10-02-2008, 09:36 PM
Have been thinking today about - dare I say it - christmas.
Due to the credit crunch etcetcetc blahblahblah I have decided to try and start shopping early and spread the cost (as I missed out on doing my usual january sales stockpiling this year as I usually do) as much as possible.
Have been thinking of pressies for friends - the sort of thing I usually get them is a nice, bright toiletries gift or choccies or a cheap bottle of something - you know the sort I mean. I usually get similar back from them and it is greatly appreciated but TBH I don't always use the stuff - often the toiletries go in my stash of emergency pressies for when I forget a birthday or similar!! I suspect they feel the same.
So this year I was thinking of buying them one of the 'virtual' gifts that you can get from places like The Brooke and Oxfam where you buy a hundred childrens meals for £6 and the recipient gets a fridge magnet and a card to explain what they have 'donated'. My mum suggested I could then top this up with a token gift such as the boxes of 2 or 3 choccies that Thorntons etc do for a pound or so.
My question is how would you feel if your friend gave you this as a gift? Would it be appreciated? Or would you secretly be a bit naffed off with them? Feel free to be as honest as you wish.
Due to the credit crunch etcetcetc blahblahblah I have decided to try and start shopping early and spread the cost (as I missed out on doing my usual january sales stockpiling this year as I usually do) as much as possible.
Have been thinking of pressies for friends - the sort of thing I usually get them is a nice, bright toiletries gift or choccies or a cheap bottle of something - you know the sort I mean. I usually get similar back from them and it is greatly appreciated but TBH I don't always use the stuff - often the toiletries go in my stash of emergency pressies for when I forget a birthday or similar!! I suspect they feel the same.
So this year I was thinking of buying them one of the 'virtual' gifts that you can get from places like The Brooke and Oxfam where you buy a hundred childrens meals for £6 and the recipient gets a fridge magnet and a card to explain what they have 'donated'. My mum suggested I could then top this up with a token gift such as the boxes of 2 or 3 choccies that Thorntons etc do for a pound or so.
My question is how would you feel if your friend gave you this as a gift? Would it be appreciated? Or would you secretly be a bit naffed off with them? Feel free to be as honest as you wish.
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