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Rubber hot water bottle. It is so nice to have when you're sick or achy.

I recently got a double puffy blanket in my endevors to stsy warm while living offgrid. Its one of ny favorite posessions now I use a lot. Feels great, Keeps you very warm when cold, and can be buttoned up as a cloak/poncho. This Halloween I drunkenly wandered around town in near freezing weather with it in and was comfy as hell. Protected me from wind and fufilled my secret dream of wearing a batman cloak.

I am the night, bitch! snuggles up into blanket cloak

Probably a bit out of the $50 budget: a massage.

A kitchen paper holder that you can mount to a wall, shelf, etc, and that has a stopping mechanism so that it allows you to rip some paper off the roll with just one hand. Absolute kitchen game changer.

A water pik machine. An electric toothbrush.

A car phone holder. A bidet.

New kitchen towels.

And some more of the other stuff people already said.

A full size electric blanket (by full size I mean big enough to lay on it completely, like the size of a single bed mattress. I love mine

I’ve had this little fellow hanging in my shower for a year or so now and it’s great. Turn it on and it connects pretty much instantly. Weirdly good sound for the size and water resistant. Keeps my phone dry too

Tozo wireless earbuds (noise cancelling!).
Airfly pro - a little widget that allows you to Bluetooth from the seat back entertainment system on planes.
A fold up kettle.
Nanobags.

I travel a lot. These things are crucial.

a good meal or a good wine, both better with SO or friends; ticket to a good music event (not a festival)

Snorlax squishmallow. It's our secret

Smart plugs! These outlet switches come in packs of four for about $25 dollars. Once installed and set up in the app, you can automate them with scheduled timers or turn them on or off remotely. They will also integrate with Home Assistant, Google Home, and Alexa.

A good, bright head lamp. See everything!

These are the things I'm glad I got back then and would get again if they broke, that fit the price category:

• an onion comb for dicing
• shoehorn with a long handle
• 3 stage knife sharpening station
• wireless phone charger (no more fiddling in the dark with the cable)
• magnetic keychain holder (from AntPocket tools)
• Unicorn Beetle Pro phone case and belt holster (if you're on board with the aesthetic)
• a pair of Klim earbuds (wired, with foam tips)

A cole n mason pepper mill & toss in a bag of tellicherry peppercorns.

Body pillow. I got one off of Amazon for like $30-$40 on a whim to try out sleeping with one. Can't even imagine trying to sleep without it anymore

bidet, electric water kettle, air fryer, pour over coffee, USB desk fan, portable electric heater, air purifier doubling as white noise maker, melatonin, metal tongue scraper, quality kitchen knife / sharpener, fleece Sherpa lined sweatshirt hoodie, wool socks, weekend at Bernie's type sunhat, portable water purifier, ceramic pans,

Weed. Okay maybe the pocket knife is better for a general gift as it is highly practical. I have a Gerber I've used for nigh on 20 years. I miss it when I travel, so I've bought an Opinel and toss it into my checked luggage so I am able to use it on a trip. If I lose it, it was not expensive. Had I lost my Gerber, I would be sad.

I got a Swiss army knife and it has come in handy quite a bit.

I don't know if they're still under $50 but I really like my KOSS Porta Pros, they're just ridiculously good headphones for the price.

I recently got a sling bag for my EDC needs. It weights 1.2 kg loaded. the same as whole backpack that I used for years. It is quite good for if I need to go light but I want to grab some stuff and pockets are already filled to the brim with stuff.

• the cape sundew I keep on my windowsill. As someone with a lot of house plants, it has been a godsend for keeping flies and other pests out of the house.

• my first aid kit. You never want to need one of these, but I've been glad to have it close to hand a fair few times