Awkward gift giving moments

sandkmom
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:46:05 +0000

This has been an amusing read and since I don’t feel like shoveling yet…I’ll leave that to H and the boys later…I thought I’d contribute.

So…my birthday is in January, early enough that I’ve gotten plenty of leftover or recycled Christmas gifts from my MIL. But about 5 years ago, she outdid herself.

We were at her house that Thanksgiving and we, both Danielle Steele readers, started discussing her latest book. She is in one of those monthly Book clubs and had just gotten it and read it. I had it on reserve at the library but hadn’t gotten a chance to pick it up yet. She says, take it, I’m finished with it and I planned to but forgot it when we left. No big deal, I got it from the library a couple days later just as I had originally planned.

Guess who got the book wrapped up for her birthday??? Nice.

I will say she’s gotten much better since she started using our a m a z o n . c o m wishlists. Of course, she did just buy me two books that I put on my wishlist because I meant to buy them for my husband but I guess it’s the thought that counts. At least she THOUGHT I wanted them.