erbear, I did the same, I saved C's card in case she wants to read them one day. @jemomma, I never buy cards with a present, I buy a better present, cut a piece of colorful &nice carton to write on and hang/tag it to the gift. #notcheap #alwaysforgetthecard #easierthatway
When I forget cards I go through my stash of gift bags I've kept and find one that the little card on the handle hasn't been written on yet lol.
I'm confused. Is she requesting books for the baby instead of clothes, toys, etc.?
At some baby showers they request that instead of a card to go with the gift to give a book instead...and in the book you can write a little message.
We did this at my shower but didn't require it to be a new book, said it could be a used one in good shape. We got a bunch of great books to read to DD. She now has a huge library and we read to her from it every night. Most people didn't write in the book it self but on a note that they put in the book so incase we got duplicate we could return them to the store.
Sometimes I pretend people are watching me through the windows. Like, a crush I have is stalking me, or someone who I think is a shitty mom is watching me read to my kids and (attempt to) be a good mom. Like, I seriously take a little longer to close the blinds some nights. Specific example, when we are all sitting around the dinner table, I leave the blinds open on purpose sometimes because I want to show off my family to whomever is watching us. What does this say about me? I've never told anyone this before.
My FFFC - I gave up Facebook for lent, other than posting daily meditations, and I hate it. So I have come back over here to creep around because I'm going through FB withdrawal. I hope I'm not a jerk for popping back in here, but I am missing my June mamas!
Several fffc's today, although none are very juicy... 1. I only eat plain flavored potato chips, so please no bbq greeting chips for me. Yuck! 2. I'm in heaven because there is an America's next top Model marathon on simultaneously with early Keeping up with the kardashians episodes & DH is sleeping in so I'm not being judged, yet. 3. I worry nonstop that my super happy baby will turn into a cranky bitch when she's older, because her dad & myself are not overly positive people.
Sometimes I pretend people are watching me through the windows. Like, a crush I have is stalking me, or someone who I think is a shitty mom is watching me read to my kids and (attempt to) be a good mom. Like, I seriously take a little longer to close the blinds some nights. Specific example, when we are all sitting around the dinner table, I leave the blinds open on purpose sometimes because I want to show off my family to whomever is watching us. What does this say about me? I've never told anyone this before.
Maybe Huck is watching you.
Don't get this reference. Google tells me it's maybe from Scandal? Never seen it.
Sometimes I pretend people are watching me through the windows. Like, a crush I have is stalking me, or someone who I think is a shitty mom is watching me read to my kids and (attempt to) be a good mom. Like, I seriously take a little longer to close the blinds some nights. Specific example, when we are all sitting around the dinner table, I leave the blinds open on purpose sometimes because I want to show off my family to whomever is watching us. What does this say about me? I've never told anyone this before.
I've done this before. Which means it's probably really fucking weird, but whatever.
So to answer questions it's a "please bring a gift and instead of a card please write in a book". I have two issues with it: one I don't like being told what to bring because what if I'd just got a book? Do I have to buy a second one to be the card? So now two presents? AND I really don't like writing in new books for several reasons: what if I buy a book that three other people buy? Are you really going to keep 3 copies of Goodnight Moon? Just because some woman you worked with three years ago wrote in it? I am a HUGE bookworm and I love getting books for LO but I know already that many of them will be passed on to others and donated eventually. I will save some of the really special ones but not all of them.
I really don't care if people do it or not but I just don't feel I need to go get some other present. I guess I'm just a cow like that.
I feel like this thread has given me an UO when we're looking for FFFC but I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I love beautiful greeting cards. I almost always buy Papyrus or those boxes you can get at Costco with a bunch of cards for every occasion. And I love fancy wrapping paper and bags. I do my best to buy them at Target on Clearance or cheap at TJ Maxx though.
My love of gift wrap might stem from back in the day when I worked at Mervyn's and had to learn how to do a 'seamless' wrap when I'd cover in guest service.
My confession- I have one of those Rubbermaid type 3 drawer storage units. All 3 drawers are filled with socks. The fun holiday type socks. I also have a dresser drawer filled with the plain white cotton socks. I need to stop buying socks.
My confession- I have one of those Rubbermaid type 3 drawer storage units. All 3 drawers are filled with socks. The fun holiday type socks. I also have a dresser drawer filled with the plain white cotton socks. I need to stop buying socks.
Ha, I hardly have any socks. In fact, I usually wear mine 2-3 times before I wash them.
My confession- I have one of those Rubbermaid type 3 drawer storage units. All 3 drawers are filled with socks. The fun holiday type socks. I also have a dresser drawer filled with the plain white cotton socks. I need to stop buying socks.
Ha, I hardly have any socks. In fact, I usually wear mine 2-3 times before I wash them.
My confession (which I've probably confessed before). I'm a freaking shopaholic and I can't stop. Between yesterday and today, I spent $175 on clothes for Baby G . They were on sale and just so cute...
