A few weeks ago it was my birthday. For weeks before hand my mum was constantly asking what I wanted - I kept saying I didn’t know as I’d be happy with just a card. This is true as anything I want or need - I’ve probably already bought. But she kept on so I said one thing I really needed was these very specific pencils. I was going to buy them myself but never got around to it. They were £30 and I wasn’t sure of her budget so I said I’d be more than happy to put towards them if they were over budget. She wouldn’t hear of it and asked for a link. I sent her the Amazon link. The pencils were very specific and I made this quite clear (hence why I was happy to contribute towards them). She got the link and said she’d order them.
(I make my living through art, hence why I was specific!)
So my birthday came and went - no pencils 😂 but she said she had ordered them, they just havnt arrived yet. I thought this was odd as the Amazon link said next day delivery. Anyway I was happy to wait. This morning she said my pencils had arrived! Yay! Only they were not the pencils from the link 🤦♀️ I feel awful and ungrateful but I’ll never use these - I’ll end up giving them to my daughter. And now I have to buy the actual pencils I need which is the rest of my birthday money gone (I’d put that aside for some specific paper I really need).
Im just frustrated, she has form for doing this and I don’t know why. I do know she’s obsessed with a certain online shop so probably thought she could get something “similar” on there.
I know it’s not a huge deal but AIBU to be a bit frustrated about it? She was the one nagging me to tell her what I wanted, I would have been happy with a card but when pushed - I gave in. Wish I’d just said chocolate!