It’s that time of year, and we’re all scrambling to find the perfect gifts, hoping to check off our gift lists early for once. If you have a mom, sister, friend or co-worker who adores agendas, is charmed by checklists and can’t resist a reading list, I’ve got you covered with this gift guide for list lovers! Read on for suggestions to delight your organization-obsessed friends, with unique and fun gift ideas they are sure to love.
Don’t be surprised if you find yourself sing-songing “one for you, one for me” as you peruse this gift guide. I’m drooling over all the items listed here, and I really think I can pull off an Oscar-worthy “surprised” look when I open a gift-wrapped notebook my husband had my 10-year old wrap for me. You’ve got lots of time to practice your surprised face before Christmas.
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Planners & Notebooks
First up, a place to keep all those lists. I love my Notes app and Google calendar as much as the next girl, but there’s something unbeatably satisfying about physically crossing an item off my list. Us list lovers need pretty places to write our lists, and these planners and notebooks fill the bill.
Large size 8.5 x 11 inch planners
Medium Size Planners
List Notepads
Sometimes you really need a stand-alone list. A honey-do list, a do this while I’m gone list for your focus-deficient teen. These tear-off notepads are the perfect solution to a list you plan to give to someone else, or you want to post on a fridge or bulletin board. Beautiful design always motivates me to get things done! You, too? Check these out…
The sweet design! The cheerful colors! The adorable bunny! What teen won’t want to unload the dishwasher and feed the dog when your requests are written on these adorable notepads.
Spell it out for everyone (or yourself). Divided into super important, next up, and if there’s time. Any self-respecting list lover will love this gift.
For the sophisticated list lover—blush color palette, self-care checklist, and gratitude journaling? Yes, please!
Be still my beating heart. A to-do list that looks like a library card? There has never been a more perfect pairing.
Boring Household List Stuff that I Guess You Really Need
Ok, here’s my dirty little secret. I love organized spaces and well-managed calendars, but I much prefer creating the systems for cleaning and shopping than actually doing the cleaning and shopping. Too bad my family wants to eat three times a day…and off clean plates no less. Here are some lists that will help organize the stuff no one wants to do, but if we have to, we want to check it off a super cute list.
A grocery list any urban-modern-rustic-farmhouse list-lover would be proud to display on her fridge! See how many bases we covered there?
Meal plan includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner lines + tear-off grocery list. How could you possibly forget anything with a list like this?
This meal planner/grocery list combo includes a perforated note section also. For when you leave to pick up the pizza and need to remind your teenager to TURN ON THE OVEN!
Weekly fill-in-the-blank cleaning checklist. Simple, streamlined, and useful.
Pretty Pens
Is it just me, or do you get a thrill out of finding a pen that looks amazing, writes smoothly, and feels nice in your hand? If you’re a daily list-maker like me, you know that the perfect pen is an elusive unicorn. Here are a few that are on my wish list this year.
Pretty pens + motivational quotes = sold!