Ha, I hardly have any socks. In fact, I usually wear mine 2-3 times before I wash them.
nooooooooooooooo
The only time I ever really wear socks is after I get home from work and lounging around the house. I wear heels with bare feet at work majority of the time. Obviously if I'm ramming around an indoor playground with DS or whatever, they get washed immediately. Actually once we get home from those types of places, I strip ALL of our clothes off before they can even touch the couch. Germ central.
On a related note - if you leave your blinds/curtains open, I will totally creep on you. I don't really GAF what you are doing, I like to check out how people decorate their houses.
Not the same but my mom and I used to go to Model homes to see how they were decorated.
I always close the blinds when I am getting changed, our bedroom is in the front of the house and right now with it being winter our tree is bare. I don't need/want the neighbor watching me get changed. DH always opens the blinds first thing in the AM and I yell at him when it comes to opening them if I am in the shower because he knows how I feel.
On a related note - if you leave your blinds/curtains open, I will totally creep on you. I don't really GAF what you are doing, I like to check out how people decorate their houses.
We don't have curtains or blinds in our kitchen and we have an open layout into our living room so you can definitely see some of our décor. Before G started eating with us we would eat at our kitchen island all the time and catch people looking into our house as they'd walk by. It's fun to smile and wave.
Our front door also has some glass inserts at the top. So last month I was pumping while sitting on the living room couch and all of the sudden my sister's husband peeks in through the door. Whoops! I imagine he didn't get a good look though with the pumps attached and my hands in the way holding them up.
I am surprised that people are confessing that they reuse gift bags. I thought that was the whole point of gift bags. They're easy to use and reuse.
We also save wrapping paper from birthdays and Christmas. We cut off the sellotape and any torn bits and use it again and again. My family have always done this and so do H's family so I thought it was completely normal, but apparently we're a bit weird.
I don't like it when people write on the paper instead of using a gift tag because it means you can't reuse the paper!
We cut up Christmas cards to make tags. For birthdays it tends to be obvious who the present is for, so we don't bother with tags.
I am surprised that people are confessing that they reuse gift bags. I thought that was the whole point of gift bags. They're easy to use and reuse.
We also save wrapping paper from birthdays and Christmas. We cut off the sellotape and any torn bits and use it again and again. My family have always done this and so do H's family so I thought it was completely normal, but apparently we're a bit weird.
I don't like it when people write on the paper instead of using a gift tag because it means you can't reuse the paper!
We cut up Christmas cards to make tags. For birthdays it tends to be obvious who the present is for, so we don't bother with tags.
Wow, saving wrapping paper, that's commitment. So do you make sure to not rip it and only open along the seams?
I think ripping the wrapping paper is the most fun part.
We are having pizza at work for lunch today. When I grabbed a slice of pepperoni the cheese on BOTH the adjoining slices came with it - did not attempt to remedy that. Give me all the cheese.
In case you were wondering, yes, I am the asshole who grabs a slice from the middle instead of the end. I don't let manners dictate which slice of pizza is mine.
We are having pizza at work for lunch today. When I grabbed a slice of pepperoni the cheese on BOTH the adjoining slices came with it - did not attempt to remedy that. Give me all the cheese.
In case you were wondering, yes, I am the asshole who grabs a slice from the middle instead of the end. I don't let manners dictate which slice of pizza is mine.
Although I am way too conscious of how I take my piece from the pie, this made me laugh. Go you!
Post by beersandweirs on Feb 19, 2016 12:26:16 GMT -5
I should probably stop judging all your confessions and give one of my own.
Back in August our other car broke down, but we never had it looked at because my husband was about to take his 12 weeks FMLA and I was working from home, so 1 car was fine. Now that we are both back to work, it still is fine, because he can easily take the bus to work and I take the car and drop baby at the nanny's. The car has not been turned on or even opened since it was towed to our house. A few weeks ago I noticed the seats looked a little weird , so I investigated further and realized there is definitely something growing on the seats and other surfaces in the car. It's pretty gross, but we still haven't cleaned it up...
Sometimes I pretend people are watching me through the windows. Like, a crush I have is stalking me, or someone who I think is a shitty mom is watching me read to my kids and (attempt to) be a good mom. Like, I seriously take a little longer to close the blinds some nights. Specific example, when we are all sitting around the dinner table, I leave the blinds open on purpose sometimes because I want to show off my family to whomever is watching us. What does this say about me? I've never told anyone this before.
Not quite the same, but I often pretend I'm a character in a movie or television show, so there are cameras on me.
My confession- I have one of those Rubbermaid type 3 drawer storage units. All 3 drawers are filled with socks. The fun holiday type socks. I also have a dresser drawer filled with the plain white cotton socks. I need to stop buying socks.
I also have a sock buying problem...and I never actually wear socks. Like, maaaaaybe once a month or if it's really cold. But I could count the number of times I've worn socks in the past year on my hands.
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