Fidgetbones; I am with you on the in laws. Mine are big on massive present giving, but don't like animals, birds or gardens. If I ever let them think I liked gardening I would be knee deep in gnomes in no time.
Actually the worst present I ever got was the metal roasting tin from my ex husband. He handed it to me, wrapped up, in front of the family. When I undid it ,I looked inside, expecting some small trinket in a little box. No, just instructions for washing. Now you can make me roast dinners, he said. Cue rest of family falling about the floor laughing. He couldn't understand why I wasn't amused.
It did cost him an expensive rope of pearls with a sapphire and diamond clasp, at the international spring fair in Birmingham.
I sympathise, although as Dove says we are a thoughtful bunch and considerate of the persons wants and likes when gift choosing, there is always the odd few.
These gifts are put into a box and brought out in 12 months time to give to people that have put absolutely no thought in to choosing your gift in the past when you have bent over backwards to get them something particularly appropriate for them!
fidget - even when I was at the age of nearly forty, my mum would still ask, and was still astonished that I didn't put sugar in my tea. Hadn't done so since I was about thirteen.
My girls are quite well trained now. This is this year's prezzie (not the festive duck and rabbit - they live here all year round, and the reindeer are seasonal )
the calendar will give me enormous pleasure all year
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
hmm Fidgetbones, I would have thought a big roasting tin could have been put to better use - cue indoor planting? It sounds as though he got payback though.
Wonky will remember the royal blue ribbed 'petite' tights I was given by a member of the 'ex inlaws', the quarter-used bottle of aftershave given to her brother by the widow of the man who received it from said brother the previous year , and the already coloured in colouring book that she received from the same person when she was a child
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wonky will remember the royal blue ribbed 'petite' tights I was given by a member of the 'ex inlaws', the quarter-used bottle of aftershave given to her brother by the widow of the man who received it from said brother the previous year , and the already coloured in colouring book that she received from the same person when she was a child
My ex inlaws always gave the girls pyjamas when they were young - large pyjamas - even though they knew the girls were very small. They would still be too big for them even now!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Frankie, petite was far from Nanas size either which is probably why she gave them to Dove in the first place! Which is also why when I was in my teens, I was disappointed to say the least when the same Nana told me I had her bum!
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Fidgetbones; I am with you on the in laws. Mine are big on massive present giving, but don't like animals, birds or gardens. If I ever let them think I liked gardening I would be knee deep in gnomes in no time.
Actually the worst present I ever got was the metal roasting tin from my ex husband. He handed it to me, wrapped up, in front of the family. When I undid it ,I looked inside, expecting some small trinket in a little box. No, just instructions for washing. Now you can make me roast dinners, he said. Cue rest of family falling about the floor laughing. He couldn't understand why I wasn't amused.
It did cost him an expensive rope of pearls with a sapphire and diamond clasp, at the international spring fair in Birmingham.
Did I say he was my ex husband?
I sympathise, although as Dove says we are a thoughtful bunch and considerate of the persons wants and likes when gift choosing, there is always the odd few.
These gifts are put into a box and brought out in 12 months time to give to people that have put absolutely no thought in to choosing your gift in the past when you have bent over backwards to get them something particularly appropriate for them!
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fidget - even when I was at the age of nearly forty, my mum would still ask, and was still astonished that I didn't put sugar in my tea. Hadn't done so since I was about thirteen.
My girls are quite well trained now. This is this year's prezzie (not the festive duck and rabbit - they live here all year round, and the reindeer are seasonal
)
the calendar will give me enormous pleasure all year
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
hmm Fidgetbones, I would have thought a big roasting tin could have been put to better use - cue indoor planting? It sounds as though he got payback though.
A very festive scene, fairygirl!
Wonky will remember the royal blue ribbed 'petite' tights I was given by a member of the 'ex inlaws',
the quarter-used bottle of aftershave given to her brother by the widow of the man who received it from said brother the previous year 
, and the already coloured in colouring book that she received from the same person when she was a child 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, to my shame (and everyone else's amusement) I once gave an opened bottle of Baileys with one glass removed and drunk, to a friend.
Is 'petite' not your size?
My ex inlaws always gave the girls pyjamas when they were young - large pyjamas - even though they knew the girls were very small. They would still be too big for them even now!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Frankie, petite was far from Nanas size either which is probably why she gave them to Dove in the first place! Which is also why when I was in my teens, I was disappointed to say the least when the same Nana told me I had her bum!