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To be devastated that he's missed the Christmas shopping deadline

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tilypu · 15/12/2024 05:38

I only asked for one thing. The deadline passed last weekend and it turns out he hasn't even bloody ordered it.

https://www.buccellati.com/en_gb/openable-cabbage-large-centerpiece-sagbow011395xxx000.html

Christmas is ruined! He's suggesting he fashion one out of tin foil instead. He thinks he'll be able to fasten it together with the Tiffany paperclip he got me a few years ago. To be fair, he created a surprisingly good mock up of a Jackson Pollock painting, although I think Crispín and Tabitha suspect it's not genuine.

I'm utterly discombobulated.

SILVER CABBAGE LARGE CENTERPIECE

Bowl in silver

https://www.buccellati.com/en_gb/openable-cabbage-large-centerpiece-sagbow011395xxx000.html

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Jostuki · 15/12/2024 08:06

Wish I'd read the opening post in full as I went straight to the link and then spent awhile looking on the internet for something similar and was very sad that I couldn't.

I contemplated ordering some silver leaf and decorating a real cabbage and posting it to the op in commiseration.

fiftiesmum · 15/12/2024 08:03

Didn't the purchaser eat the turner prize banana?

By kind on the man - perhaps the cabbage could be the centre piece to go with the Easter roast lamb.

Jk987 · 15/12/2024 07:53

😂🎄

Glitchymn1 · 15/12/2024 07:53

Nothing says Christmas like a sterling silver cabbage…Christmas is over.

Dobest · 15/12/2024 07:53

Heartless!

TribeofFfive · 15/12/2024 07:51

LTB. So many red flags here. He has done this on purpose to ruin your day. I bet he is also sleeping with the nanny.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 15/12/2024 07:50

😂

Catapaulting · 15/12/2024 07:49

Could he craft one from tin foil?

Maurepas · 15/12/2024 07:49

No one would buy that anyway - why just why? Give your head a wobble for even thinking of it! Not pretty!

susiedaisy1912 · 15/12/2024 07:47

Huge red flag, LTB, it's all downhill from now.

PictureItSicily · 15/12/2024 07:47

YABU for asking for a cabbage. At this time of the year, the only appropriate vegetables are sprouts and parsnips. You should be ashamed.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 15/12/2024 07:46

OP, I accidentally ordered two and couldn't be bothered to return one. It's yours if you'd like it?

MontgomeryClift · 15/12/2024 07:46

I've seen it all now...

Andoutcomethewolves · 15/12/2024 07:44

Now that I've clicked on the link I'm getting targeted ads.

Might the pepper suffice OP?

To be devastated that he's missed the Christmas shopping deadline
Aintnobodygottime · 15/12/2024 07:44

I don’t know if there’s an answer to this, although a Savoy and a spray can might be worth a shot.

But I just wanted to say that you sound like a lovely person, OP.

littlehorsesthatrun · 15/12/2024 07:41

Now you won’t have the generating power of nature as the protagonist of your Christmas? Poor Crispín and Tarquin

ssd · 15/12/2024 07:41

I got two last year. I'll send you the spare one darling.

NobleWashedLinen · 15/12/2024 07:37

Hang on. Doesn't the retailer share some of the blame here? This is 2024 ffs. We are used to being able to order stuff on 22nd/23rd December confident that we can pay an extra £3 in the P&P section for next day delivery (which is obviously insignificant given the value of the gift) so what's with the "deadline" more than 10 days before Christmas?? I haven't done half my shopping yet and I would be mightily pissed off if something a loved one had asked for had an order deadline like that.

JaneGrint · 15/12/2024 07:35

Oh my goodness 😮 That is one of the strangest centrepieces I have ever seen 😮

How could that possibly work as a bowl????

You could offer him the chance to make it up to you by spending that £28k on a nice trip away instead.

Doyathinkhesaurus · 15/12/2024 07:33

Darling girl.. so many red flags! Leave at once . He thinks crafting gifts is acceptable! You are clearly holding the mental load for your entire family. Such cruelty!

Edingril · 15/12/2024 07:31

ThatDearOtter · 15/12/2024 07:26

I can't be the only one thinking "how is this a bowl?" how do you put anything in it?

Maybe it's an M&S bowl?

Toopulululu · 15/12/2024 07:30

Easily sorted with a Tesco cabbage and silver spray paint.

Anewuser · 15/12/2024 07:28

ThatDearOtter · 15/12/2024 07:26

I can't be the only one thinking "how is this a bowl?" how do you put anything in it?

I thought the same. I’d never get my skittles out between those flaps.