❄❄ Let It Snow ❄❄ :: Christmas 2012 Chatter Thread

normandleigh

Own_My_Own wrote: »

It is great for the money. Dd loves hers . I get a but more frustrated with mine, but I think the book thing is just getting to me. Being able to read my books on it was one of the only reasons I got one.
Could you please ask you kids how to get books from my kindle on laptop to Calibre ? I have downloaded it, but when I try to add book it takes me to documents. And my books aren't there. Thanks x

i will when they get in from school x

mcculloch29

Congrats Chirpy! A Christmas baby! Welcome little Franklin.

Blurry pic of my souvenir laden tree. I collect ornaments as holiday souvenirs and don't want to get a new tree. It was bought in Woolworth's in Germany in 1981.

noodles86

Ok it gets worse, decided to see what other 'delights' may be comiing. theyre awful :A Does this man not know me at all!?! Oh and with the few presents I saw whilst out that I got checking it was ok with him (thank god otherwise I'd be really disappointed) he has also gone way over budget :mad: it's a major online retailer so not sure how things can be returned. I'm gutted and hate having to act surprised and grateful for a waste of money because someone can't be bothered to know me!

normandleigh

noodles86 wrote: »

Ok it gets worse, decided to see what other 'delights' may be comiing. theyre awful :A Does this man not know me at all!?! Oh and with the few presents I saw whilst out that I got checking it was ok with him (thank god otherwise I'd be really disappointed) he has also gone way over budget :mad: it's a major online retailer so not sure how things can be returned. I'm gutted and hate having to act surprised and grateful for a waste of money because someone can't be bothered to know me!

i think id just have to admit to accidently finding them and say i didnt like them especially if its over budget. most online retailers let u return by post or collect+ nowadays, have a look and see if it says anything on the reciepts x

his_missus

noodles86 wrote: »

Ok it gets worse, decided to see what other 'delights' may be comiing. theyre awful :A Does this man not know me at all!?! Oh and with the few presents I saw whilst out that I got checking it was ok with him (thank god otherwise I'd be really disappointed) he has also gone way over budget :mad: it's a major online retailer so not sure how things can be returned. I'm gutted and hate having to act surprised and grateful for a waste of money because someone can't be bothered to know me!

Oh noodles, what a palarva! Now I know why my Hubby is so insistent I tell him EXACTLY what I want, right down to pointing out which hair styler I wanted. I guess he doesn't want to get it wrong but I really like surprises. I understand how annoyed you feel that he doesn't seem to know what you'd like, it drives me potty that Hubby can't/won't choose surprises for me.

As to what to do about it - I don't know really. Next year I thinki you need to drop massive hints or put big circles around items in the xmas catalogues - I remember doing that as a child

Betsie2010

Noodles86 - is there anyway he is doing this for a joke?
I had a friend who was a bit of a snob and all her other halfs family bought her bits from Argos - but the stuff she really wouldn't like! As they all gave her her gifts she really struggled to stay positive, then they gave her her real pressie
(As she is now ex friend as she was ex's cousin and is no longer talking to me, despite the fact we had been very close, I am smirking thinking about it - but thats just me!!)
Anyway....maybe??

podperson

noodles86 wrote: »

Ok it gets worse, decided to see what other 'delights' may be comiing. theyre awful :A Does this man not know me at all!?! Oh and with the few presents I saw whilst out that I got checking it was ok with him (thank god otherwise I'd be really disappointed) he has also gone way over budget :mad: it's a major online retailer so not sure how things can be returned. I'm gutted and hate having to act surprised and grateful for a waste of money because someone can't be bothered to know me!

What a shame Most online stores are very good now about taking items back and refunding - to the extent that a lot of the time you get 'returns' bags included with the clothes and if they don't fit (which I have a feeling these may not do ) then you can just pop in the bag, post them back and get a refund/exchange.

caitlyn22

noodles86 wrote: »

I'm actually considering pm'ing one of you guys the link & posting it up & then I can say what a hideous jumper that is lol but that seems a bit cruel!

Do it! I know it's the season of goodwill but some men are silly - if you'd told a story of how long he'd spent choosing this, or how much thought he'd put in to it I might feel differently but if he's a snatch-and-grab buyer when you spend time and thought on his gifts, it's a different matter!

My OH is, thankfully a great gift buyer and I get lovely surprises. But that doesn't mean he doesn't throw in the odd curveball. Among my presents there's always one or two things that are the what-were-you-thinking genre. He also gets 'stuck' on things. So one year I said how much I loved Hotel Chocolat's caramel drops. Christmas morning I had about 8 bags, and everything else they sold that was even vaguely connected to caramel. Another time, he bought me a beautiful simple necklace and then the following year bought me some awful earrings, SO not my style at all. I eventually asked what made him buy them, and he looked at me blankly and said "It's from the same place as your necklace". After that we had a bit of a chat about how jewellery was usually about personal taste and that one shop might well sell lots of different things.

Just been in to town, manic as you'd expect but I picked up the frame I needed without too much trouble. I will have to go in on Saturday first thing though. MY OH would usually just go in to M&S and pick up the turkey but there were a few things I wanted today that weren't in date and they're not really things I trust him with getting. (The man who once accepted 30 odd jars of fennel seeds as a substitute for one piece of fresh fennel in my online shop!)

Popped in to check about getting the claws on my engagement ring looked at and they pretty much confirmed one has snapped. Going to put in after Christmas to be re-clawed (!) and just not wear it out of the house between now and then. I would have put it in today but it takes 2 weeks and eyes will be rolling if I'm not wearing my ring at the family party, OH's family love a drama and would never simply accept it was getting repaired!

Nanmia, thanks for the info about freezing scones - going to try that this week!

Own_My_Own

noodles86 wrote: »

I have a slight ungrateful dilemma! I know one of my xmas presents come from dh last night and he and dd put it under her bed. Well i've just gone and took a peek (yes I know!!) and its hideous!!!

On Sat night dh decided to by my xmas presents (which already felt like zilch effort was put in as he did it in 20 mins, kept saying he didnt know what to get & didnt know if I would even like my gifts that he did choose )

I already bought myself (which dh knows) a primark xmas jumper and as something which is going to be worn a few times a year if its lucky I am very happy with. He has bought for £40 :eek: the most hideous reindeer jumper. I am gutted! If it cost £10/£15 I dont think I would feel as bad but £40!!! There were some links to some gorgeous ones from boo hoo etc a few pages back i'm sure for around £20 which were so much nicer, more feminine, more me.

I sound such an ungrateful cow I'm aware, just cant believe it. Glad I have a week to compose myself to say oh its great, thank you with a smile on my face LOL! Actually this isnt a dilemma its a slightly dissapointed rant :rotfl:

How about telling him you found the jumper, and it was a LOVELY thought (and jumper), but it is over budget and the chances you would get to wear it are limited. You wouldn't really get any opportunities until next December. And you already one.
Tell him you really don't want to upset him, but there are things you could get a lot more wear out of, for less money.:)

pinknfluffy28

noodles - well thats what you get for peeking before the big day lol!!
Im very fortunate in that my dh always keeps receipts, and says to me outright, if i dont like it return it (so far, he has never brought me anything i have even considered returning!). I think if i were you i would have to be honest, say you happened upon them by mistake, and you do hope theyre not for you as you already have a suitable jumper. However you handle this, your oh is going to be a little hurt, even if you try to hide your dissapointment on the day, they can tell! If the gifts really are not to your taste, be honest, tell him you would much rather have (insert your wishlist here)... make sure you let him know how much you love him, aprreciate him, cos apparently, according to my dh, men having feelings too!!
good luck!