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@mediagirl: good stocking ideas! thanks! my mom never put anything in ours growing up, but I was thinking of starting with the girls this year. Tim Hortons is a coffee and donuts place, like Dunkin Donuts.

I'd check out the dollar bins at Target for some fun goodies. Also, the dollar store has a lot of little things, including cooking gadgets, munchies, even stuff for the garage.

I'm putting in a small LED flashlight, coffee, socks, screen for cooking bacon, gas card, and I don't know what else yet!

I second the $1 bins at Target, they have some good stuff!

we do lots of candy - like holiday Reeses trees and marshmallow Santa. it's small and it gets eaten so no knick-knacks to hang around the house afterwards.
sometimes things like socks, gift cards, gloves, iPhone case, etc.

For our stocking, we like to fill them with gift cards, small sized items like electronic accessories, new pens, lotions, chapstick, socks, undies, etc. We also like to get some spice rubs, sauces, and similar items because we love to cook.

For budget items, what are his interests/hobbies? I love thrift shops and Goodwill for kitschy, one of the kind little things. They've got books there, sometimes they have things like sets of golf balls or gardening items, glassware (so you could get some mini bottles of alcohol for his fave drink and a vintage shot glass or cocktail glass), ornaments, records, etc. Sometimes they (or a Dollar Tree type store) might have razors on sale, shaving mirror, nice men's soap, etc.