[QUOTE=Gray Horse H/J;5336395]
. The lady who got it just went, “Oh. Socks.” <insert fake, ungrateful smile here> [/QUOTE]
What a bag! I had some riding socks from my mother, my sister said she’d never seen anyone so happy about getting socks :lol:
(NB Im not just a sad sock fetishist…my mother used to refuse to buy me anything remotely horsey and these are actual riding socks from a horsey website = breakthrough! :yes:)
[QUOTE=Loopy;5336456]
Apparently I can make pies out of leftovers. Not entirely sure where the leftovers are coming from since I.NEVER.COOK.[/QUOTE]
:lol: Hilarious. I think the pie maker is darling, but yes, completely inappropriate for someone who desn’t cook. :lol:
Apparently most of the family has given up on shopping for me entirely, but that’s really okay, since I just handed an envelope with a wad of Christmas $ to my BO a few days ago to pay my board. Can’t argue with cash :lol:
A few years ago my in-laws gave us a gift certificate for a horse-drawn sleigh ride, which I thought counted as one of the dumbest gift ideas ever. Especially since at the time, I was showing my Belgian Draft gelding, who is very fancy, and drives beautifully. Not to mention we live in WI, where it’s completely frigid outside in the winter, and if I’m going to drag myself outdoors in the cold and snow, it’s going to be to work with my own horse, not to watch some other random person drive around. WTF?
Cigarettes. Yep, it was an SS thing at work and the guy gave me a carton of cigarettes. I thought at first maybe he was just using the box to package my gift. Nope. He didn’t even wrap it first.
I would also like to add that was 18 or 20 years ago, and I no longer smoke.
I agree with the ban on secret Santa crap. First year at a new job in a school - $20 limit. Okay, I end up with a broken $2 ornament that was so ugly. It hit the garbage can. My unpopular boss got a single bath bead. Not a box or container of them a single bath bead. Seriously why are we spending money on crap that nobody wants. I don’t participate anymore either.
This year a new coworker gave me a 2 oz jar of some jelly she makes and sells. Of course she sells the big jars for $5. And then there was the dog poo wreath with a lovely ribbon in it. Well, okay maybe it wasn’t dog poo but even hubby wouldn’t touch it.:lol:
Hubby is great with gifts as he has great taste. Got insulated coveralls one year and they are FANTASTIC. I can do chores and not get dirty before work and they work well to ride in when its really cold out.
Other worst present - from my aunt for doing her a favour. Pink (I hate pink) pyjamas with feet. I was in my early twenties and living across the country by myself. Feety pjs - seriously? Back to Sears they went. Can’t believe they even make feety pjs for adults.
Nancy!
[QUOTE=DeeThbd;5331542]
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]
My daughter is on the left and it is my sister in law on the right… it is my knees they are showcased on :lol::lol:
[QUOTE=JanM;5300779]
ThisTwo-at least the stuff was from this year.[/QUOTE]
Jan, I feel so bad for you over those childhood Christmas’s you had. I just cannot wrap my head around how anyone could do that to people. Their own relatives. Even worse, to children!
DH gave me a gift card from a schwanky downtown spa. Which is nice…but I guess he hasn’t noticed that I have yet to find time to use last year’s gift card from the same schwanky downtown spa…:winkgrin:
I think you are missing the point: Seems he is trying discretly tell you that you need to make time…
Hmm…I don’t think so. He is a very supportive husband and father but tends more to “oblivious” than “discreet”
Which, given my horse habit, is probably a good thing really…:lol:
[QUOTE=Alagirl;5338106]
I think you are missing the point: Seems he is trying discretly tell you that you need to make time…:)[/QUOTE]
LoLoLoL!!! true or not that was funny!!!
I recieved a gift cert of the same kind, and it took me almost 2 and a half years to use. Best haircut of my life!
