Your gift dilemmas solved: a week of bargains

Required reading from a big Christmas shopping week on The Bargain Queen.

* Meg is partway through her ultimate list of Christmas gift ideas for $20 or less. So far she’s provided oodles of inspiration for:
- clever homemade goodies;
- great bags, without the vertiginous pricetags;
- chic wallets;
- fab finds for booklovers; and
- fun ways to spoil your four-legged friends.

There’ll be more Christmas finds under $20 this week in toys, makeup, music, and plenty more, so check in every day for a dose of shopping sanity.

* Sara did what she does best: selected smart finds for luxe gifts without the luxury prices, like a DIY spa experience.

* There’s electrifying colour to adorn yourself in, with peacock earrings and a silk, pintucked top in rich tourmaline — perfect for holiday parties.

* We unearthed the pick of the latest dresses for easy dressing: an empire-line knit by Isaac Mizrahi and the Liz Claiborne halter-neck in washed linen.

* And the most practical of wardrobe staple, the pashmina, was put to the test. We