To ask what is the strangest prezzie you got?

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My mil got me a panda onesy and a parrot that is also a doorbell!

You will get the hang of it Clarey! I still f up posts all the time. X

Teaspoons! They do always go missing thought don't they, or is that just me?!

Sorry! I don't have any missing 'thought's - I meant 'though.'

Boysboysboys Rollmops??? As in fish???

flyingspaghettimonster your Polish paper thing sounds like wycinanki - ''a type of art made from paper cutting. Traditional wycinanki cuttings include images of flowers, birds, hearts or deer''

Can I add another one ?

Not me , but dd4 .

For Xmas this year dd4 was given nits ! ....discovered a lovely cluster of eggs on morning after boxing day .

Unfortunately , the sender did not leave a gift tag with the nits , so can't return them as an unsuitable gift.

Dd has asd , so bone combing was fun fun fun !

My MIL gave her son a box of extra long matches for our new log burner and she gave me a small wooden bar for suspending 2 shopping bags from to make carrying easier. That will go on the fire too

novelty bikini line patterns waxer . As in, 'your muff isn't interesting enough for my son so tidy yourself up and while you're at it, trim it into pretty patterns' or am I misunderstanding (bloody hope so !)?

Not me ,but both my teenage sons recieved a pair of eye colour changing contact lenses as a gift .Im sure they will come in handy one day !!!!

Apart from the Bonsai tree from the children but chosen by DH
Shower curtain - actually we needed a new one so quite pleased.

The absolute best is a shower head.
One that is supposed to be very water efficient !

We got home and since our shower head needed descaling we actually installed it.
It saves water by only allowing the tiniest trickle through. I actually had a full shower but DH swapped it back to the original halfway through his shower.

Also giver let slip it was half of a BOGOF offer so it was the extra they had when replacing their won shower head.

Iam, sounds like a yoke!
Is she passing on semi subliminal messages about what she thinks your role should be??
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Glad I not the only one who gets just one weird prezzie from DH and not much else!

Thus year he got me a copy of the supposedly impossible to read book 'Finnegans wake' from EBay!!!!

To be fair I have often said I've wanted to read it for a laugh but...

My nanna always gets DH cotton hankies! Lol.

Mincepie of death - yes! That is what I got. Lots of those, only not so pretty, stuck on old school lootracing paper and wtf am I meant to do with it? I just put it in the box with the Polish nativity made of foil sweet wrappers and the antimacassar made out of heavy lace doilie pattern in an ugly peach shade... I am still not sure what I was meant to do with that or if it even is an antimacassar... but it is so sweet that she sends me a gift every year even if it does make me puzzled every time.

flyingspaghettimonster pmsl at the Polish nativity made from sweet wrappers - was it like these?

Um, not sure what you're supposed to do with the wycinanki - use them as decorations I think, I'm sure your home would look lovely adorned with them

A 6 dvd boxed set of HMS Ark Royal

My non-smoking, vegetarian OH was given a leather cigar box by his DM.

2kids that is just hilarious!

My DMother bought me 2 gift vouchers one from a place called Hollywood Nails for $25 & another from a shopping mall massage place for $50. To be blunt I would rather eat my own arse than use either of these. If I were to write a list of places I would like vouchers from, neither of these places would even cross my mind. I think DM must have been smoking crack when she though of them!

She is well aware that I am pregnant with DC4, have no one to look after the kids apart from Dh who works away often, have never had my nails done and HATE having anyone touching my feet. If my nails get long I cut them with clippers fgs and never wear nail polish because I don't really like it!

I think I will try to get refunds or sell them to someone else!

Amazingly my DMIL who lives on the other side of the bought me fabulous presents which couldn't have been more perfect. A Kath Kidston sewing basket, 2 packets of Percy pigs and a range of lovely Elizabeth Arden 8 hr cream products.

A video of the 'History of the Routemaster.' he's been my ex for some time now funnily enough.

OK, back on this thread and it's not a Christmas but birthday present - DD3 received a Zhu Zhu pet puppy park set. She is very excited (so no chance of switching it, which she was happy to do for the one present she already had), I'm not as it means I have to buy a flipping puppy to go in it!! My friend who I love dearly is not the best at shopping, she obviously didn't spot the large "puppies not included" sign on the box. Am checking out eBay now for cheap puppies as they are about a tenner!

My DH bought me a Wok for valentines day. When he saw my devastation he tried to tell me that if wasnt just any old wok...it was a "Ken Hom" wok!!

That was about 14 years ago. He never made a mistake like that again!!!

VivPrudolf

I didn't get a ballloon whisk as a present but I bought a nice one in Asda for 20p (end of range). Is yours plastic coated?

Love this thread!

Its silicone coated, Mabel. Its tactile turquoise loveliness.

We got chairbacks & those horrible lace things you put on the arms of chairs & sofas to stop them getting grubby.

I'd rather have grubby sofa than use them...fuck me they were dog ugly & went to the bin.