And I put together a desk set just for you! It contains (clockwise) six elephant paper clips, a set of crayon erasers, a rainbow pen set, a writing journal, 10 rolls of specialty tape, a cow eraser, a dice pencil sharpener, and a lamb greeting card. I can only give it to one lucky person, so here's the catch! All you have to do is share a little something with me! What is the best/worst gift you have ever gotten and why? I will choose my favorite answer and mail the winner this desk set with a little postcard from Singapore. The winner will be posted on the the blog on New Year's day.
Good luck!
14 comments:
You and your twin sister were the best Christmas gifts I've ever gotten. You arrived early, just in time to put you both in our little makeshift manger under the Christmas tree. I don't want the gift set; enough supplies already, so go ahead and thrill some other respondant. Let me just say that I am so GLAD you were born that not-so-long-ago December!
I just stumbled on your blog from fredflare.com. Your work is genius!
Anyway, the best Christmas gift I ever got was a computer! Ok- so it was a family gift but boy did I like that computer! We got it when I was about 8 years old- so like about 10 years ago. It was an IBM with all that wacky start-up green script. I loved to go on the internet. I didn't know how to use it, but when i found out i could type messages to friends using "IM" I searched for friends at school the next days for someone to talk to. Too bad I knew little about typing. So I said "LOL" all the time (even though it took me until about 8th grade to figure out what "LOL" meant- haha lol!). So it was pretty sweet up until the point where it broke. What I also didn't know about computers is the proper way to shutdown...Oops.
I, too, just found your website courtesy of fredflare.com - faboo! The worst Christmas gift ever? Hmmm, it would have to be the flourescent pink cowboy-style shirt that my grandmother (bless her soul) gave me in junior high. Complete with pearl snaps. Did I mention that it was polyester? And really, really bright pink? And that I wasn't much of a "western" style person in junior high (more like grunge with a bit of goth)? I love my Grandma, but she had an odd sense of fashion.
Umm, for the sake of that cute set of office supplies, the best christmas gift ever: When our family got to go to Cancun for a week back in '96 I think. That was the best week's vacation I've ever had! Shark tacos, dancing with pirates, the girlie show at mango tango, the pyramids, the chickens, the waves, the great company and on and on.
The Best Christmas gift i've ever recieved was when I was 7 years old.
I had just moved into a new house from an apartment, so this was the first CHristmas with a backyard.
So, Christmas morning, After my sister and I had opened up all our presents, we found a note under the tree. It was a little map, and it led my sister and I all around our house. Finally, it led us to the yard, and Santa(my dad) had put together a big jungle gym there! I played on that thing forever, and now I still like to go up to the top and read, or swing on the swing.
that was the best gift ever :)
Hands down. Worst Gift Ever. And it was an anniversary gift. From my husband.
2 Pot holders and a spoon rest. You heard me.
Now, I did not marry this man for his romantic sensibilities. And I am way past being surprised by the lack of proper emphasis given to such occasions. And he has surprised me some (random) times with a song he's written for me or something cool he ran across that he thought I'd love.
Good giver, bad gift. I never have told him it was the worst gift. Haven't told anyone for that matter, but the fresh desk set tempted.
Again in his defense, I think my kids "helped" him pick it out the night before our anniversary when they went for groceries, which does soften the blow a bit. And we did need new pot holders.
Ths to Mary...Oh, yeah, that Mango Tango girlie show ranks right up there, baby. I loved seeing Billy up there on the stage dancin' like a foo'. Then the girls came out. oops; this isn't a tapas bar, it's a....
It was fun to see Dad try to make this seem okay to the grandparents...Little Nubsy Wubsy came home with a slick Mango Tango T shirt. To me it was like seeing an innocent little kid parading around in a Playboy Bunny costume...
The worst gift I ever received from my so-called best friend when we were in sixth grade. She must have thought I needed serious help in the fashion/appearance department (and I probably did) because for Christmas she gave me facewash and tomato red lipstick. That's gotta hurt....
I must say that I've never had a bad Christmas, therefore the best thing I've ever received was a kitten. A little black one with a crippled paw my mum adopted for me at a shelter. Her name is Zooey and we spell it like Zoe because that's how the adoption place spelled it. So, her name doesn't rhyme with toe. It rhymes with pony, sort of. Anyway, a kitten was the best Christmas present I've ever received.
Hi Annie! So neat to hear everyone's comments so thought I would add. I think perhaps the best Xmas gift I ever got was when I was in fourth grade. I had this job selling newspapers room-to-room in a hospital. I guess I was always somewhat business-inclined? Anyway, this old security guard would unlock the doors to this gift shop and I'd assemble the newspapers in there and count my change and all that. Sometimes I would steal candy bars but don't tell... Anyway, one day I discovered this adorable teddy bear in there. He had jointed arms and legs that you could move and the cutest, saddest eyes and his name was Sterling. I thought he was so dreamy and told my Mom that's what I wanted for Xmas. The next week I went to work and he was gone and I was sooooo bummed. Happily, he ended up under our tree! I was so surprised and excited. Sterling is still my bestie, still lives on my bed and I'm 34:) Hope you are having a fantastic trip and happy holidays to you!
Dearest Annie,
Happy Birthday to you from the entire world! From your Fred Flare Fans, your MOMA fans, your anononymous rummage sale fans, your family, your neighbors, your doorman, EVERYONE who ever knew and loved you. Enjoy the next 365 days of being a 20-something. It will never happen again after this year!
Much Love, Mumsy, Dad, Nubsy, Carmen, Pixie Jean and the sarcofagus full of dead goldfish (oops!)
Hi Annie! Friend of Sarah's and long time lurker chiming in!
At the risk of alienating my boyfriend's family RIGHT before they all come to our place for Christmas, I'll say it anyway. The Worst Gifts (tm) each year come from his Grandma. Not that EVERY year is a Worst Gift year (she's given us some LOVELY stuff, really, and she is a very nice and loving woman) but if there is a Worst Gift in any given year, it's usually from her. She has sent us a variety of weird stuff, but the two worst things were those car escape tools (with the bit for cutting your seat belt and the hammer for breaking the windshield out, we've both gotten those TWICE from her) and... wait for it... crosses. Lots of crosses. Now, I know, it's totally not acceptable to list this as Worst Gift material on a blog mostly read by Mormons, but hear me out. I am... not religious. Boyfriend is... not religious. Grandma... is Catholic and KNOWS we are not religious. At all. And yet, she still sends them, thinking, I suppose, that this year, THIS WILL BE THE YEAR that the Irish-Themed Shamrock Crucifix will bring us back to the fold. Nothing says Christmas like Jesus on the cross surrounded by four-leaf clovers. I live in terror of the day she comes to visit and wonders why we haven't hung them up.
And that's also the story of why I'm the worst granddaughter in law EVER.
haha, you're gonna think this is a little gross, but last xmas from my neighbor i got period pads.. i think maybe its because my neighbor is really old & maybe she doesnt need them anymore.. but why for xmas? my best friend & i laughed for hours.. we still do.
shes not even that old!
the best gift was probably this family reunion we had ( dont think im lame ) but i get to see them very rarely since they live in europe & stuff.. it was so fun, just loads of fun.. better then anything object ive ever gotten.
merry xmas everybody!
to the winner :p lol.
Sure, I could try to make up something to compete for that uber sweet set but I got nada to beat everyone else's answers. :-<
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