Unwanted/excessive gifts!

ska_lover

Give it to a charity shop and stop overdramatising the whole situation

EconomicsGirl

I would guess they value your cake plus voucher at £30 which is probably about right.

I wouldn't say anything about not wanting their gifts as that's impolite but you could drop hints about what you would like. E.g. Saying you love x, y or z. If you don't want a present at all maybe suggest a charity instead. Are quite strange presents but maybe they don't know what to buy.

ripplyuk

OP, I wouldn't say anything yet. Wait until closer to the time, perhaps October. Tell them that you now have no room at all for any extra stuff, but you would really appreciate a box of biscuits/chocs etc.

Regarding the unwanted gifts, It's not always that easy to get rid of these things. I have a friend who 'checks up' on gifts she's given me. She'll ask me about 'that gorgeous little teddy bear' she gave me years ago, which I can't even remember. Or when she visits she'll ask what room have I hung the picture she bought me (it went to the dump), and suggests I try on some of the 'lovely dresses' she's bought me so that she can see what they look like.

All apart from one dress went to the charity shop as no one I knew wanted them, and I have no reason to ever wear them. Nor did I even like them, but she kept buying them despite me telling her repeatedly not to.