Originally Posted By Dave >>>I love my FoodSaver. Best gift of 2004.<<< Foodsavers are awesome. There has been on in the family for about 15 years now. I want to get one to store collectables in.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* Kylesmom! I didn't know they made such a thing! Slasher board game... What happens to the loser?? ;-) LVBelle... Of course baby's going to be a girl! We can just 'tell!' *HUGS*
Originally Posted By scottie I always thought that it was cool to give more "practical" gifts but it wasn't until I bought my mom a broom vac one christmas I realized it wasn't the huge hit I thought it would be. My female friends especially couldn't believe I thought it was a good gift. I had no clue. They informed me those kind of "appliance" gifts (or anything that has to do with chores) should only be given to women if specifically asked for. Sometimes I still slip...especially when I'm shopping two days before Christmas.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice It's not a matter of dislike so much, Dave (except that I REALLY don't have the counter space for it)... As I posted, we just have no use for the thing. It sits and gathers dust.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice scottie... No worries... as long as you learn your lesson. *L* ;-) In all fairness, when I was young (19) and moved into my first apartment I was THRILLED with the household stuff my mom, dad and grandparents gave me for Christmas that year... An iron and ironing board, cannisters, dishes, a toaster oven, an inexpensive set of pots and pans (perfect for a beginner who had a tendency to ruin them. ;-) and yes... a broom-style vacuum!
Originally Posted By Ursula Our first Christmas living together I asked for a hand mixer. My husband was stunned, like a deer (or a dear, Ha!) in headlights. He came well-trained by good women and just KNEW and felt this was a possible trap. If he bought it, did that mean he saw me as a domestic-only person, if he didn't buy it would it make me mad since I asked for it? Oh the stress!!! But really, I wanted one. I enjoyed baking and I was lousy at hand-mixing manually. He solved the problem by buying jewelry and the hand mixer.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut << I was lousy at hand-mixing manually. >> Are you better at hand mixing automatically?
Originally Posted By FaMulan I love our Foodsaver. It was an anniversary gift from my mil. When we are able to do a real shopping trip, we get the mega packages of meat to portion out and freeze and nothing packages a pair of steaks, pork chops or chicken breasts like the Foodsaver. We also have the marinating container and it totally tocks!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs *prepares for Winter Bash '06* FoodSaver... check. S'mores maker... check. Oh, and btw, I've never had real S'mores before. I've had S'mores cereal and granola bars and the candy bars, and possibly even ones made in daycare... Actually scratch that last one; I've never had the fire-grilled S'mores before. And my semi-clunker is that my neighbor has been getting me a Far Side calendar (either wall or desk) since '97... sometimes the Far Side-esque Close to Home was used instead. I would have preferred if they had just gotten me the Far Side Galleries instead (they did get me #5)... but no, a Far Side calendar every year. And I still have all of them. I hardly ever throw anything away. Ever.
Originally Posted By Kala Every year my family does a white elephant gift exchange. It is a lot of fun and we do the, if you like another gift you can take it, thing. The gifts are far from being a true white elephant and can be pretty neat. DH's grandparents are also included in our family holiday events since we are their only relatives in the same state. This year their white elephant gifts were a can of pringles, the short can, and a bar of soap. It sure added an element of humor and the recipients really held them up high hoping to entice someone else to take their gift. I think my brother was offering samples of the pringles and my BIL was offering sample smells of the soap. We got KISS golf markers and tees, and club covers! REAL good times, and it bought the true meaning of White Elephant back to the game.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Short can of Pringles and a bar of soap... *LMAO* Ya gotta LOVE anyone with that great (bizarre!) a sense of humor!! Too funny!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter ROFL @ post 68! Ursula, your husband is clearly a highly intelligent man and definitely a keeper.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 What is it with in-laws?!!? My daughter's mother-in-law and mine are so alike. My daughter is always getting things her mil (is there an abreviation for in-laws?) thinks she needs or is too stupid to buy. (Like 4 winter coats for her toddler.) This year we were all together and the bag of stuff she gave us was all food that by the looks of it was given to her at some time and has been stored for quite awhile. (yum yum) My mil is always trying to pretty me up with lipsticks and vile smelling perfumes. (I am the essential oil type.) I thought I was being polite when I opened the 34th (that is how many years we have been married) box of toilet water and bath wash and smiled.....until I saw the video tape. I actually grimaced and shook my head before I composed myself and said, "Thank you." These gifts generally end up going to the women's shelter.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka <<I actually grimaced and shook my head before I composed myself and said, "Thank you.">> That is hilarious! Well, maybe she'll get the idea. ;-)
Originally Posted By wendebird I just opened a gift my cousin gave me. It was hot cocoa mix, with a whisk & mini-marshmallows. Well, when I added the water to the milk, the cocoa was n-a-s-t-y & the marshmallows were like rocks. I wonder how many years that has been re-gifted.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer My step-mother bought my daughter a really tacky baptrism present. It was a white ceramic cross, about 8 inches high, made of white porcelain. The base of the cross makes it look like the cross is on a hilltop, so that part is pretty evocative of the crucifixion itself. The cross has pink ribbons along the edges, woven through perforations in the cross, and a pair of baby booties at the base. Another ribbon holds a heart-shaped ceramic medallion in the middle of the cross that says "My heart belongs to Jesus". It's just tacky on so many levels - almost as tacky as the crucifixion snow globe I got one year.
