The Best Last-Minute Gifts You Can Get on a Drugstore Website
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It’s down to the wire. It’s too late for even Amazon to save you, and you’re really not thrilled to go out and shop in person. What is a last-minute holiday gift shopper to do?
Go online at the local drug store, of course.
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Pharmacy shops these days are chock full of items way beyond health, beauty and household essentials. And you don’t have to look far to find perfectly gift-worthy items that don’t scream “last-minute.”
Even better, in the current shopping-during-a-pandemic world, you can get your hands on these giftable goods safely via curbside pickup and/or delivery service options that all of the drug stores on this list offer.
Both CVS and Rite Aid offer same-day delivery through Instacart. Just be prepared to pay both a service and delivery fee of $3.99 to $7.99, plus a service fee that is typically 5% of your order total.
Walgreens allows customers to order online or use the Walgreens App to pick up orders curbside or via the drive-thru in as little as 30 minutes (but we hope you’re not that last-minute). Walgreens also partners with Postmates for home delivery, which includes a delivery fee. You can potentially save on fees for both delivery services by signing up for monthly memberships, which are $9.99 a month.
To save you even more of the time you don’t have now, we’ve scoured the drug store websites to find the best ideas to help you finally cross the last items off your list, from grandparents to babies and everyone in between. Take a look at these items you can get if you need a quick gift.
Art Naturals Bluetooth Essential Oil Diffuser
- Price: $34.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
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Art Naturals Top 12 Essential Oils Set
- Price: $19.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
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Sharper Image True Wireless Earbuds With Noise Isolation and Qi Charging
- Price: $39.99
- Store: CVS
- Delivery: Instacart
PopSockets PopGrip Phone Grip
- Price: $9.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Funktion 2 Player Dueling Laser Tag Tag Set
- Price: $29.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Gleem Power Toothbrush
- Price: $19.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
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Dashing Mini Whiskey Barrel
- Price: $21.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Majestic Pet Pad
- Price: $29.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Baby Hooded Towel
- Price available in store
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
8x10 Collage Bamboo Panel
- Price: $29.99
- Store: CVS
- Same-day pickup
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Harry Potter Icon All Over Umbrella
- Price available in store
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Dashing Golf Putt and Return
- Price: $14.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Sharper Image Heated Foot Vibrator Personal Massager
- Price: $37.49
- Store: CVS
- Delivery: Instacart
Read More: Best and Worst Deals at CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid
Ridley's Jigsaw Puzzles, 500-Piece: Beer Lovers or Cat Lovers
- Price: $12.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
- Cat-lover’s version
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A Little Something Salt Lamp
- Price: $21.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Totes Socks
- Price: $9.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Nice! Antibacterial Hand Wipes
- Price: $2.79
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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Cody Bay is an award-winning writer, editor and media ace based in Seattle, WA. With a focus on social good storytelling and content strategy, she recently led the Microsoft News for Good initiative at MSN, creating content experiences to inform and empower readers to take action on the causes they care about. She has contributed to a wide variety of local and national publications, including Microsoft’s IT Showcase, The Seattle Times, Seattle magazine, The Travel Channel and the Puget Sound Business Journal, and was previously a multimedia editor at The Associate Press in New York.
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It’s down to the wire. It’s too late for even Amazon to save you, and you’re really not thrilled to go out and shop in person. What is a last-minute holiday gift shopper to do?
Go online at the local drug store, of course.
Read More: How Amazon Is Handling the Holiday Shopping Crunch
Pharmacy shops these days are chock full of items way beyond health, beauty and household essentials. And you don’t have to look far to find perfectly gift-worthy items that don’t scream “last-minute.”
Even better, in the current shopping-during-a-pandemic world, you can get your hands on these giftable goods safely via curbside pickup and/or delivery service options that all of the drug stores on this list offer.
Both CVS and Rite Aid offer same-day delivery through Instacart. Just be prepared to pay both a service and delivery fee of $3.99 to $7.99, plus a service fee that is typically 5% of your order total.
Walgreens allows customers to order online or use the Walgreens App to pick up orders curbside or via the drive-thru in as little as 30 minutes (but we hope you’re not that last-minute). Walgreens also partners with Postmates for home delivery, which includes a delivery fee. You can potentially save on fees for both delivery services by signing up for monthly memberships, which are $9.99 a month.
To save you even more of the time you don’t have now, we’ve scoured the drug store websites to find the best ideas to help you finally cross the last items off your list, from grandparents to babies and everyone in between. Take a look at these items you can get if you need a quick gift.
Art Naturals Bluetooth Essential Oil Diffuser
- Price: $34.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
Read More: 9 Best Grocery Delivery Services That Are Worth the Money
Art Naturals Top 12 Essential Oils Set
- Price: $19.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
2020 in Review: The Year for Grocery Delivery Services
Sharper Image True Wireless Earbuds With Noise Isolation and Qi Charging
- Price: $39.99
- Store: CVS
- Delivery: Instacart
PopSockets PopGrip Phone Grip
- Price: $9.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
The Year of Delivery: Companies That Surged in 2020
Funktion 2 Player Dueling Laser Tag Tag Set
- Price: $29.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Read More: Grubhub, Postmates and the Biggest Startup Acquisitions of 2020
Gleem Power Toothbrush
- Price: $19.99
- Store: Rite Aid
- Delivery: Instacart
Looking Ahead: The Most Anticipated IPOs of 2021
Dashing Mini Whiskey Barrel
- Price: $21.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Read: 25 Senior Discounts To Help Stretch the Holiday Budget
Majestic Pet Pad
- Price: $29.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Holiday Preparations: How To Have a Holiday Dinner on a Budget
Baby Hooded Towel
- Price available in store
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
8x10 Collage Bamboo Panel
- Price: $29.99
- Store: CVS
- Same-day pickup
More at the Drugstore: Smart Ways To Spend Your Healthcare FSA Money in 2020
Harry Potter Icon All Over Umbrella
- Price available in store
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Year in Review: What We Spent Money On in 2020
Dashing Golf Putt and Return
- Price: $14.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Did You Know: 15 Unexpected Places To Score Senior Discounts
Sharper Image Heated Foot Vibrator Personal Massager
- Price: $37.49
- Store: CVS
- Delivery: Instacart
Read More: Best and Worst Deals at CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid
Ridley's Jigsaw Puzzles, 500-Piece: Beer Lovers or Cat Lovers
- Price: $12.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
- Cat-lover’s version
It’s Not Too Late: Where To Get Unique Holiday Gifts Without Leaving Your House
A Little Something Salt Lamp
- Price: $21.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Read: 10 Most Outrageous Things for Sale in the Goop Catalog
Totes Socks
- Price: $9.99
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
Nice! Antibacterial Hand Wipes
- Price: $2.79
- Store: Walgreens
- Pickup or delivery: Postmates
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About the Author
Cody Bay
Cody Bay is an award-winning writer, editor and media ace based in Seattle, WA. With a focus on social good storytelling and content strategy, she recently led the Microsoft News for Good initiative at MSN, creating content experiences to inform and empower readers to take action on the causes they care about. She has contributed to a wide variety of local and national publications, including Microsoft’s IT Showcase, The Seattle Times, Seattle magazine, The Travel Channel and the Puget Sound Business Journal, and was previously a multimedia editor at The Associate Press in New York.