I am so glad you got that fabulous present for the holidays, but what I really want to share about is The Clunker presents, like a Snuggie, which is really a backwards bathrobe and major fire and safety hazard. Thank goodness, no one I know has received or purchased one of these sartorial horrors. Or maybe they are just too embarrassed to admit it.
Some gifts I recently received include a desktop Leave Me Alone button - you push it and it has a whiny female voice that repeats, "Leave Me Alone" several times. Just what I've always wanted, Not ever!*
Another is a book titled, "Don't You Just Hate That? 738 Things That Annoy". Because I just don't have enough things in my life that annoy me, my friend wants to provide me with additional annoyances. Nice, verrry nice.
If it's the thought that counts, then maybe I need to figure out what this adds up to. How about you? What strange gifts have you received?
* Dis disclaimer- I do not disrespect,solicit, or requests gifts of my friends and I am truly appreciative of the kind gesture of friendship. Sometimes, I just wish folks weren't so kind.
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my MIL sent an exercise video last year.
The snuggie, I could stomach, the leave me alone button..not so much!
I've rec'vd some HORRENDOUS gifts in years past. Most of which have been from the heart of my mother in law. Too many to name. The homemade pajamas usually top the list each year, though.
LOL I got a snuggie this year (no joke) from son. As a blanket laying on the couch taking a nap, it is very comfortable but you are right, it could potentially be a fire hazard if up and walking around with it on and close to flames
my MIL has great taste in clothes for herself but not others. Over the years she's gotten all of us uniquely colored and designed outfits; kids early on learned how to say "thank you" and know they wouldn't have to wear the clothes. Sadly, she would buy them from the military bases so we could never return them and hubby didn't want to hurt her feelings by saying we didn't like the things; but they always did sell at garage sales :)
betty
I have to say it wasn't this year BUT when I was 18 I opened up a gift from my uncle and it was a Barbie Doll.
I looked at him confused and all he could say was he didn't realize how 'big' I had got :)
I was raised to be gracious...and make fun of it later...so kiss, kiss, thanks uncle, I love it...Later...MOMMMMMMM, your brother got me a friggin barbie!
True story.
I got a book called "Porn for Women" which shows a bunch of hunky guys doing things around the house. It's hysterical!
well..Happy 2010!
HA.
Santa brought my son a snuggie.....heehee
Hmm, even from this distance you don't strike me as an annoyed person who wants to be left alone!
xxx
I would appreciate the Leave Me Alone button, if it were brusque/angry. Not whiny, though - that's just annoying. Is that in the book?
I know I've gotten strange presents but I seem to have blocked them all from my memory. Back when I was making my husband buy me Christmas presents (I've given up, and now just order things we agree on myself), I gave him a list of things that I would like to have, thinking he could buy the one that he liked. He came back with everything on the list. It was sweet, but I know he didn't really want to spend that much money, so I felt a little guilty (but not enough to return anything!).
As usual, you always crack me up! My husband has gotten better, but the first holiday together on our own--he got me leather gloves (GLOVES!!)
Husband dearest would so agree with your sentiments - thanks for the present but really there was no need.
How lucky was the snuggie though, I so wanted one.
Don’t knock the Snuggie. It doesn’t get better than a Bedazzled Snuggie and a pair of Crocs. Sadly I did not get a Snuggie or a Bedazzler for Christmas. Poor me.
dont be hating on the snuggie now!!!
as a joke hubby got me a pink snuggie... yea, and im a total dork cause... i'll admit it, i sorta like it... a lot... lol!!!!
Pahahahahahahaha! Martha you never disappoint and I truly love this post. My dear and beloved MIL gave me presents for my son one year . . . . with the tag marked to me??? Weirdo. I am a HUGE regifter and returner. Oh somebody just gave me summer baby clothes (regifted cause they had their girl in the spring) right now and they are newborn sizes??? So I dragged myself and my baby and my toddler to Kohls to exchange them for something warmer (hello, it's winter time in Chicago??? Duh!) And they were clearanced for eighty cents!!!!! WTF now I would have appreciated a bag of thrift store WINTER baby clothes over that, just ignorant, completely useless. ERG!
***AND the damn Snuggie prohibits breastfeeding with it's ridiculous design. Just a thought. Oh, when you run to get a drink does the back of the Snuggie just fly open in the wind like a hospital gown? Just curious :)
I got my uncle a DVD "Fireside Reflections" which plays a loop of music while you watch a roaring fire on your television. He's known for his terrible presents.
It was payback.
Funny Martha. So far I have loved every gift. Is that amazing or what? Well, I just want to thank you for stopping by. I'm so sorry you are dealing with something similar to me. My MIL has Alzheimer's disease. What is a strange twist is that she has treated me cruelly and unkindly all my married years, and yet she now depends on me. I am showing heer love and kindness. I can't possibly do this without God helping me. Today she told my sister in law that my husband and I have a terrible marriage and don't get along, which is an out right lie. I choose to let it roll off. Alzheimer's is an angry disease. It is ugly. I choose to love and set firm boundaries. Thanks for the encouragement. Kathi
I actually got a Snuggie this year. It is so not worth it and I agree it's a fire hazard.
So many of your readers got a snuggie, lucky things. Oh well there's always my birthday in a few months.
Anyway just wanted to stop by to wish you all a Happy New Year.
I'm sure those gifts really made you feel like the person really KNEW you! :) Honestly I can't remember any really awful gifts... but one of my favorites was given to my roommate in college. She had been dating her boyfriend for about 10 months, and for Christmas, he pulled out a gift wrapped in the packaging that makes almost any women's heart skip a beat -- the beautiful blue Tiffany box wrapped in a white ribbon. Her eyes grew big and she opened...
... a paperweight.
LOL. I have a Snuggie. I wear it at my desk every day and love it. The length is longer than a blanket. It IS hideous.
My sister has one, and my new favorite picture of her is where she is sitting on the toilet, wearing a Snuggie, and smoking cigarette.
I'm seriously with you-what's with people who send those kinda lame gifts? I'm sorry if some people think that we shouldn't be whining about gifts but if you and i can make enough efforts with gifts for others and make sure they'll like them...why can't they do the same?
A book of things that annoys you is REALLY weird.
Haha, anyway, Happy New Years too you!
xx
A cheap corkscrew set from Target in the Target brand even. This given to a pair of wine connesieurs, I mean novices, who make their own wine and have a wine rack the size of a wall built by the husband. Did they not think we already had at least 27 different wine openers? Least of all, want a regular old corkscrew when I have one that only requires a handle pull? UGH
Are you bad mouthing snuggies???
I wear mine every day while working on my blog. Ugly yes, but warm and works as advertised...
Fire hazard??? what are you doing in one?
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