I hope that this does not sounds wrong before I begin. I am very grateful for any gift that I receive, truly. I do wonder sometimes why people do not put more thought into what they give when it comes to gifts. I am not a big spender nor do I have high expectations when it comes to gifts. I have gladly received a box of freshly washed baby clothes from the thrift store that were all hand picked my my fabulous Aunt Mary. That meant alot to me. Not because I even need baby clothes but because she took the time and thought and picked them out herself and washed, folded, shipped them to me from Wisconsin. Nor do I mind if someone re-gifts something to me and admits it especially if the gift suits me or perhaps I was in greater need of the item than them. I do often end up returning gifts when I have received something that we do not at all need but someone got a buying high while buying. If that makes any sense?
Anyway, here is my "Tale From The Weird And Ridiculous Files," to share with you on a recent gift that I received after the birth of my daughter. A wrinkly flattened gift bag with 3 baby outfits in it. OK, three summer outfits given to a November baby in the middle of December in the Midwest. Sleeveless and legless paper thin "heat-of-July" outfits that are given when the temperature is in the single digits and only going to get colder. Given to a women (healing from a cesarean) who now has a newborn and a toddler to cart around to stores to make a return in arctic temperatures. With NO gift receipt?
Then once I attempted to return the item in the arctic temps with a newborn and toddler in the Christmas season, I find out that they were clearance items from the previous summer. Soooooooo the outfits were clearanced down to eighty cents in the summer. They were re-gifted from my friend from when she had her baby girl in May. Totally useless gifts and I can't even exchange for a bigger size. Gift ignorance. Got any good "Tales From The Weird And Ridiculous Files" to share as of late?
P.S. The outfits are still in the bag and hanging on a hook in the garage, tags and all. Can I re-gift to some friends that are having a baby girl this summer? What if they want to return them? Ugh.
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7 comments:
GOODNESS I HOPE THAT WASN'T ME? LOL OKAY NO I KNOW I GAVE YOU FOOTIES AND A DRESS FOR WHEN SHE IS BIGGER LOL HOPE YOUR HAVING A BETTER DAY GIRL
Ohh...I've been there!! My husband's grandparents gave us 2 totally inappropriate outfits for our daughter. Wrong size, wrong season & no hope that she would grow in to them when they would be useable! And the only thing I can do is smile & say thank you very much!
I'm like you - I'm not fancy and don't have high expectations. But if you know me well enough to get me a gift, you should know what I would like/use. I don't care if it's clearance or re-gifted either!
Well, I won't know until mid-February what I'll be having, but if it's a girl I'll do a clothing exchange with you or something!
Nooooo, Mrs. Officer, This is my local friend with the big house and nice car who works for the government. I would just assume ask you for the receipt if I had an issue but I would not ask her because it is obviously from when she had her baby last spring.
Wowie. I say pass them on to someone having a GIRL in the SUMMER--but maybe not as a gift...just a, here ya go, thought you might like these since my daughter obviously couldn't wear them...
My MIL is classic with the whole inappropriate, pointless gifts. At least this Christmas I was able to talk her around (making it seem like her idea) to sending checks. Straight into their savings account. She was notorious for the box of UNWASHED, not-really-thought out, used children's clothes. Finally broke her of that too. Yea! My brother-in-law thanks us for training her just in time for his son. :)
I hate that the "gift" was just an obvious cast-off that didn't require any thought. I'd rather just not get the present since it doesn't mean anything to her and obviously YOU can't use it. Sheesh.
wowee!send it back and say you couldnt use it!
When my son was 7 he received an obvious castoff,he received an open pkg of undies with one undie missing as a Christmas present from my dh's side.I just tossed them,they were probably used!
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