Tell him to deal with the tut. Don’t stress about finding room for it, let him trip over itMy mother in law buys me something for the house every effing year…. We have two completely different tastes in home decor and every single year I tell my husband please ask your mum not to buy us anything for the house but he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings so I end up with yet another thing I have to find room in a cupboard for. WOW that feels good to get that off my chest
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Just got my secret santa gift from work, two bath fizzers that look like there out of the poundshop 
budget was £10, never doing it again
budget was £10, never doing it again
Ours was festive & tacky from a charity shop.Just got my secret santa gift from work, two bath fizzers that look like there out of the poundshop
I'm like Mrs Christmas. Not ONE festive item in my SS. Wish I'd kept the gift I got someone now tbh. I got some drinking game and a pen item. Yay.
Last year I got so much bath stuff I’m still using up the last bottle of it now so something a little different would be a nice change
so something a little different would be a nice change
A neighbour gave me a box of Lindor chocolates the other day, I'm not mad about them so I passed them on to another neighbour, then today I was given another box of Lindor by a different neighbour again 
I reckon it's the same box doing the rounds
I reckon it's the same box doing the rounds
I’ve opened a couple of mine so can I start us off for Christmas gifts 2021?
The woman I work with who I think I’ve told you volunteers in a charity shop and gets free stuff has gotten me a silver cross necklace with a pink sparkly stone in the middle I’m pretty sure it’s a child’s necklace.
And I’ve got a pink gin set from my cousin, I’m really not a gin fan especially pink gin.
I hope I don’t sound too ungrateful but sometimes I wish people just wouldn’t bother.
The woman I work with who I think I’ve told you volunteers in a charity shop and gets free stuff has gotten me a silver cross necklace with a pink sparkly stone in the middle I’m pretty sure it’s a child’s necklace.
And I’ve got a pink gin set from my cousin, I’m really not a gin fan especially pink gin.
I hope I don’t sound too ungrateful but sometimes I wish people just wouldn’t bother.
I can’t wait to read this thread tomorrow
I'm sure I'll be contributing
I hate secret Santa I’m always always disappointed!!! I got a boring card game this year and I hate those sorts of things I never do them can barely understand themJust got my secret santa gift from work, two bath fizzers that look like there out of the poundshop
the budget was only £5 but I think I got a really nice selection for whoever got it and would Have loved to get it myself! A nice big biscuit in the shape of a Christmas tree 
a pack of different festive mini rolls and some white fondant fancies and two sachets of hot chocolate! When I worked in a previous job I got a grow your own boyfriend because there always took the piss that I was single…. And I got them a huge nice winter candle and Christmas bath bubbles ….. :-/ I suppose some may think mine are crap so it’s hard lol xx
I did my first ever work secret Santa this year and got nothing !
The person who picked my name said she’d forgotten and would bring it in the next day, but 10 days later still nothing. I felt like a right lemon sat in the pub as the only one without a gift. I bought mine a candle from a local candle maker as I know she loves to shop local and buy local products etc
The person who picked my name said she’d forgotten and would bring it in the next day, but 10 days later still nothing. I felt like a right lemon sat in the pub as the only one without a gift. I bought mine a candle from a local candle maker as I know she loves to shop local and buy local products etc
My mom usually gives me money (which of course I'm very grateful for) and some things to open on the day itself.
Last year consisted of a three pack of black tights, some cotton wool pads, some nail files, some nail varnish remover and face wipes.
"well they're all things you use, aren't they?"
Can't really argue with that logic
I know I've got tights again this year as I felt them when putting them under the tree
One year at high school I got a cd from a friend... It was one of the free ones you'd get with top of the pops magazine and it was scratched to heavens. Thought that counts though!
Last year consisted of a three pack of black tights, some cotton wool pads, some nail files, some nail varnish remover and face wipes.
"well they're all things you use, aren't they?"
Can't really argue with that logic
I know I've got tights again this year as I felt them when putting them under the tree
One year at high school I got a cd from a friend... It was one of the free ones you'd get with top of the pops magazine and it was scratched to heavens. Thought that counts though!
Not really a Christmas moan, but reading this thread just reminded me of the joy I have to come when it’s my birthday in mid January, the presents I get that are clearly things being regifted to me, same people every single year 
Luckily they all live away so I don’t have to open them in front of them, but honestly I’d rather get nothing but a happy birthday text!
Luckily they all live away so I don’t have to open them in front of them, but honestly I’d rather get nothing but a happy birthday text!
Me too. They look so messy.
I've tried string and card holding devices and still looks cluttered.
Not only that most the family now buy chuff cards from the Card Factory...for some reason, these cards are the equivalent of opening Baylis and Harding.
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So awkward… my Mum and Dad haven’t given me or my husband presents. Littlepotato has his, but we don’t have ours. She mentioned that we did have gifts as we have had a rit year but now they aren’t there. There is a reason behind this, it’s because we are moving away and she’s pissed off. Great.
My sister in law got me an echo falls set. I don’t drink wine.
Is 0808am too early too cry??
Ps 4 year olds don’t dare about clothes!!!!!
My sister in law got me an echo falls set. I don’t drink wine.
Is 0808am too early too cry??
Ps 4 year olds don’t dare about clothes!!!!!
ECHO FALLS GIFT SET!!! that’s it you win
That's just made me think of something. Which nursery rhyme had that line 'the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker'?
Box of lush bath bombs and bubble bars. I don’t own a bath, just 2 walk in showers. I think they are a regift as they are from my sil and they also don’t own a bath.
Presents from the rest of the family tomorrow!
Presents from the rest of the family tomorrow!
Merry Christmas! Hope the rest of your presents are better!
By the way, I volunteer in a charity shop and we do not get any stuff free. If we want something we have to buy it like any other customer and it’s noted down in a record book under our name. If something comes in that we unpack and decide we want, the manager has to value it before we buy it.
When people give donations it’s to help the charity not the volunteers, I think your woman is a bit dodgy if she’s really acquiring stuff for free.
Xx
I despise presents for the sake of presents as does my sibling and my parents have only just stopped buying us rit we don’t want last year. It’s a lot better when people are honest - if we want something we will say but if we don’t please don’t waste your money.
throughout the last week I have been inundated with gifts from people at work - I’m a cleaner and each different shift has got me stuff. I appreciate the sentiment but I have regifted absolutely everything as I don’t drink and I am dairy free - I haven’t been given a single thing I could actually eat/drink even if I wanted to. Obviously I wasn’t going to tell them when I knew I was accepting a pointless gift but it does frustrate me, they could have saved their money and their time.
sounds a little silly to say this but it is a little sad I’ve been given so many things and I have nothing of it, makes me feel a little down. Even though I know I said I don’t like presents for the sake of them it’s still a bit sad nobody actually knows me, I’ve definitely spoken about going dairy free as it was in the last few months - I’ve spoken to numerous people at work about it
throughout the last week I have been inundated with gifts from people at work - I’m a cleaner and each different shift has got me stuff. I appreciate the sentiment but I have regifted absolutely everything as I don’t drink and I am dairy free - I haven’t been given a single thing I could actually eat/drink even if I wanted to. Obviously I wasn’t going to tell them when I knew I was accepting a pointless gift but it does frustrate me, they could have saved their money and their time.
sounds a little silly to say this but it is a little sad I’ve been given so many things and I have nothing of it, makes me feel a little down. Even though I know I said I don’t like presents for the sake of them it’s still a bit sad nobody actually knows me, I’ve definitely spoken about going dairy free as it was in the last few months - I’ve spoken to numerous people at work about it
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