Holiday Gift Guide: Part 2, The "I've Got To Spend Something" under-$150 gift for everyone on your list.

The problem: Being poorer than the person that one is buying a gift for is often a tricky situation, as there is naturally not much such person wants and doesn't already have. And when preferences are expensive, as was the case with the The Gadget-Loving Boyfriend/Husband/Brother/Dude/Person covered in this post, the perfect gift begins to seem like an impossible notion created by some evil corporate power for the singular purpose of making you experience strong feelings of misery, inadequacy, dissatisfaction and, eventually, financial over-compensation.

But fear not, readers, you don't have to feel this way! First and foremost, it's reasonable to assume that the expensive-shoe-lover on your list has an affinity for the finer things in life, and that this trait extends to more than just their footwear. I've yet to meet an "I-Only-Wear-Manolos" woman who doesn't also possess an interest in beauty and aesthetics on the whole - so work with that!

And so continues the second installment of Modern-Guilt.com's Holiday Gift Guide for under-$150 list for:

Today's subject: The "I-Only-Wear-Manolos" Best Friend/Mother/Sister/Person...

My under-$150 gift solution #1: Alright, it's been determined that this woman is discerning and impeccable in what she wears, and assumed that the same rings true in all other aspects of her faaabulous life. Naturally, her coffee table would appreciate '100 Years of Fashion Illustration' because she obviously needs something gorgeous to look at while waiting at home for the Prada cashmere cardis she scored on Cyber Monday to be delivered to her door! And make sure that she's not left to inelegantly crease the spine of the book when such packages arrives by including the Robie Bookmark, the design of which was adapted from a Frank Lloyd Wright wall sconce...and if that calibre of design isn't chic, I truly don't know what is.
My under-$150 gift solution #2: Not all designer items are that expensive, and if this person on your list is anything like mine and therefore currently stuck in the treacherous ugliness that only bitterly cold weather brings, a couple of not-knit-by-grandma outerwear accessories may be your first-class ticket to having the coolest gift under the tree for them this holiday season. Be it Miu Miu or Missoni, your Manolo-lover is sure to appreciate a cozy, functional beanie that doesn't make her look like a cross between the Abominable Snowman and a creepy cat burglar. Missoni beanie, $75, Miu Miu beanie, $60. More selection and matching accessories can be found at net-a-porter.com