I celebrated my successes — getting new choreography down or adding a few extra classes one week or practicing until I perfected one precise go — by adding to the burlesque bag my teacher said was a must for all women with striptease sensibilities. She had a list of props she thought we should all start off with but encouraged us to have fun filling our burlesque bags with glittery, feathery, tassled delights that would make all that working out even more fun.

I’m ready to pull out my own burlesque bag again and get my body back into striptease shape. If you are ready to do the same or you know a woman who wants to turn up her fitness by taking off one satin glove at a time, why not fill up a burlesque bag this holiday season?

The bottom line is that an exercise in fishnets is a fantastic way to kick off 2009 and these are ten fantastic gifts to help her (or yourself) get going, most under thirty bucks.