Buying Christmas presents is one of my least favorite things to do, ever. I would rather clean my bathroom (which I might do tomorrow) or fold clothes or eat sauerkraut or gouge my eye out with a spoon. It's not the going to the store or the spending mother either. It's the figuring out what to buy someone that gets me. I just don't know what would be a good gift. I always have high hopes and then I get tempted to be clever and then I get tempted to be funny and then I get tempted to buy a chia pet. Here's the inner dialogue:me: What should I get my sister for Christmas
myself: A sweater would be great!
me: I know nothing about buying clothes...even for myself, let alone someone else, let alone my sister.
myself: chia pets seem kinda cool
me: Wouldn't that be dumb?
myself: It might be clever?
me: Yeah, maybe it would be. She could water it and watch it grow and it would be nice
myself: Yeah, it'd be like a houseplant!!
me: A houseplant?
myself: It would be funny. She would laugh. It would be great.
me: Whoa...nooooo...it would be dumb
myself: Yeah, you're right
me: Let us not speak of this anymore (until next year).
I have given many horrible gifts but I have never bought anyone a chia pet (yet).
4 comments:
If you got me a chia pet I would find that absolutely wonderful. I've never had a chia pet before.
Generic gift suggestions:
A nice picture of yourself in a quality frame.
Gift cards.
Books that mean a lot to you.
I'm sorry, we won't be getting you a Chia Pet this year. But we did want to send you a Christmas card, would you send me your email address? april.conaway@gmail.com
Merry Christmas!!
I just received a stuffed egg nog container for Christmas. His eyes look a little drunk. He has hands and legs and there is a funny, disconcerting empty space between the top of the container and the spout.
Someone bought me a chia pet a long time ago. It was fun for a while. I don't know what happened to it, but it's a fun gift to receive.
Leo an i feel the same way! Thats why we are doing something different with family from now on. It's called "Redefine Christmas" and basically you get gift cards for people to go to this one website (justgive.org) and the site has hundreds of charities on it. They can then apply the gift card to whatever charity they choose. We figure, if there is something we really would like to have or need, we can probably get it for ourselves, and this way, money is going towards something useful, not a chia pet... haha
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