I’m not going to, but I know a family member who so hates the pillar candle that another family member gave her that she wants to toss it out.
It’s a gaudy silver, glittery, sparkly thing that sheds its sparkle all over one’s hands and it even gets up on one’s face. It’s also dropped sparkle all over the
tablecloth, and the plate that it sits on is tacky on the bottom and sticks to the cloth. It’s from JC Penney Home Beautiful.
The gift-giver has a history of bringing stuff that does nothing but make a mess all over the house, so it’s not entirely surprising.
Is there anything you received that you cannot bear to keep? Will you regift it? Take it back? Donate it?
I’ve already regifted a couple of things. I have no problem doing that at all, as long as the original giver never finds out. I passed on a decorative box given to me by a co-worker, and I also used a gift certificate from my boss to buy two gifts for other people. I would never have used the gift certificate otherwise, and this way it wasn’t wasted.
I’m still trying to decide. One of my brothers sent me a set of Marx brothers movies on DVD, and I don’t have a working DVD player. Question is whether I’ll be getting a new player soon, or if I should just swap the movies out for something on VHS.
I received a lovely journal that I’m returning because 1)I already have several lovely journals, 2)I use LiveJournal anyway, 3)there are so many other great things I could be getting at Barnes and Noble.
A purse, a shiny cat coin purse, some bad fitting jammies, and a Walmart gift card. The nearest Walmart is an hr away and I maybe go once a yr. Actually I will most likely sell the giftcard but yeah the others will be re-wrapped and given away in record time.
One of our relatives (I won’t say which) is a notoriously bad gift-giver. It’s best to let him know exactly what you want, or he’ll pick something out himself.
I nagged KHespos to give him a list for a couple weeks, but she forgot. And while I got the iPod and DVDs I had been craving, she got a bizarre-looking teddy bear and an aqua-colored poncho. I hate to say I told you so…
Yes. I got a TON of candy - way more than a person living alone can, or at least should, eat - plus I made a bunch of candy and fudge myself. So the stuff that I received, except for some REALLY yummy toffee, will be regifted. I suppose there are worse things to regift than candy though!
I re-gifted a snowman cutesy candle holder thingy from last year, it’d been sitting in a forgotten desk corner all year long so I dusted it quickly and threw it in a gift bag moments before the entire family was due to arrive. I had gotten a gift cert for my eldest sister, but I felt like she deserved something to really open, that fit the bill. My mother was horrified beyond belief, I had to explain the entire concept of re-gifting and she probably still thinks it’s some horrible thing only I do. :rolleyes:
And wouldn’tcha know, the only item I have zero use for this year came from my parents, they got us all kids and kid-in-laws these power tool jack thingies for changing tires. I have a two month old vehicle and free roadside assistance, won’t be changing any tires for awhile, but if I dared give it away to someone who’d appreciate it that’s when Mom or Dad would have some reason to look in my car for it and wonder where it’s at.
I got totally snagged regifting a couple of years ago. My dad had mailed me my present and I opened it before Christmas. Included were some goofy snowmen sock which I’d never wear (I tend more towards the goth side o’fashion). I did Christmas day with my brother and his relatively new girlfriend and his roommates and decided to pass the socks along to the girlfriend. My brother, however, hadn’t opened his gift from dad yet and, whaddayaknow, my dad had sent him a matching pair of socks. :smack: So it was totally obvious what I had done. Oh, well. I hated that girlfriend anyway since she honestly believed tha government had no business spending money on schools and only rich people who could afford to send their kids to private school should have children. :dubious:
This year I regifted the snowmen salt and peppers shakers I recieved in my family’s Chinese gift exchange. Actually, I didn’t regift, I just passed them to my mom who I knew would enjoy them. And that was my only present (I hate this freaking Chinese gift thing we’ve started doing), I guess I gave away 100% of my Christmas presents…
Re-gift? No. Give away to Arc of Texas? Yep. Someone is bound to like the junk my MIL gave me. I’ve been married to this woman’s son for almost 11 years. In that time, I have never once put up a Christmas tree. I’ve mentioned many times that I don’t like Christmas trees. And yet I always end up with cheap, ugly ornaments. I also got a windchime/birdfeeder. I hate windchimes with a passion usually reserved for serial killers. The funny thing is, my list should be a good indicator of what I really like: computer and XBox games, movies, music and books. I learned years ago to put some things that a “proper woman” would like, such as pots and pans, if I actually wanted to get anything at all useful. Otherwise I got junk. My MIL doesn’t like me.
I also got a computer game I didn’t want, but it was likely a simple mistake. I asked for Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 and got RCT 2 instead. So I’ll try to take it back and exchange it for the newer one (paying the difference).
I would much rather stop with the gift-giving for anyone over 18. I’m sure at least some (if not more) of the gifts we gave were less than satisfactory and caused some major WTF moments.
My MIL, whom I usually adore, is a horrible gift-giver. One of her gifts to me, and one of her gifts to my four-year-old daughter will be going back. The gift she gave me is a fuschia colored nylon nightgown in a size 1X. Okay, here are some hints: I don’t wear nightgowns (except for, occasionally, the kind that are meant to be taken off ten minutes after you put them on), and I haven’t been a size 1X in 15 years! She got my daughter a really cute nylon warm-up suit in a size 4/5. Here’s what’s puzzling about that: my daughter wears a size 7 (which I don’t expect my MIL to know), buy MIL said “they had a really adorable pair of pajamas I wanted to get her, but they were only a size 4/5, and I was sure they wouldn’t be big enough!”
Unfortunately, even though she has receipts available for everything, we live in Cumberland, and the gifts were both from Baltimore area stores that have no branches here in Cumberland. I’ll probably have to go back down there to exchange them!
I regifted in record time. I got back home from my family and got a call from my friend to come over for our own exchange. A friend who likes to give gag gifts got the low-budget gift my cousins got me: a little freestanding chess/checker/backgammon table. I figured he might like it and I didn’t even have to bring it in my house. just left it in the car until I got to his place.
Woo-hoo! I’m so frugal! :rolleyes:
usually, I can’t bring myself to regift the crap I get. But this time was special.
I might ‘sell’ my brother my $50 JC Penny’s Gift certificate. Both him and I got one from my grandfather, and while my brother is really into clothes, I am not…in fact, I pretty much have all the clothes I want at the moment, and JC Penny’s doesn’t offer anything unusual enough to warrant getting it on impulse. Thus, 50 bucks worth of clothes is far too much; I’d much rather have $50 go towards getting a Gameboy DS or a new video card or something
**Ethilrist ** - Get a DVD player, for crying out loud! On “Black Friday” (first Xmas shopping day after Thanksgiving) Radio Shack was selling DVD players for $20 (after rebate) Even my 70 year old technophobe mother bought a DVD player.
As for my own regifting, the BIL sent a smoothie-making machine that I’m pondering releasing. Really just a blender with a spigot on the jar. My KitchenAid blender can probably grind this thing up without struggle. It’s probably from Bed Bath and Beyond, which is good as they have an insanely liberal return policy. If the SKU is in their system, they’ll take it back, receipt or not.
