[QUOTE=mswillie;5278119]
OMG I must find one! I have a friend who has a phobia about running off the road, into the water, and drowning.[/QUOTE]
You don’t need a tool- just pop off the headrest on the seat- has two prongs great for piercing the window.
That does not cut the seat belt tho 
[QUOTE=horse-loverz;5300800]
sigh my hubby is guilty this year… again… and he was soooo proud of himself too…
I present you… my new house shoes… or should I say… Horse shoes.…
…[/QUOTE]
I have to admit, we are in stitches over the matching WTF expressions of the people (you and your daughter?) in the background…every time I look at it I start snorting again!
My DSO has a good one. He works in an office environment, and each year they have a $20 Secret Santa gift exchange. So, he spent some time thinking carefully about something tasteful and appropriate, and did a great job all around.
The gift he received? A $5 cheese ball from the local supermarket deli. Plonked in a gift bag.
He has stopped participating in the gift exchange now.:yes:
[QUOTE=horse-loverz;5300800]
sigh my hubby is guilty this year… again… and he was soooo proud of himself too…
I present you… my new house shoes… or should I say… Horse shoes.…
me wearing them…
And a close up… I have named them Captain… and Oblivious after my husband…
He totally missed the sweat shirt and other items I had circled in a catalog and layed next to his wallet, his keys, his luch bag, yes I did move it around… When I asked him he said “What catalog… I never saw a catalog” to which my daughter replied… “you mean with the stuff circled on it that mom kept putting near your stuff??” facepalm…
Well maybe next year…[/QUOTE]
BF got me penguin ones for Christmas and I really like them :uhoh: He got me duck ones a few years ago and I liked those too 
No horses though.
BF’s mom almost got me blankets until BF told her not to. I have about 10 so that would have been a bad gift :lol:
I must say I’ve never gotten anything quite like some of the things on here though!
This year my almost MIL gave me 2 used magazines. Yup, they were dog earred and had her name and address crossed out in sharpie on the front. I also got some juniors size 7 sparkly pink underwear for the third year in a row. I’m not even close to being a jr size… and I don’t want anyone buying underwear for me ever!
I was given a scale for Christmas. It ranks in our family as the worst gift ever given.
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
are you sure it wasn’t the same pack?:lol::lol::lol:
[QUOTE=Alagirl;5332101]
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
are you sure it wasn’t the same pack?:lol::lol::lol:[/QUOTE]
Sadly no, because last year’s are still in the GoodWill pile!
[QUOTE=equescool;5332032]
I was given a scale for Christmas. It ranks in our family as the worst gift ever given.[/QUOTE]
Dang it, I asked for a scale and didn’t get one! Our feed scale in the barn only goes up to two pounds, and The Old One is feed three pounds of senior per feeding. I hate having to use two containers to make up grain, I wish I had a scale that would go higher!
I don’t think it was THAT kind of scale…:winkgrin:
Sister in law got hubby and I a fleece blanket that turns into a cape with Star Wars sh*t on it.
Gee, thanks. Can’t wait to write that thank you card. Any suggestions for proper thanking are welcome.
[QUOTE=Reynard Ridge;2053799]
A large white t-shirt (I am not a size large) with a cheezy photo of three horse heads that says: “Let’s Be Friends!”
From SIL. Who genuinely and sincerely dislikes me. 
[/QUOTE]
OMG, I think my MIL gave me the same shirt & she dislikes me as well, must be a MIL thing!!
My SIL is getting better. This year instead of regifting me christmas clutter that I will put in goodwill. She got me a watch, necklace, ring and earrings. They were all in a set. The watch in 3 seconds I will break. I have 4 watches from various people and don’t wear any of them. The only one that I sometimes wear is from my dad.
I got her a awesome baking set that she will use frequently. All her kids got gift cards.
To keep it HR. Hubby got me a smartpak gift certificate. Only ignoring the 6 or 7 things that I had circled in the catalog and put in front of his face.
Yes, but a gift card is one size fits all. No way he could be wrong. Sounds like a wonderful gift to me.
