Christmas ornaments as gifts, Two questions Options

[kcroxyoursox]

I need to buy a gift for one more person in our wedding party. She just got her first apartment this semester after living in the dorms, so I thought I would get her a Christmas ornament for the tree she finally gets to put up. But I have two questions:

1. Is it weird to get an ornament as a gift in October?
2. Anyone know of a place to get NICE ornaments? Maybe around $25, and I was thinking the ball shape with a hand-painted design rather than in the shape of some figure.

Thanks!

(PS - note the very detailed topic title. If we want to implement changes, every bit helps right?)