my s-i-l got me some cheap-o set of shower stuff but got hubby and the kids really nice stuff!! It went back today!! IF hubby can get in line to return it. Everyone knows I'd much rather have nothing than smelly stuff as I am allergic to most stuff!! She's only known me for 20+ years...the heifer!:shocking:

I am loathe to say this - cos it makes me sound like a really spolit brat - but Mr F bought me a pair of Jimmy Choo boots and a pair of Gucci shoes [from ebay] neither of which I like - so I have kindly asked him to re-sell them!!

But he did buy me a lovely vinegar atomiser!!!!:unsure:

not spoilt flip!!! just confident in what you would prefer to have!! anyone says it's the thought that counts and I will not be responsible for my actions!!! (i'm a little cranky from being under the weather, this is my disclaimer before anyone is hurt):shocking: :wacko:

My aunty made me a lace doilie (is that how you spell it :unsure: ). It went straight in the bin. I hate chintz

I still get "smellies" which I think are a total cop out when they can't be bothered to think of something you'd really like and what makes me even madder is that it always has bath stuff in it and I haven't even got a fekkin bath :(

Other years I have duly opened them up and put them in the bathroom cabinet til I've finally thrown them out, but this year I have shoved them in the wardrobe and I think I will recycle them next year - just have to remember who gave me which one and then swap them round :devil:

I asked for socks and smellies this year as I don't tend to buy smellies for myself and I needed some new socks....I got two really small bottles of smelly stuff (one for baths...I don't have baths...I hate baths...I asked for shower smellies!...the other was a shower smelly but a tiny bottle). Mum got me a nice shower smelly...yay for mum! :laugh:

On the sock front...I have three pairs of inpractical fun socks! :wacko: I don't know why I bother!

On the naff present front...I received two from the same person.....one a strategy game for two....I have no one to play it with...well at least I know no one who would want to play that sort of game...the other is a drinking game....:shocking: I hardly drink and will have no use for this thing!

I got Twister as an extra little family pressie from my sister. I hate this stupid game and doubt that I will ever play it other than the one go I had whilst sister was spending the day with us.

I think Mr. C got the crappiest present of all! It was a Toilet roll with jokes printed on it and a can of air-freshener (in a gift box!!) :wacko: That was from his bruv and s-i-law :(

2 words for all: REGIFT OR REFUND!!!!!!:naughty:

Hubby got me a refund on my crap gift and I'll not EVEN get into how (little) much it was!! That's ok...we'll see what we can come of for s-i-l next year!!!!

I got a pair of leather driving gloves from my gran which I can safely say I will never wear, along with some aftershave called "Blue Stratos" which smells like it belongs with the rest of the stuff in the cupboard under the sink.
She did also give me a tenner so she was forgiven!

Ah, love our Grans....see above post.:unsure:

Most of my stuff was OK. Apart from this one thing I got - A pink t-shirt from my godsister and her family. They bought me one last year and I hated it so what do they do? They buy me another one when I announced that I am going punk and only wearing darker colours! How stupid is that?

Not crap, exactly, but I saw a lovely blouse in Wallis last week. Eagle-eyed Mr P spotted this and snuck back to buy it. However, when I unwrapped it on Christmas Day, it was a different blouse and a size too big. He blamed eldest Master P for the wrong blouse and said he'd got it in a size bigger because there weren't any left in my size and at least then I would be able to exchange it! :wacko:

Not crap, exactly, but I saw a lovely blouse in Wallis last week. Eagle-eyed Mr P spotted this and snuck back to buy it. However, when I unwrapped it on Christmas Day, it was a different blouse and a size too big. He blamed eldest Master P for the wrong blouse and said he'd got it in a size bigger because there weren't any left in my size and at least then I would be able to exchange it! :wacko:

Well he tried! At least he 'noticed' you looking at it in the first place! most blokes are oblivious when out shopping...


or did you press his head against the rails and shout 'I am looking at THIS BLOUSE'

You're very astute for someone so outwardly ........... strange, aren't you buzzy bee? Yes, it was kind of, even louder than normal "Oh, I REALLY like this blouse. Mr P........ Mr P, do you like this blouse? Because I do!"

Silly ****** was obviously not taking that much notice coz he got the wrong feckin one anyway!

P.S. Swear filter won't let me say fec ker.

You're very astute for someone so outwardly ........... strange, aren't you buzzy bee? Yes, it was kind of, even louder than normal "Oh, I REALLY like this blouse. Mr P........ Mr P, do you like this blouse? Because I do!"

Silly ****** was obviously not taking that much notice coz he got the wrong feckin one anyway!

P.S. Swear filter won't let me say fec ker.

HA i thought so... I am quite astute aren't I?:smartie: and a little strange too:w00t:

As for crap presents I got a rather strange present - not exactly CRAP, just a bit bizarre. It is a Pet Tree. Apparently they are all the rage in the far east, and they are little catcii in a plastic dome, like a key ring and you water and feed it and it grows and then gets too big for the dome and you take it out and plant it in a big pot. Anyone heard of them,cos I hadn't til Chrsitmas morning. To be honest I thought it was a pair of earrings when I saw the sizeof it wrapped up - I tried very hard not to be too disappointed when I opened it and hubby announced it was a combinatin of the two things I dislike the most in life - pets and plants, Oh how I laughed!!:glare:

I'm just waiting for Maxine to pop into this thread to tell you all what a crap present I bought for her and Mr M! I wont spoil her fun by telling you!

