If you're going to completely ignore it?
Mil has dropped off some presents today. Had a sneaky peek. At the risk of sounding completely ungrateful, she's wasted her cash. Again.
She'd asked for and I'd given several ideas for dc, including things that ranged from a couple of quid to £25, if she just wanted to buy a bigger item. Things like giant tube of smarties, slipper socks, Guess Who etc. Much wanted items.
Instead we have a DVD dc already has ( had suggested several), summer clothing that probably won't fit by the summer and more bubble bath, even though she knows dc can't use most types.
I know I can be a bugger to buy for, as I don't really want much. Suggested I'd be happy with a book token, or some chocolates, as well as a couple of other ideas such as nail polish and fluffy socks. Nothing expensive or hard to source.
I've got a t shirt. A glitzy one. With applicae (sp?) bits. Think bonne marche except that I don't know where it's from so I can't return it. It would look cracking on a pensioners trip to Whitby.
It's not lack of time or money (retired on a decent pension). It's just so wasteful. In fact it's the waste that really, really annoys me as gift receipts are never provided and asking to have one even to swap an item for a bigger size doesn't go down at all well.
Still, at least it's not a teddy bear ornament this year. Or a necklace with someone else's birthstone.