Shop Annandale: gift ideas – part 2
Our first post highlighting places for holiday shopping in Annandale covered Hello Fancy, the Treasure Trove, Petco, and a comic book store. Here are four more Annandale stores to put on your shopping itinerary:
Among the gift possibilities are Vera Bradley bags (“Julia” pictured here is $52); Thymes products for indulging the body, such as lavender lotion ($20) and body wash ($16); a Santa platter ($99) and mug ($34) from Vietri, and jeweled picture frames ($104 for an oval and $140 for a rectangle).
Auntie Te’s consignment shop in the Bradlick Shopping Center at the intersection of Backlick and Braddock roads, has a variety of gently worn women’s clothes, shoes, and accessories. Among the gems I found one day last week: a red Anne Klein purse for $22, a silver sequin dress from Banana Republic for $68, an elegant Dana Bachman blazer for $38, and a pair of nearly new black suede peep-toe pumps from Nine West for $24. If you’re looking for a hideous Christmas sweater, they had an over-the-top cardigan for $9.
The Amore, 4219 John Marr Drive, features cosmetics and skincare products from Korea, including the premium Sulwhasoo line of herbal products ($50 to $220 for cream with ginseng) and plant-based skincare items from Iope ($60 to $80). The shop offers Lolita Lempicka perfume and lotion gift sets for $69 to $80.
Then there’s Annandale’s department store, K-mart (4251 John Marr Drive), with gift items for just about anyone. Here are some possibilities from the Big K: a HoMedics massage cushion ($29.99), a talking Woody from “Toy Story 3” ($49.99), a Disney Princess or Spiderman 16-inch bicycle ($69.99), a jewelry boxed shaped like a cabinet ($59.99), an “NFL Huddler” blanket with sleeves ($19.99), and a kit with everything you need to make s’mores ($14.99).
