cheerful_deviant
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Belegon said:
OK, I feel better now.
Rebel, sorry, I'll be more careful in the future... maybe.
Failproof gift ideas...HELP
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OK, I feel better now.
Rebel, sorry, I'll be more careful in the future... maybe.
RebeccaLeah
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cheerful_deviant said:OK, I feel better now.
Rebel, sorry, I'll be more careful in the future... maybe.
*hugs* thanks duckie.
minsue
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CD, Bel, you put me to shame. I have 2 pair of dress shoes (each worn once - one for a wedding, one for a funeral), 2 pair of mary janes (that I splurged and purchased for $8 each recently 
), and my work boots that have been my daily footwear for years (not the same pair 
).
What the hell do you do with that many shoes?!?!?
(sorry for the threadjack, SIMA. Inquiring minds want to know.)
), and my work boots that have been my daily footwear for years (not the same pair ).What the hell do you do with that many shoes?!?!?
(sorry for the threadjack, SIMA. Inquiring minds want to know.)
she_is_my_addiction
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minsue said:
It's snowing!!!!!! Y'all can do what you want with the thread!!!!!!!
shereads
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Ah, I envy you. At age 5 and younger, my nephew was so easy to shop for. He hadn't become a discerning consumer yet, and had no idea that certain toys deserved scorn for being babyish, or that a firetruck was no good unless it was a particular brand of firetruck.
Depending on how much time you will have to spend in the vicinity after gifts are opened, a firetruck with a working siren is a can't miss toy.
Of course, my sister and I are not close. You may be different.
The other gift that kept on giving was a Fisher Price "Little People" castle with a working drawbridge and scary enemy knights and good-guy knights, all of whom fell off the ramparts to their deaths but only after repeated hatchetings and stabbings.
The same toy would have worked just as well for a girl, but the knights would have lived longer. Little girls enjoy boy toys at that age; I know from personal experience, because my dad had no sons to shop for and always bought us Lionel train sets, and matchbox cars. For dolls, we had our mom.
Boys' toys for girls work okay, but girls' toys for boys can be an issue for Daddy. If you could have seen my nephew's dad blanch every time his 3-year-old played with our old tea set, you'd know the face of fear.
Depending on how much time you will have to spend in the vicinity after gifts are opened, a firetruck with a working siren is a can't miss toy.
Of course, my sister and I are not close. You may be different.
The other gift that kept on giving was a Fisher Price "Little People" castle with a working drawbridge and scary enemy knights and good-guy knights, all of whom fell off the ramparts to their deaths but only after repeated hatchetings and stabbings.
The same toy would have worked just as well for a girl, but the knights would have lived longer. Little girls enjoy boy toys at that age; I know from personal experience, because my dad had no sons to shop for and always bought us Lionel train sets, and matchbox cars. For dolls, we had our mom.
Boys' toys for girls work okay, but girls' toys for boys can be an issue for Daddy. If you could have seen my nephew's dad blanch every time his 3-year-old played with our old tea set, you'd know the face of fear.
she_is_my_addiction
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shereads said:Ah, I envy you. At age 5 and younger, my nephew was so easy to shop for. He hadn't become a discerning consumer yet, and had no idea that certain toys deserved scorn for being babyish, or that a firetruck was no good unless it was a particular brand of firetruck.
Depending on how much time you will have to spend in the vicinity after gifts are opened, a firetruck with a working siren is a can't miss toy.
Of course, my sister and I are not close. You may be different.
The other gift that kept on giving was a Fisher Price "Little People" castle with a working drawbridge and scary enemy knights and good-guy knights, all of whom fell off the ramparts to their deaths but only after repeated hatchetings and stabbings.
The same toy would have worked just as well for a girl, but the knights would have lived longer. Little girls enjoy boy toys at that age; I know from personal experience, because my dad had no sons to shop for and always bought us Lionel train sets, and matchbox cars. For dolls, we had our mom.
Boys' toys for girls work okay, but girls' toys for boys can be an issue for Daddy. If you could have seen my nephew's dad blanch every time his 3-year-old played with our old tea set, you'd know the face of fear.
My sister is my mom in the sense that we are very close and both of us were estranged by our real mom. Sis is almost 33 and she's both a mom and a sister and a best friend to me.
You're the second person that's mentioned the Little People thingy...I may have to invest.