[QUOTE=Miss J;5338250]
I recieved a gift cert of the same kind, and it took me almost 2 and a half years to use. Best haircut of my life![/QUOTE]
I had a similiar gift certificate years ago, and I managed to use it just before it expired. Ironically, it was the worst haircut I’ve ever had. Apparently my idea of low-maintenance and the stylist’s idea of low-maintenance were two very different things. I expected wash and go, and she expected me to do something to it with a hair dryer and a brush. I don’t even own a hair dryer! :lol:
I’m sure she thought you’d enjoy a Taco Bell Tart, a Wendy’s French Frie Fritter, or perhaps a McPotPie? Yum yum, rewarmed fast food!
Good one - thanks for the laugh!
So, what does one do when after 16 years of marriage, I have yet to buy something for Christmas for my DH that he likes? Well, I did manage with the DVD player back when they were the newest and hottest technology. He is not into horses, buys himself everything that he wants whenever he wants it. . . it’s a killer. He tries to be polite but his acting skills are bad. And to top it off I have a snitch (my DD) who tells me what he really thought of my latest attempt. To make matters worse, he really buys me great gifts, and I feel like a horrible wife that I cannot return the favor.
Impose a strict puchase ban 6 to 12 month before Christmas! and insist on an amazon wish list! 
About half the time Mr. Trixie will tell me what he wants, half the time I have to guess. I managed to score one with the full book of all Da Vinci’s medical drawings, but the alternative was… boxers and socks? Boys are hard.
[QUOTE=MunchkinsMom;5338562]
Good one - thanks for the laugh!
So, what does one do when after 16 years of marriage, I have yet to buy something for Christmas for my DH that he likes? Well, I did manage with the DVD player back when they were the newest and hottest technology. He is not into horses, buys himself everything that he wants whenever he wants it. . . it’s a killer. He tries to be polite but his acting skills are bad. And to top it off I have a snitch (my DD) who tells me what he really thought of my latest attempt. To make matters worse, he really buys me great gifts, and I feel like a horrible wife that I cannot return the favor.[/QUOTE]
Get out of jail free cards. Give him three for use during the next 12 months. Any time he does something stupid and you are about to lay into him (and deservedly so) he can pull out the card and get a free pass. Of course there are limits to what can be forgiven…
LOL - I’ve given him boxers and pj pants before, in a last ditch effort to find something he would use (I did put the dogs names on the tags in the from section).
I like the “free pass” card, but honestly, he rarely does anything that I lace into him for (I tend to just fume to myself instead).
I’ve tried the ban and the wish list, no go there either. Guys are tough!
The first year after my OH and I split, he had lunch with us on Christmas Day and then took the kids over to see his family.
They arrived to find no-one home. There was a box on the porch with their presents, and a note “Had to take Grandma home.” :mad:
DS was 11, DD was 17. I doubt either of the kids remembers what the presents were.
XOH doesn’t understand why DD won’t have anything to do with his family. :no:
Turn DD from a snitch to a spy. Get her to find out what he wants BEFORE christmas 
[QUOTE=MunchkinsMom;5338562]
Good one - thanks for the laugh!
So, what does one do when after 16 years of marriage, I have yet to buy something for Christmas for my DH that he likes? Well, I did manage with the DVD player back when they were the newest and hottest technology. He is not into horses, buys himself everything that he wants whenever he wants it. . . it’s a killer. He tries to be polite but his acting skills are bad. And to top it off I have a snitch (my DD) who tells me what he really thought of my latest attempt. To make matters worse, he really buys me great gifts, and I feel like a horrible wife that I cannot return the favor.[/QUOTE]
Don’t fight it, and don’t risk wasting money on something he doesn’t like. Ask him what he wants, tell him absolutely not to buy it before Christmas, then buy it and wrap it up. No surprise, but what good is a bad surprise? If he can’t come up with something, give him a gift card for his favorite store (sporting goods, home and hardware, auto or whatever).
When I get an unwanted gift, I feel so bad that money has been wasted. Much better to not be surprised than to have to fake delight!
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