tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post2949663082649050659..comments2023-08-26T01:04:43.031+10:00Comments on Infertile Fantasies: Gifted 2Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-28514245603943703042011-11-14T17:17:00.634+10:002011-11-14T17:17:00.634+10:00Not snail mail. email. Don't know where my bra...Not snail mail. email. Don't know where my brain was...Rachel Inbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211942924192779597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-26713176168954440082011-11-14T17:16:31.455+10:002011-11-14T17:16:31.455+10:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just send me your address by sna...Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just send me your address by snail mail & I'LL decide what books PB and SB really need. No problem :-)<br /><br />BTW, I would also prefer not getting gifts. I usually have nothing to do with them and generally can't even regift something I don't like to begin with. So I try to return them to the store... Recently I returned workbooks my in-laws bought for the kids and bought a map of Vienna (much more practical). MY MIL asked me what I did with the workbooks and I told her I exchanged them (I just can't lie). She didn't even mind...<br /><br />I think books are usually good gifts, especially if you choose them.Rachel Inbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211942924192779597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-62757880963513987832011-11-03T02:29:43.172+10:002011-11-03T02:29:43.172+10:00I'm happy with perishables, if people insist o...I'm happy with perishables, if people insist on giving me a gift. I'll suggest gourmet groceries, esp. the expensive boxes of soup mix, bread mix, shortbread biscuits, etc. You're probably not craving soup at a Southern Hemisphere Christmas, though! D. has taken up home brewing with the Mr. Beer system, so relatives give him refill kits or gift certificates. Last Christmas he received enough refill kits to get us through 10 months of half-pints with dinner.Ellen K.http://www.southcitysadie.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-9275875716671077022011-10-31T18:27:12.686+10:002011-10-31T18:27:12.686+10:00I am in the same boat. My parents always give me m...I am in the same boat. My parents always give me money, which I should use to buy myself what I really want/need but it ends up in my purse and gets spent on groceries.<br />I also have lots of nick knack clutter stuff in my house. Which I just don't have the space for as you know!<br /><br />What if you ask for money, then you can buy a goat? ( Just don't leave it in your purse and end up spending it on groceries like I do)<br />I would have no problem giving to charity instead of a gift, I think it's a fab idea.ColourYourWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869194928164916281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-52448683456551556022011-10-31T04:52:11.074+10:002011-10-31T04:52:11.074+10:00Can you say something like don't bother with u...Can you say something like don't bother with us parents, just gifts for the kids please or just bite the bullet and have a list. They clearly don't want to give a donkey or a mosquito net so I'd give up on that unless you want to point them to the "real" gifts in the charity catalogue instead (as obviously you need lots of handmade stuff).<br />I'm for a list myself. I wanted a fancy whisk last Xmas so I told a family member as chances of them guessing whisk were nil. Result happy me and happy them as the whisk was pretty cheap. Or tell them you have started collecting oaks or tea towels or something else small and flattish. If revolting give away if not keep.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25184159.post-12986531436520413312011-10-31T02:18:58.218+10:002011-10-31T02:18:58.218+10:00I find I do the best if I hand out a very specific...I find I do the best if I hand out a very specific gift list to the family members that ask. Although, unlike in your family, my family tends to stick to the list. I also do really well if I put on things that are practical that I want (because I always want practical things), but the "luxury" version of the thing. Like this year, I want new drawer organizers for my utensil drawers because the ones I have now don't really fit in the new house. So I picked out fancy bamboo ones, so that people will feel like they are giving me a real present instead of just plastic drawer organizers. <br /><br />So in my line of reasoning, maybe you could say that one of your goals this year is to get more organized and they can get you organizational stuff? (Because that is what I want, so obviously you must like it too, right?)HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.com