Well, this kind of says it all, no? I would not be able to see beyond the actual present of said toilet bleach tabs for Christmas–sometimes it’s more than the thought that counts (and what kind of thought is that? I think of you, a toilet and chlorine bleach? WTF is that? Plus they’re about $2 at the grocery store…)
I hear you Across, on the lingerie. One thing about The Husband–he’s never been into sexy lingerie. Since my idea of hawt undies is (was–I’m middle aged and staid now) wearing nothing under one of his dress shirts or his T shirt to bed, this is a good thing. Everyone is different, and Victoria’s Secret is making a killing, but for me, lace-scratchy hell and “sexy”=skanky/silly/stupid to me. YMMV. But to get you a bra that has enhancement built in when you clearly don’t need it–that is mindless indeed. So mindless that I think it needs to be addressed. Pick a time when you know you can speak about this calmly and without blaming. Talk to him. It may not help future purchases, but it might. Either way, the air needs to be cleared because this is seriously effecting you.
FTR, I got my husband a digital keychain thingy for Xmas. I knew he wouldn’t use it for a keychain, but it is small enough to go in a drawer at work and he likes to take pics and look at them etc. He got me nothing at all (not a request). Two days after Xmas he told me he can’t get the keychain software/program/whatever to open/download/whatever. He’s the computer expert in the house, so I just shrugged.
About par for the course, as Christmases go. Am I happy with this? No. But I’m not so unhappy as to try to get him to meet my needs this way–that’s a mug’s game (for me–I wish all here better luck than I have had). I try to buy one nice thing for myself and pretend that’s my gift (and it is–from me, to me).