Adding a well-made planner to your wish list almost guarantees that an organized friend (or adultier adult) will snatch it up for you. Bonus points for asking for a couple of nice pens to go with it. 

Matching Stemware

Products: Pier 1 Imports, Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock, Crate & Beyond, Urban Outfitters, Bed Bath & Beyond

Still serving your friends their drinks out of a cobbled-together collection of Disney glasses, Goodwill finds, and mugs? Been there, friend. Unless the mismatched look is your aesthetic (in which case, you know what I’m going to say – you do you, bb), a matching set of four to six wine glasses will make you seem (and feel) adult af when you have friends over. 

Plus, unless you go CRAZY and ask for crystal or whatever, a set of four wineglasses is a pretty low-impact gift, price-wise, so ask away without guilt. Just be sure to be a thoughtful human being and invite the person who gifts this to you over for a drink. Oh, and don’t break them the first time you use them. 

Don’t drink (or don’t drink wine)? That’s cool – this applies to just about anything you could use to serve folks – flatware, drinkware, plates, you name it. #matchingeverything

A Fashion-y but Warm Coat

Top Row: Military Coat – MANGO, Blush Faux Fur – Dolly Perkins, Wool Cocoon Coat – MANGO // Bottom Row: Blush Duster – TopShop, Black Faux Fur – H&M, Heather Cocoon Coat – TopShop

Look, I live in Michigan, so a well-made winter coat is a MUST – and chances are, if you’re a functioning adult doing the thing in the world, you probably already have a coat that you wear everywhere during the winter. But it’s also possible that it’s not the most fashionable thing you own. 

A second coat – especially a fancier coat that you can wear to dressier events – happily inhabits that intersection of practical and luxurious that makes for a perfect adult-y holiday gift to ask for. Don’t be afraid to go for trendier styles, like the furry or cocoon coats above, when paired with conservative colors or silhouettes.