Popsugar Must Have Box: December 2012

My December Popsugar box arrived right before Christmas! I was excited to open it (as I usually am). It was the perfect pre-Christmas gift for myself. Everyone needs a pre-Christmas gift for themselves, right??

Here are the previous boxes I’ve received:

• October 2012
• September 2012
• November 2012

1. Must Have Food
   Bogdon’s Peppermint Poles
   I’m not a huge fan of peppermint, but these had chocolate on them so I gave them a shot.
2. Must Have Food:
   Tea Forte
   Coffee > Tea in my world, so I’m not a big tea drinker. I haven’t actually tried these yet. I never know what to put in my tea? They do look like nice quality though.
3. Must Have Beauty:
   Jaboneria Marianella Soaps
   These smell wonderful!
4. Must Have Tech:
   GoSwype
   eh. I wasn’t too impressed with this.  It’s essentially a screen wipe with anti bacterial built in. Since I have the Lifeproof case on my phone, I just use a Lysol wipe which just seems more effective (though clinically unproven) to me.
5. Must Have Home:
   Bodum Bistro Mugs
   I feel like I am being suffocated by all the coffee mugs, cups, and glasses I have in my cabinets…but maybe these will slowly replace some of the coffee mugs that just aren’t aesthetically pleasing and that I have no emotional ties to. I liked the size – enough for a regular cup of coffee without feeling like I was carrying a half gallon of coffee around. I can’t say whether the double wall kept my coffee warmer or not, but it didn’t notice it getting cool super quick.
6. Must Have Fashion
   $30 to Rent the Runway
   For $30, I could get some jewelry, but not a full dress or anything. I was quite surprised that renting a dress was $100+. I mean, they are quality dresses which are significantly higher in price than that, but I was still surprised.
7. Must Have Fashion
   Pinch Provisions Minimergency Kit
   They really thought of everything when they made this.
   
   In fact a few weekends ago on a Girls Bachelorette weekend in Savannah, we dumped this out on the bed in a search to find bobby pins.
   
   (No such luck, but they literally have everything else possible in here!)

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