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Morning all - just getting ready to get moving here....I expect DD will show up on the doorstep complete with piles of laundry and a myriad of other stuff here in the next few hours. Figure I'd better at least get a start on my laundry this morning...especially as we have a dinner party to go to tonight. The dinner party is at a restaurant and is to celebrate the 50th birthday of a good friend. I'm unsure as to the gift giving protocol on that. It is at a restaurant and I'm not quite sure how many people will be attending - the 2 other couples who I know well enough to confer with, are unable to attend due to other commitments. I don't want to embarrass him with a gift but don't want to come empty handed either if everyone else will show up with a gift. My inclination is to bring a card especially since it is at a restaurant and I don't want to clutter things up...I just don't know. Any thoughts?
We went to Trader Joe's today. It's a great place. We got stuff for some excellent prices there. The quality is so much better than grocery stores, too. Since moving here we do most of our shopping at the farmer's market or Trader Joe's. Haha, I made it seem as though that's the only place we went. We went to the farmer's market today, too. It was food shopping day.
I haven't been to Costco in years. It's just too crowded, and I'm way too impatient for the lines there.
Thanks guys - I was leaning toward a card - maybe a bottle of sake (they are Asian) but since we know absolutely nothing about what consitutes "good" sake, I'd be wary of giving something that might turn out to be swill.
MM - last December I hosted a 50th b'day at our house for a dear friend. This was for a female, which may be different, but everyone brought a gift of some sort - and she received gift cards as well.
I always considered the 40th b'day the gag gift. Not the 50th. I would give a card and the sake is a good idea - or just a nice bottle of wine.
MM - last December I hosted a 50th b'day at our house for a dear friend. This was for a female, which may be different, but everyone brought a gift of some sort - and she received gift cards as well.
I always considered the 40th b'day the gag gift. Not the 50th. I would give a card and the sake is a good idea - or just a nice bottle of wine.
They don't drink wine - which would definitely be my general "go to" gift at this point. And yes, I agree - 40 seems more of the gag-gift age (glad that's over -it can definitely be kind of awkward)...I wonder if our local liquor store would be knowledgeable about sake?
They don't drink wine - which would definitely be my general "go to" gift at this point. And yes, I agree - 40 seems more of the gag-gift age (glad that's over -it can definitely be kind of awkward)...I wonder if our local liquor store would be knowledgeable about sake?
There are a very very few circumstances under which I don't hate gag gifts. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Right now is one of them: a good friend is about to start treatments for what we're thinking is a relatively "no big deal" cancer. She's very much not the sentimental type, but I wanted to let her know I was thinking good thoughts for her, all that. We've been joking about the side effects of treatment, so I bought her some ginger lollipops and a package of those "stick on" barrettes you buy for bald babies. Tacky and tasteless, but if I got all mushy, she'd think she was dying and nobody'd told her.
There are a very very few circumstances under which I don't hate gag gifts. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Right now is one of them: a good friend is about to start treatments for what we're thinking is a relatively "no big deal" cancer. She's very much not the sentimental type, but I wanted to let her know I was thinking good thoughts for her, all that. We've been joking about the side effects of treatment, so I bought her some ginger lollipops and a package of those "stick on" barrettes you buy for bald babies. Tacky and tasteless, but if I got all mushy, she'd think she was dying and nobody'd told her.
I don't mind gag gifts if the gag is specific to the person and circumstance (like you described - the thought that went into making someone smile is appreciated). The gag gifts that someone I don't know thought up generically and someone I do know (but not well enough apparently)spends money on (thinking "Over the Hill" themed playing cards etc as well as most items that can be purchased from Spencer's -if they even still exist) I generally dislike - they seem a huge waste of money to me and then I'm stuck with what to do with a bunch of crap that is brand new but I don't want.
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