ONTD

derp, i read that wrong haha

Edited at 2012-11-24 02:19 am (UTC)

Right? My assistant is too busy personally carving my childrens names into my cutting board.

Besides, hand making gifts is so.....pedestrian.

lol ilu sf much today

I've gotten quite a few of the crappy $5 Wal-Mart movies for birthday presents from friends. It's like "you didn't at all wait til the last minute, did you?".

And my parents have always told me I'm SOOOO hard to buy for. And I'm like LOL NO I'M SO OPEN ABOUT MY INTERESTS YOU JUST OBVIOUSLY DON'T LISTEN.

A door hanger organizer, it was a re-gift two days after Christmas. Cheap.

Oh the top of the top worst was an old cell phone from my step brother, which came with a 7-11 top up card and the overwhelming stink of cigarette smoke. I put it in my closet, which ended up smelling like an ash tray, so I aired the closet out and threw the phone away. What got me was, the top up card was for $25, why didn't he just give me a gift for $25 or just $25 in a card? Made no sense. Or just nothing at all. I would have been happy not to get someone's stinky three year old cell phone.

Edited at 2012-11-24 02:23 am (UTC)

In elementary school for my birthday my friend once gave me a nail polish and a few other things like that which had been from the goodie bag from my birthday the year before.

My uncle also has a girlfriend my whole family hates, and for Christmas she gave my other uncle a nice glasses case but inside was garbage bits and crumpled paper, the case was clearly one of her old ones. Needless to say it's not surprising why my family isn't a huge fan of hers, along with her being kind of a bitch.

The worst was this single serve hot chocolate mix in a bag. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't taste like ass.

Best: a first edition of one of my favorite novels, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

When I was twelve I got a toy tea set from some girl in my class. The worst thing about it was that it was a re-gift. I knew that because I was at HER party 3 years prior when she got it. Her parents were cheap as fuck.

My boyfriend got me a stuffed duck for our one-year anniversary. I'd bought him a really nice watch and it was like he hadn't even tried, lol. He's gotten much better in recent gift endeavors, but I'm always a little scared.

Also my grandparents are TERRIBLE at gift-giving. I've received a $20 set of pots and pans from them, and they always wrap up Planters peanuts for my dad. Last year they gave me a tv and gave my brother socks. I felt terrible about that... but I did get a new tv, so that's not so bad.

My bio dad had one of the personalized story books made for me for when I was 14. Not only was in really not age appropriate but he spelled my name wrong on the order form. So instead of Heidi it had Hidie. I know it wasn't their error because they sent the order form back as a receipt.

for my 26th birthday my (now ex)bf bought me a used nirvana comic off ebay.
i dont listen to nirvana and havent since since i was a teenager. and i dont read comics.

999 paper cranes.

Eh I know usually they are "standard" gifts or crap you buy on default for someone you don't know what to get for, but I hate getting clothes from family members I see like once a year or casual acquaintances because they are always either way too huge and purchased from the grandma section or to small in shit I'd never wear even if it fit and either way I feel like shit because I fluxuate in sizes from having lifelong body issues.

I generally stay away from buying clothes unless it's for a REALLY close friend whose size I'm sure of and the shirt is really qt (like a concert shirt of her fave band) or we have gone shopping together and they debate getting something but decide against spending money on themselves. Idk. If I can't get something that is handmade or has sentimental value, I like getting my friends things I know they're drooling over but feel too guilty spending on themselves. It feels good to give them something i know they want and deserve :) ugh I hope this doesn't sound pretentious as shit I am under the influence of apple pie and painkiller rn

A wooden box. Just...a wooden box. Like, it had hinges for the lid but it was a plain ass wooden box.

A globe that was out of date. Nail polish that was clumpy and out of date.

Best gift: my partner bought me a denim jacket from Topshop. I saw it, and passed on it because it cost a lot of money back then (we were on hard times) and he bought it for me! Even though he hated going into stores and speaking to people! *loves on my boo*

But shortly after that, we stopped buying and exchanging gifts. If we want something, we get it, and I find the old we get, the less we 'want' things.

Just curious, how does one pronounce Shilohnine? Like phonetically?

I would wish for a better gift if I received that.

I have no problem with the 1,000 paper crane idea but as somebody who had to take home over 80 handmade origami figures (pikachus, pandas, boxes, cranes, fishies)...they do just collect dust and you don't know what to do with it.

The brooch thing is cute but clearly not for people of the ONTD age range, in Britain they're fairly common with menopausal women and beyond.

I like Lainey's explanation for what she does: Gwen teaches newly rich people to spend their money on things that don't suck. Or something along those lines. LOL.