Oh dear lord, we're doing a Secret Santa exchange this year. $20, nothing lewd, no makeup, no bath items, no blue law infractions (there goes my idea for booze). There's nine of us, all women but for one gay man who didn't recognize the Beach Boys and declared (I kid you not) Judy Garland his absolute reference for music. Four of us lady folk are crunchy, three of us are sophisticated, and one of us dresses like Lady Gaga for parties (yet is otherwise white suburbia).
I can handle the twenty bucks, but something that isn't a joke and can be compatible with several folks? And yet inspire laughter?
I've already dropped almost fifty on personal coworker gifts that mean something personally.
But I was "the last holdout" and I didn't want to be the grinch.
But, wtf?
I'm gonna buy a hunk of meat. There's only one vegetarian . . .
I would probably cheat and get a already partially grown tree, whatever I end up with.
I like the idea of one citrus and one avocado. It's like having guacamole in your yard!
In other news, my sister seems to have turned into someone who doesn't understand hyperlinks (using them, not creating them)
or
Amazon wish lists.
I don't get it.
I hope it settles down, Consuela. As I understand it, change is pretty much the worst, so the farther away she gets from the big change, maybe she will calm down.
I found this tumblr that has me giggling:
philosopher shaming.
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I can handle the twenty bucks, but something that isn't a joke and can be compatible with several folks? And yet inspire laughter?
I wish I could give you the thing I got at a work Yankee Swap a couple of years ago. It's a ceramic reindeer (cartoon-style), and if you take off the head, it's a candle inside.
Much ~ma for quick recovery for your mother, Scrappy.
For a $20 gift for an office mate I might go with a nice desktop novelty item. Well my office mates it would be booze, but with the restraint.
Some fancy coffee or tea?
Last year I got my Secret Santee an LL Bean swiss-army-type-knife. She's made a point of telling me how handy it's come in, several times. :-)
