That Gift You Didn't Like

Throw some of those packing peanuts into the pile.

 

What a FANTASTIC idea!
Never mind some of them, though.
I am throwing a whole MOUNTAIN of them into the pile.

 

I got a 'Onesie' as a birthday present from a really nosey neighbour who told me it seemed appropriate as I'm single!!!

REALLY nosey.


[so I gobbed in her coffee]

 

Lordy. My mother in law bought me an ugly sweater. Worst part of it all. She always wants me to wear it when we go shopping together!

 

tell her i stole your sweater and left 2 philidelphia phillies t-shirts.

btw some of you suck at this game.

 

Smelly candles, that smell like farts!

 

I'll take those phillies tees.

I'm dropping off this 1950's starlet gown with an orange floral satin top and black velveteen bottom.

 

sorry Avó but I never liked any of those random clothes you bought me for christmas, I didn't grow up in the church like mom did.

 

A MacBook Pro. I sorted out a rather difficult problem for a mate. To do so,I used his Pro to get in touch with a couple of lads I served with and happened to mention it was really fast. BUT-I didn't say "Cor-MUST get one of these!" But,[it was a pretty difficult problem,so his gratitude was great] he arrived on my doorstep with one,bought specially for me,as a thank you. Ohhhhh,boy. I've tried it....tried it again...put it back in it's box-it's stayed there. I just cannot understand why Apple is so very popular. Once a person signs in to Apple,with their icloud and iTunes and I'm watching you,it's like a bloody prison. Things my Android just DOES-free,no fuss,no hassle,just download,check for advert bugs,use-the mac insists I pay for. It's just not possible to tell apple to f/o-they control every move. I hate the bloody thing,NOT because it's crap-it isn't,it's a damned good laptop-but for the high barbed-wire fence Apple immediately put around any user of their system,plus the fees for items & downloads that are free on Android,Windows & Linux.
[I'll shut up now. Apologies,peeps]

 

I,ll take your Christmas present back then?

 

not a fan of gift cards

 

Please no more book tokens!

 

when i was little i really hated getting on a special day something that i could have gotten any other day of the year.

now i mostly try to avoid giving people the idea i want anything, even though there are things i might like,
simply because i don't even really have room for everything i have now.

there isn't anything i most especialy want to get rid of, but there are tons of things i'd rather give someone then just toss.
i hate seeing good useful things thrown away, but i don't know anyone in real life to know what they'd want either.

i've got a lot of things i'd have an immediate use for if i ever moved into a real appartment, like pots and pans and kitchen gizmos,
that with only a microwave and tiny fridge and an even smaller workspace, i've no reason nor place to unpack.

that's just one example.

 

I'm tossing in all the black yoga pants my daughter keeps giving me. They collect cat hair. I've got to have jeans.

 

i have things i've inherited from my parents when they died. photo albums, not only of when i was little, and places they and i have been throught their and my lives,
but of when THEY were little growing up in the 1920s and 30s. they should probably be in a museum somewhere. my mom grew up on the lower east side in manhatten when it was the jewish ghetto.
my dad didn't have a camera and wouldn't have been able to hang onto one before he met my mom, which is really too bad some of the places he had been and things he had seen and done.

if i ever have to bug out in a hurry again, they will probably remain where they are until the management almost certainly tosses them in the trash.

i don't really need them, because i've made digital camera copies of all of them and have them backed up on several drives and transportable media,
including the laptop that is IN my bug out bag.