I draw the line at cheap gifts for groomsmen

Hey ESB,

It's '99 Chanel dress girl again. 

Update on that: the dress came and did not fit at all, BUMMER, but it's in the process of being fixed and I can't wait to show you all pictures. Also, I went with the white and gold shoes you thought were hooker-ish, sorry. 

But anyway, today brings me to a new dilemma for you and your sassy readers. 

I don't think I mentioned previously that my fiance and I are 21 and 20 respectively. I know, I know, hold the tirade of warnings, please. Anyway, being halfway through college kind of equals not very rich, and my groom-to-be kind of has a really big heart and kind of wanted to get all the guys (all 8 of them) $40 pocket watches as groomsmen gifts. 

Here's the thing; that is WAY out of our budget for gifts (though we are paying for gifts for our attendants out of our own respective pockets), and pocket watches just seem like not that great of an idea to me on several other levels. Groom-to-be is open to suggestions, so, what do you all suggest for a cheap, but not cheapy gift? Groomsmen range from age 16 to 28. I'd put the budget at $15 a head. 

I have faith in your interwebs searching abilities! 

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Why would I spend 5 hours searching for ($15?!) gifts for your groomsmen when you had NO INTEREST in following my advice about the shoes??

And yeah, you should at least wait til you graduate from college to get married.

A Boy And His Owl by Donna McKenzie on etsy

HELLO Striped Bridesmaids' Skirts

I have been full-on obsessed with stripes for the past week.

The Flynn Skirt + Full-Length Flynn Skirt from Anne M Cramer are answering a question I didn't even think to ask. 

Many thanks to my lady Katherine at Pierrepont Hicks, who is always looking out for me. I almost asked her if they would do wide-striped groomsmen's ties to go with. D'you think that would be too much?