Bit of a dilemma, during a wine-fuelled chat, i vaguely agreed to contribute to a gift for a for a lady who is essentially a friend of a friend.
Background...My friend (lets call her Jane) & I having drinks, she invites other lady (lets call her Janet), who I know, only through our kids previously going to same nursery. Janet I have only ever spoken to maybe twice in my whole life, and is having a baby - I did not know this till I saw her the other day. So, we discuss what she needs for baby etc, and I get all enthusiastic about offloading all our baby stuff which I plan not need again (!), then we gradually get round to buying a gift...I'm going along with it as it would seem rude not to and in my head I am thinking small token gesture, nothing too big as I dont really know the person and am not into spending lots of money on gifts for people I dont know too well.
So, should I contribute to the chosen gift, costing £45, only two of us sharing cost, so I am guessing plus delivery we are talking £50, so £25 each.
And if I don't how do I politely extract myself from this deal without seeming like a miserable and tight old bag?