As for crap presents. I didn't actually get anything that was out and out crap. Although I was pee'ed off with a bottle of Channel No. 19 which I got when I discovered it was brought from E-bay by my dad. It didn't quite smell like No. 19 and it wore off very quickly. I'm annoyed that he didn't spend the extra £12 and get me a bona fide bottle! :unsure: ... but that makes me seem ungrateful ... which generally I'm not!

On the plus front I got the Godfather trilogy on DVD .... :pimp:

Not my main present, but one of the stocking-fillers my cousin left for me is a Slade cd. :shocking:

(Mind you I would have loved to see his face when he saw the G4 book I gave him. :kid: )

Not my main present, but one of the stocking-fillers my cousin left for me is a Slade cd. :shocking:

(Mind you I would have loved to see his face when he saw the G4 book I gave him. :kid: )

I'm sorry Petal, but your sins have obviously come back to haunt you! :kid:

Welcome to SO!

I'm just waiting for Maxine to pop into this thread to tell you all what a crap present I bought for her and Mr M! I wont spoil her fun by telling you!



We got a new shredder for Crimbo and on arriving home, Mr M asked if you can shred a board game. Or has anyone got any better suggestions as to what we can do with the 'I'm a Celebrity' board game that Dolores very kindly bought for us?

Use it as an interesting centre peice for the table when you have visitors round for a meal and are going to be serving kangaroo willy and wiggety grubs?

Eddie got fifteen pairs of socks, and a warm winter coat which he'll be just about big enough to wear by the middle of next summer :wacko: .

All the rest of our pressies were fab though :pimp:

I asked for socks and smellies this year as I don't tend to buy smellies for myself and I needed some new socks....I got two really small bottles of smelly stuff (one for baths...I don't have baths...I hate baths...I asked for shower smellies!...the other was a shower smelly but a tiny bottle). Mum got me a nice shower smelly...yay for mum! :laugh:

On the sock front...I have three pairs of inpractical fun socks! :wacko: I don't know why I bother!

On the naff present front...I received two from the same person.....one a strategy game for two....I have no one to play it with...well at least I know no one who would want to play that sort of game...the other is a drinking game....:shocking: I hardly drink and will have no use for this thing!

Hiya Coastie,

Well nothing could be more crap than todays, just for a laugh a packet was pushed through the door letter box, and it holds five golden rings...curtain rings. Brians idea of a joke.

But I'm also quite annoyed with him for buying me a new steam iron, when I already have one good steam iron and a spare electric iron, plus a mini travel iron. The other presents he'd bought were some smellies which he knows I can't use - I will pass these on to dear old mona in the residential home, or anyone else in there who wants them.

I will say this for him though, last year because I didn't tell him what presents or items I could do with - he bought nothing. Just took me out as normal, Candlelight dinners, day trip to Edinburgh etc; ..but you know christmas just didn't feel right. This year I told him I like surprises. So the above is an improvement.

So that sums up the christmas rubbish for me, this year anyway.

Last year was the turn of the home knitted jumper. aunt MAdy had made, she knows I'm a slim size 18, but what came was more akin to an Evans size 18 going on 22.

Of the young man who came into my life about 8/9 weeks ago now, who I probably shouldn't mention ... he's been a great deal of fun. Came to the old peoples homes and childrens hospital wards dressed as one of santas helpers. He'd bought tickets for the local pantomine, we had an evening meal over which I was given two small boxes. Then placed on the spot. "There's something I want you to do, let Brian go ASAP. I love you and I don't want to be the other man.I know you can do this, don't let this go on any longer. It's not fair to any of us." Must leave it there.

Maybe next year will see some changes.

Maureen
Northern angel.

Eddie got fifteen pairs of socks, and a warm winter coat which he'll be just about big enough to wear by the middle of next summer :wacko: .

All the rest of our pressies were fab though :pimp:

Hello Floopy,

Love your cheerful flashing happy new year banner.

Just read an article yesterday which advocated selling your unwanted presents on ebay or amazon. or swapping it for something else. Haven't a clue how any of this works - but maybe useful to someone.

Maureen
Northern angel

We got a new shredder for Crimbo and on arriving home, Mr M asked if you can shred a board game. Or has anyone got any better suggestions as to what we can do with the 'I'm a Celebrity' board game that Dolores very kindly bought for us?

Maxine - just as an aiside, when you work out the friggin rules to this game can you give me an abridged version of them. The instructions are 4 pages long and that is just to set it up! I hate games where I have to organise beforehand - I like to get them out of the box and KNOW how to play them instantly.

I thank you

I liked all my presents but I wonder how mr Bob can get it so wrong with underwear :wacko: Even before I saw the size on my gorgeous new bra I could tell it was a D cup and I haven't been a D cup for a few years when I was really really fat. And He did this big "oh" thing when I told him I wasn't a large size in knickers anymore. He's taking them back! But they are gorgeous.

Maxine - just as an aiside, when you work out the friggin rules to this game can you give me an abridged version of them. The instructions are 4 pages long and that is just to set it up! I hate games where I have to organise beforehand - I like to get them out of the box and KNOW how to play them instantly.

I thank you

Well, don't tell Dol, but I'm don't think this game'll see the light of day again. Still it's the thought that counts and it was a lovely thought.:wink2:

Well, don't tell Dol, but I'm don't think this game'll see the light of day again. Still it's the thought that counts and it was a lovely thought.:wink2:
Okey dokey - it will be our secret, we won't tell Dol....though something tells me she may already know!

Okey dokey - it will be our secret, we won't tell Dol....though something tells me she may already know!

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I can't hear you!

I didn't get any really crap gifts this year, but I did get a beaded necklace from my sil that I really don't like and will never wear. It is really pretty but it is just not me, I did offer it to miss ils but she wasn't keen either. She is going to give it to one of her friends who likes that type of jewelry.