I have decided there are four types of gifts one will receive for their wedding day.
The first type of gift is: the registered gift
For every bride the wedding registry is high on the priority list. These gifts will fill her home for years to come and reflect the brides personal since of style. She will spend long hours looking at, using, and enjoying these gifts in her daily life. She is grateful for all those who will buy things off of her registry.
The second type of gift is: the knock off gift
These gifts are still highly appreciated by the bride. If they are not exactly right they can be exchanged for something more practical or in a different color. She is grateful for the thought and will enjoy them.
The third type of gift is: the regift
The Bride may or may not know. If you plan on giving this gift to a bride be sure that you hide your tracts well. If she finds out she will be disappointed and maybe even offended.
Maxy received a regift this week. The partially ripped box was the give away for her. Unfortunately the original owner forgot to clean the dirt and dust out of the bottom of the bowl...
The fourth type of gift is: the homemade gift
This is the most risky type of gift to give a bride. She will love it or she will hate it, but either way she is stuck with it. With the development of the new website Pinterest I feel that there are many people getting into the DIY gifts. While these things can be great fun to make a person, one should think wisely of their abilities before giving a homemade gift to a bride. She maybe smiling on the outside when she receives this gift but on the inside she is thinking "I know just what I'm bringing to my next White Elephant/Dirty Santa party!"
Poor Maxy receivd two homemade gifts this week that were less than desirable. They were just too good (and by good I mean awful) to not show you...
For those of you who are married I would love to hear about your worst unasked for gift! Just leave us a comment.
I'm not married, but the urn my grandmother gave me for Christmas was absolutely less than desirable!
ReplyDeleteOur worst gift was a set of nice sheets (though not the ones we registered for) with ECH monogrammed on them. Yep, only my initials. Plus, I went with my middle name rather than my maiden name, so even my initials would have been ECE.
ReplyDeleteWe also received a tons of salad bowls as people went a little rouge off the registry. I spent months (ok, maybe it was just weeks, but it felt like months) returning salad bowls. After this, a newly married friend told me she just consigned all the multiples rather than trying to return them. Seems like a great idea!