to buy flowers for dps auntie

[mindlessrascal]

Hi mumsnetters, have just been to a party at dps aunties, didn't spend Christmas with them as was with my own family (dp and I still live at home) but was invited to a boxing day party. I would really like to take my dps auntie some flowers to say thank you for inviting me to their boxing day party, but as silly as it may sound, her family mean a lot to me so I would like to say thank you, but don't want to seem as I am trying to "one up" the rest of the family by taking flowers, when I know that the rest of them have always been to hers on boxing day as a tradition, so a small present has never been a necessity. Hoping as many of you have been hosted this year you will be able to tell me whether this is a nice gesture or a bit of an OTT one? Obviously I have thanked her auntie already, but feel very lucky to have been invited

Nothing wrong with that at all.

Don't over think it, I am sure DP's aunt would love flowers. What a nice gesture.

Yabu for overthinking it. It was a nice thing to do.

It's a lovely thing to do op.

Bringing flowers and/or wine/chocs when invited to someone's house is entirely civilised and the right thing to do OP. Don't overthink it, she will love it and be grateful and if it makes other people more grateful for what she does rather than take her for granted that's no bad thing

I am sure the auntie would be very pleasantly surprised, and it is not over the top.

I always take flowers/chocolates/wine for a host and vary it according to their tastes. Its only polite to take a gift.

As a guest, that's a lovely gesture. If anyone else thinks you are somehow trying to get one up on them, then they are an idiot. I come from a family where we rarely go empty-handed to each other's homes, never mind other relatives and friends, whether it's a bottle of wine, chocs or flowers - it's just nice to give a little something to your hosts and shows appreciation for the effort they are going to.