Regifting....

[ImFree2doasiwant]

What are your thoughts on this? I was lucky enough to get some nice presents at Christmas, but am trying really hard this year to declutter, and have less stuff in the house, and spend less.

I have several friends and family with birthdays in February and can't help but notice some of the Christmas presents would make good gifts for them. The gifts aren't crap, they're nice, some consumable, and generally things I can happily do without.

I'm considering putting them straight into the box I keep presents in, to be given as birthday presents in Feb. It will save money, and mean less stuff in the house for me to agonise over what to do with!

Am I a misery?

As long as you remember who gave you what and people aren’t likely to know that you’ve regifted their gifts.

I re gift, and just give, my H got some lovely aftershave but only wears a certain one so he gave it away, the person he gave it to was pleased as they had none.

As long as it is something you'd be happy to receive yourself (or for your DC/DH to receive) then by all means, regift.

They are nice things, I wouldn't pass tat on as presents. I can just live without more stuff.

As long as it isn’t obvious. A friend has started giving me things that are blatant re-gifts and I find it quite rude to be honest, eg a gift voucher that someone bought a few days before her birthday (which was in August!), things with no tag so you can’t return/exchange, one item out of a larger gift set etc. She has no money issues, she just has a massive family so obviously just gets a huge amount of gifts that she’s indifferent about and finds it easier to re-gift than start from scratch every Christmas.

I have a lovely box of stuff to regift. Mainly kids stuff (mainly doubles of items). Just hoping there are some parties later next year so we have some regifting opportunities!