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Nothing like a bit of stereotype and low blow to frisk things up a bit:>)
SO gifted me 2500 pounds of led. Should I waste my time and turn it into shot? But then it is not all about me anymore. Head scratch!
I think pretty much everybody's of that school today, so - again - I don't see the point of essentially exchanging gift cards! Just spend your own money. Seems rather meaningless.
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A food gift of some sort. What sort depends on the person. Do they like cheese, fruit, etc. I once sent a friend who was from a predominantly Jewish town in NJ but had moved to DC a gift of real bagels from Brooklyn with cream cheese and black-and-white cookies because she missed them. She could only find supermarket bagels there.
That reminds me that I was telling my garden helper about missing chopped liver the other day. He's African-American and could not get the concept, especially when I explained about the necessity for schmaltz for really good chopped liver. It's not available here, but the Giant Food in Northern VA has it. Darn!
LOL!
What is it with the Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars??
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Originally Posted by katharsis
So, leaving out "warm and fuzzy" non-material gifts such as "my family with me at Christmas" or "world peace", or something like "all my bills to be paid in full" or "a new car would be nice", what would you appreciate as a gift that would cost less than $100?
I always loved Christmas - for the real meaning and for the fun stuff.
I loved it when I got a car and was able to drive. My brother, always an excellent co-conspirator, would go shopping with me and yes, he loved shopping (still does) and hunt down cool gifts. It was fun doing it WITH someone and we would be cracking up.
My parents had ugly (or so we thought) patio furniture around the pool so one year, we went to Sears and got them this cool (at the time) plastic type furniture you could just throw in the pool. Anyway, I had a convertible and we drove on a highway (not an interstate) hoping the furniture pieces would not blow out of the car. Laughing all the way.....
We would drive to Miami just to find one sister a necklace she wanted; stuff like that. Miami was over an hour away and I think the mall we went to was another 20 minutes.
Surprising our siblings and parents with fun gifts was so much fun!
Today, though, it's so much harder to surprise people. I have a hard time with my own children.
I remember the Christmas when my daughter was in college. I found a great Kate Spade purse for her and was so excited to give it to her. She gave ME the same one! Same year! I still have it, use it, love it.
I'm sure hers is long gone.
But, I love to give gifts that mean something and I love to receive gifts that mean something.
Rarely do I get a gift these days. I buy my husband something every year but he'll give me flowers throughout the year on some special day.
I just miss the way we did it when I grew up. It just seemed like more fun and my brother and I would play games with our dad and usually he was working so that was special just for the one day.
I love books and I love going to concerts, plays, sporting events. I love going to restaurants - decent ones.
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