This week Melanie and I dig into some areas of personal dysfunction - practical things in our lives where we have largely operated as if we had no choice but to participate in poorly functioning systems (that sounds really serious, but I can assure that our discussion is not). We also spend some time celebrating the #5 Texas A&M Fightin' Aggies before we jump into the main focus of this episode: our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide, this week with gift ideas for teenage girls and guys.

All that to say: it's links aplenty in this week's show notes, and we hope that some of our gift suggestions will make your life a little easier this year. Next week we'll talk through our gift ideas for women and men, so GIDDY UP, everybody.

Hope y'all enjoy!

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Show Notes: (some are affiliate links)

- Threshold Gold Plated Utensil Holder

- Cereal containers

- Melanie's new printer

- Seychelles Offstage Chelsea boots

- Dolce Vita Huey Chelsea boots

- COOP HomeGoods pillow

- Offline Real Me Crossover High Waisted Legging

- Cattlebaron in Cashmere on IG

- Pure Sciences Neck Firming Cream

- Kleem Moisturizing Retinol Cream

Teenage Girls' Gift Guide

- Morgan Harper Nichols' prints

- Project 62 frame at Target

- Heather Schieder's prints

- UV LED Nail Lamp

- Galaxy Lights

- ABLE Rachel Wristlet (use promo code BIGMAMA25 for 25% off from now until the end of the year)

- ABLE Letter Necklace (use promo code BIGMAMA25 for 25% off from now until the end of the year)

- Retro Sweatshirts and t-shirts

 -- Van Halen t-shirt dress

 -- Red Hot Chili Peppers t-shirt

 -- Beatles sweatshirt (all sizes)

- Disney+ Gift Subscription

- Chelsea boots in white (and here's a Zappos link)

- 4-in-1 charging station (great for girls or guys)

- Bath & Body Works Sweater Weather (any product in this scent)

- Massage gun for deep tissue (great for girls or guys)

- Desktop Bible verse calendar by Pearl & Rose Designs

Teenage Guys' Gift Guide

- Sports apparel (Melanie's favorite online retailer is Shop '47)

- Basketball shorts (Amazon Basics or Under Armour)

- Ice Mule

- Oofos Recovery Sport Slides

- Foot Massager

- Restaurant Gift Cards or Cash

- Spike Ball Set

- Goodfellow Knit Pajama Pants

- AirPods Pro (for girls or guys) - on sale at Amazon right now - $55 off

Show Notes:

- Prose (free in-depth hair quiz and 15% off)

- Thrive Market (sign up and receive a free gift of your choosing up to $24 in value)

- Native (use promo code BIGBOO for 20% off your first order)

- AcornTV (use promo code BIGBOO for 30 days free)