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dh comes home with a green tiffanys bag with a beautiuflly wrapped green tiffay's box inside....

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 20:49

with cufflinks in it. [grrr...] for the groom of the weddiing we went to a few weeks ago.
and a beautiful gorgoeous expensive sari for the bride.
i refused to make him the coffee he asked for

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onepieceoflollipop · 23/02/2008 20:51

Time to drop big hints for Mother's Day I think...(is it likely that he has got something for you "hidden away"?)

Desiderata · 23/02/2008 20:52

I'm all lost and confused. Aren't you supposed to buy the presents before the wedding?

glucose · 23/02/2008 20:52

You can probably make a bit on ebay by just selling the little green bag on its own.

soph28 · 23/02/2008 20:54

Why's he buying them presents??????

PeachesMcLean · 23/02/2008 20:55

You're married to a man who can go to Tiffany's, with no prior fuss / announcements / woe is me nonsense, and choose, by himself, gifts including a beautiful gorgeous outfit for a woman of the opposite sex.... ???!!!!

I'd marry him myself.

Carmenere · 23/02/2008 20:56

Oh I LOVE those bags and boxes, they are sooo nice. For Christmas we did secret santa because there was so many of us and i went to Tiffany and bought a keyring for my sil. I got a crappy cardigan and scarf

Carmenere · 23/02/2008 20:57

Good point Peaches - is your dh gay pukka?

thegrowlygus · 23/02/2008 20:58

I always thought they were blue...

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 21:04

lol, i dont think so..
no, the tiffany's was my suggestion. he kept wanting to buy them the sari. i suggested that as these people are business acquaintances/old old family friends, a sari would be too personal, plus, waaaay out of our budget. we normally never give mor than a fifty quid present , unless family.
i suggested we either get them some nice crystal, or a braclet from tiffanys. if we bought online, it would mean less fuss. or we should just have given cash on the day.
but dh likes doing things the difficult way. he didnt like any of the jewellry in tiffany's. the stuff he could afford was bling enough or something. and the sari.... god knows, he has his own idea of where to gt them from. doesnt seem to understand that even though tht work might be beautiful, it is possible that to people in the know, it is not just last season, but three seasons old.
hmmpph. i have been hinting and hinting and hinting, tillmy skin looks th same colour as a tiffany's bag.

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 21:10

wasnt bling enough. {learn to type pukka!}

ive told him he has to buy me a stack of three rings as i have given birth to three kids for him.

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PeachesMcLean · 23/02/2008 21:17

HOpe the hinting pays off pukka
In the meantime, I hope you don't mind but you've prompted me to start a thread in Style. Do tell me what you think!

cariboo · 23/02/2008 21:18

Oh Tiffany's! swoooon.

pistachio · 23/02/2008 21:23

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MoreSpamThanGlam · 23/02/2008 21:24

I found Tiffanys really rude when i went for my wedding ring...wandered down the road to Aspreys where we were offered a leather seat each and a cup of coffee - even though we said we were not spending a fortune. The bloke said it didnt matter it was an important occasion. Far more stylish i thought.

Although the little blue bags and white ribbons from Tiffany are gorgeous

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 21:26

pistachio, at least you got the other two rings. all i have is the really really old fashioned 22 carat wedding ring mil slipped on my finger wehn we go tmarried. (muslim asian wedding, i'm lucky it looks like a wedding ring!)
wehn i had ds1 there was no question of tiffany's. and with subsequetn kids, i was too naive to insist. if i thought i might get an eternity ring i might even have another sprog. pigs might fly.

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PussinJimmyChoos · 23/02/2008 21:41

Salaam Pukka - its all about image! Your DH wants to show off to them I think! lol

The women in DH's family (Syria) have serious rocks and blingage for having sproglets too....

Time for the nagging to start methinks!!

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 22:00

wasallan puss...
tellme, do you really have jimmy choos? because i droooool over jimmy choos, but am too stingy to spen dthat much on shoes myself, even though i do have something of a shoe fetish.

syria. tha'ts a good muslim country. will try the rascist card wit ht the nagging. its not just westerners is it.

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PussinJimmyChoos · 23/02/2008 22:15

No I don't....I'm quite sensible really and couldn't justify that much on a pair of shoes....and its not as if I do the lottery is it! lol!!

I do want a Gucci watch though and Prada sunglasses...because....my reasoning is that now I wear hejab most of the time (don't wear it to work- yet!), my accessories must speak for themselves (I'm shallow!)...so I need more blingage - especially before we go to Syria as the blingage does speak volumes over there...sadly....

Do you get that 'look' from the other female relatives when they haven't seen you for a while? Its a very quick flick up and down but it takes EVERYTHING in and notices every pound gained and every cheapo ring/watch you are wearing!!!

mehdismummy · 23/02/2008 22:20

sallam guys. I got mine from bloody argos! Is it true men in the muslim faith are meant to give their wives gifts for bf?

Sycamoretree · 23/02/2008 22:24

PMSL at Glucose's post !

PussinJimmyChoos · 23/02/2008 22:24

Mehdi - we are meant to be paid wages for breast feeding!! Print this out and leave it lying around....

mehdismummy · 23/02/2008 22:31

thats two years he owes me!

PussinJimmyChoos · 23/02/2008 22:43

and blingage!

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 23:02

lol, i rememeber dh once complaining about how much everything was costing, and shuttin ghim up by ponintng out i was saving a fortune by breastfeeding//1

glucose tip wonderful so i tried selling the bag, with free dh thrown in , on mn. but no takers. everyone too busy drooling over little bag.

yep . i am well aware of the onceover. and think i am becoming guilty of it now too. if you cant beat em, join em?

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PussinJimmyChoos · 23/02/2008 23:03

Pukka!! As long as you don't once over me via mnet, we shall get along fine!! lol!!!