Yeah I don’t mind getting it. Just wanted something to actually open, and not something in an email.
oh, come on! Give him a break!
He got the smartpack thing right! and after all - guessing here you circled things in different sizes or colors - so he didn’t get the wrong thing! 
Ooh, good thread.
Yesterday, I got an envelope in the post from my almost-ex-husband. It had a key in it. A single key, no note, nothing. I’d been going mad trying to figure out what it was from- wasn’t a house key, or a truck key.
So I phoned him this morning, and asked him what it was from. His response?
“It’s a spare key from the hitch lock you asked for. Merry f----ing Christmas.”
Needless to say, I was pretty damn speechless.
I don’t receive horse-related gifts, ever. (Except for COTH SS the last 2 years! :)) So no scary horse gifts recently.
I did almost get a pretty terrible gift from my brother and his wife this year. A few years ago my mom bought a new dining room table, and asked if I wanted the old one since I was moving out in a few months. I did want the old one a lot because it’s very nice - I don’t remember the name of the furniture company who made it, but I’ve heard they made really good quality stuff. It’s a really nicely made table. My mom didn’t have room to store it, so my brother offered to store it in his basement. Well he ended up keeping it longer than planned because my first apartment had a very small kitchen and the table wouldn’t fit. I would periodically ask about the table (to make sure his wife didn’t give it to Goodwill, or burn it or something :rolleyes: ) and he said it was fine, and they still didn’t mind storing it since it wasn’t in the way. So this past Nov my SO and I moved to a much bigger apartment with a huge kitchen. I could finally get my table! We went to my brother’s to get it and…it was ruined. I mean it’s still in one piece and useable, but the gorgeous wood finish has been destroyed. I can’t imagine what they did to it to cause that. They have a finished basement, so it’s not like the thing sat in a leaky cellar for years. I was crushed, and without even thinking said, “What the hell happened to it? It didn’t look like that before!” Sis-in-law got all snippy and said, “Well we WERE going to fix it for you and give it to you for Christmas, but apparantly you HAD to have a table right away, so we didn’t have time to re-finish it.” Gee. Thanks.
Ok that was a very long paragraph just about a table, but I still get annoyed about it.
Haha, I gave someone a bad gift one year. I guess - I didn’t THINK it was a bad gift. Work grab bag, $20 limit. I put in a few pairs of really soft, really cozy socks, a bottle of body lotion, a bottle of body mist, and a Dunkin Donuts gift card. The lady who got it just went, “Oh. Socks.” <insert fake, ungrateful smile here> No mention of the lotion or gift card. So I mentioned that the other items were in there (in case she hadn’t noticed them somehow) and she said, “I know.” Well Merry Christmas to you, too.
[QUOTE=Gray Horse H/J;5336395]
Haha, I gave someone a bad gift one year. I guess - I didn’t THINK it was a bad gift. Work grab bag, $20 limit. I put in a few pairs of really soft, really cozy socks, a bottle of body lotion, a bottle of body mist, and a Dunkin Donuts gift card. The lady who got it just went, “Oh. Socks.” <insert fake, ungrateful smile here> No mention of the lotion or gift card. So I mentioned that the other items were in there (in case she hadn’t noticed them somehow) and she said, “I know.” Well Merry Christmas to you, too.[/QUOTE]
I think there should be an internation ban of work gift exchanges. You never know what the heck to buy and the recipient never likes what they get event though it could very well be awesome.
I actually feel bad for being underwhelmed by my sisters xmas gift to me this year as I know she means well…I just think she actually doesnt know me at all!
I mostly live on a diet of junk food and pretty much never cook anything (reheat ready meals in the microwave yes, cook, no). In fact im currently storing plates in the oven.
She got me a pie maker. 
Apparently I can make pies out of leftovers. Not entirely sure where the leftovers are coming from since I.NEVER.COOK.
(Best present was from my DH, a hand made, hand stitched, made-to-measure show bridle (english showing)
I knew I was getting it of course as I had to take the measurements for it, but :D)
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