just feels like too much, there's always a comfy chair at Starbucks and a perfect Peppermint Mocha with your name on it. Happy shopping! And seriously, you don't have to get me a thing... 

SEE THE GIFT GUIDE HERE...