I am extremely lucky to have a completely brilliant MIL (a fact in reminded of every time I read a thread about someone else's batshit crazy MIL on here). I landed on my feet, especially given the fact I fell pregnant only 5 weeks after meeting her son. She has been nothing but kind, warm, welcoming, and good company; and is an excellent Nana to my DD.
However, her choice of gifts is, erm, unique. To say the least. She seems to have a habit of giving me an 'eclectic mix' of little things - at Christmas everything was red and included a pack of paper napkins as a particular highlight.
Today is my birthday. Her present to me (all presented in a beautiful gift bag) consists of the following:
- small box of daim mikado (yum)
- small box of cheese crumbles (double yum)
- two 'snack packs', one of dried fruit, one of nuts
- handbag sized pack of tissues
- hamster shaped post it notes (I don't own any pets and have never expressed any interest in hamsters, love a good post it though)
- (the piece de resistance) a foam, half-face ladybird mask.
All topped off with a card that says on the front "happy birthday oh gorgeous one".
So AIBU to eat daim bar mikados for breakfast while wearing a ladybird mask and writing myself little hamster-based post it notes, all the while wiping away my years of joy using my little pack of tissues?