30 practical gifts everyone secretly wants

Gift giving can be a fun excuse to get a friend a wacky or lavish gift they wouldn’t normally buy.

However, it can also be an excuse to give them something more practical that they’d never get around to buying. Because everyone secretly loves boring stuff.

Here are 30 boring, practical gifts that everybody could use.

1. All Purpose Kitchen Knife

Price: $10.99

2. Rainbow Sharpies

Price: $12.00

3. A Fresh Pair of Shoelaces

Price: $5.79

4. Planner

Price: $20.00

5. Heated Blanket

Price: $49.99

6. Barnes & Noble Gift Card

Price: Varying

7. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser

Price: $6.47 for eight

8. Squatty Potty

Price: $29.99

9. Noise Canceling Headphones

Price: $111.00

10. Tweezerman Tweezers

Price: $21.99

11. Fold Up Rain Jacket

Price: $38.83 – $69.95

12. Pack of Six White Undershirts

Price: $14.98 for a pack of six

13. Moleskine Classic Notebook

Price: $14.63

14. Smartwool Socks

Price $18.95

15. Long Phone Charging Cord

Price: $9.85

16. Foldaway Step Stool

Price: $15.99

17. Uber Gift Card

Price: Varying

18. Contigo Reusable Water Bottle

Price: $9.97

19. Selection of Kind Bars

Price: $4.99 for four

20. Laptop Case

Price: $39.90

21. A Fancy, Grown-Up Pen

Price: $13.05

22. HDMI Cord

Price: $6.99

23. Basket Full of Medicines

Price: $9.99

Every adult should have Advil, Tums, sleeping pills, pepto bismol and Emergen-C on hand.

24. Herschel Backpack

Price: $74.99

25. A Keychain That Will Actually Keep Your Keys Together

Price: $5.27

26. Deck of Cards

Price: $5.27

27. Tea Pot

Price: $18.00

28. Spoon Rest

Price: $5.99

29. Steripod Toothbrush Sanitizers

Price $19.99

30. Cute Safety Matches

Price: $12.00 or two for $20.00

Read more: http://mashable.com/2016/11/29/boring-gifts-everyone-wants/