freddie Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Picky lot, aren't we!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dogmother Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I'm often accused of being a bit of a taste fascist; I'd just rather that folks didn't waste money on stuff I don't want or won't use. Luckily we're not into presents in a big way, so it's not much of an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 my sister, mum and myself are going to a health farm in Jan instead of buying each otherpresents. I love that idea! I will put it to my sisters for next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Anything in the wrong size and i have to take it back for an exchange . Soap , tights ,hair accessories ( mine is med length and won't even take a bobble or slide) any perfume that smells of soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I had thought that I was easy to buy for but, having read some of the other posts I agree I'd not want smellies (unless Neal's Yard or similar aditive free) candles (unless soy wax or similar) knick knacks (have too many already) a Kindle (LOVE books!) or anything with instructions (if its not blatantly obvious how to operate something I give up - hence my afinity with the corkscrew!) My dad once bought my mum a step stool; she was not impressed. It seems that Christmas is a time when people buy others things that they think the others need/should have without thinking things through - maybe the red mists come down and desperation sets in! I admit to being guilty of this on occasions! At lease the charity shops do well in January - I love ''doing the rounds' after Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Anything to eat, especially chocolate or anything with pictures of chickens on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Toiletries/smellies, candles, clothes, scarves and gloves (I have 100s) or anything gadgety. Sounds like a lot of us feel the same about many of these items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Cheapo perfume, trainers, baseball cap, packet of fags ( Chav kit), pointsettia ( bleurgh), a baby! Oh & anything JML, especially those shower feet things. I'd love a onesie!! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I think I'm pretty safe - I rarely get much under the tree . I don't do smellies or anything girly and my boys are pretty hopeless anyway, so I suspect I'll get chocolates and possibly a book or two. I quite like this quote which came from an article posted on Facebook by one of my colleagues: Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke, but for god’s sake stop trashing the planet to tell someone you care. All it shows is that you don’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I went to a little mulled wine and mince pies party last night and the sweet hostess gave each guest a tiny wee item wrapped in tissue paper - mine was a little key ring - some others had a little decoration for their tree. Nothing would have cost more than a fiver but each item somehow had the recipient in mind. That's what I'd like Christmas giving to be like. Then I would not worry about money being wasted and if I didn't like the thing would not feel guilty if I popped it down to the charity shop (Actually I love my key ring which compared animals to chocolates because one can't stop ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Perfume I have little sense of smell (since having flu one Christmas) and synthetic perfumes all smell like toilet cleaner to me. They make me sneeze too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Cheapo perfume, trainers, baseball cap, packet of fags ( Chav kit), pointsettia ( bleurgh), a baby!Oh & anything JML, especially those shower feet things. I'd love a onesie!! Emma.x I think you can rest assured you're unlikely to receive any of those, particularly the fags and the baby! I know what you mean about the JML shower feet, the thought makes me totally shudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Umm... what are JML shower feet? Phil and I are taking each other to see Midnight Tango next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Coat hangers, I received these from some family friend when I was seven, beautiful wrapped, but I was gutted!!!! I would be now too, still traumatised by them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Umm... what are JML shower feet? JML Shower Feet Phil and I are taking each other to see Midnight Tango next year. You will have a brilliant time - enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlina Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Do not want a 'onesie' (not even for the comedy value!) Or chocolate (I'm fussy) Or smelly things (mostly allergic) Or a pack of 4 pairs of rubber gloves (one of last year's gifts; perhaps i should do more housework, but really..) Or anything else in a size 10 (flattering, perhaps, but I've not been a size 10 since I was about 12) Or anything for the shower. I don't own a shower But should someone give you an unwanted slanket i'll happily take it off your hands - can't wrest mine from the cat since it got chilly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Umm... what are JML shower feet? JML Shower Feet Good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Umm... what are JML shower feet? JML Shower Feet Good grief I feel quite ill now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Why, oh why did I click on the link. I cannot believe what I've just seen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Cool, sort of a cross between a Croc and a nail brush! (I wouldn't want any though! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I've been battling with HMRC online services since 8am, having failed miserably last night and given up. Then I clicked on this link. It made me laugh out loud, so thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 freddie - hope you win!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hmmmm Let's see.... Thorntons chocolates bleurgh!!!!! Magnolia toiletries Anything that is not personal, ie for the kitchen!! No no no. Other than hat I think I am pretty happy with most things and happy to even receive a present from people in these difficult times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Somehow a baby under the tree would make me panic somewhat!!! So no, not one of those for me either - unless it was a baby bunny or other cute furry house pet that I could love and squeeze and hug . . . Oh it's Hob"Ooops, word censored!"s for Cooks that are wanted under the tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
