With the holiday season starting soon, I find I need to buy at least one grab bag or gift swap gift. We will be picking one and then others have the chance to take it away. The gift should be worth about $10.00 and be suitable for men and women of all ages. Only one is a quilter, so I won't be buying a few FQ, much as I'd like that! Suggestions welcome. Thanks, PAT
Back before I became a deadbeat, I belonged to a group that did that and it was fun although it did get rather ruthless. I always brought a Christmas ornament. With a price limit of $10, you can find some that are truly lovely. Another hit was a tiny, cuddly teddy bear. Even the macho guys have someone they can think of to re-gift it to. Or - a very nice candle. Not one perfumed with raspberry puree and Hootchie Mama. Polly
"Pat in Virginia" With the holiday season starting soon, I find I need to buy at least one
I'm not an advocate of too much fast food eating... but every now and then... it sure tastes good!
How about a Wendy's, McD's or even a Starbucks gift card... Mom, Dad's, Grandma and Grandpa's... can use it... or use if for someone they love!
My son's favorite stocking stuffer... DairyQueen gift certificates!
Educate us about how that goes, Kate. If we give a grand a gift certificate for $5 and their meal costs $ 4.72 - do they get the difference in coins or do they have to carry around a sales slip worth 28¢ ? It is something we've thought about but don't quite know how it works. Polly
"Kate G." I'm not an advocate of too much fast food eating... but every now and
How about a bottle of wine. Could be enjoyed during the Holidays Piece/quilt a bag to wrap it. Kay
wow, Mz Polly, i had no idea you were a deadbeat. how'd that happen? what exactly makes you a deadbeat. do the gators know? i hear they're fond of deadmeat. dont get too close ya hear. most peculiar. j.
"Polly Esther" wrote ... Back before I became a deadbeat,
An interestingly patterned/shaped mug? .
In message , Pat in Virginia writes
'Deadbeat' is simply my answer when store clerks or someone who has no need to know asks where I work. 'Retired' sounds so much like someone who sags on the sofa and watches reruns of soap operas. Now I mostly just do things I love to do; I have 3 loaves of bread baked this morning and it's just past 6 a.m. Life is good. Would be even better if we could find a riding vacuum cleaner. Polly
"jeanne-nzlstar*" wow, Mz Polly,
Gift card to CVS or other chains. Candy
Cheryl
With gift certificates -- I can't tell you how everybody does it... at the DQ here -- you get change. Although now they also do the gift cards.
With the new Gift Cards -- like Starbucks for example -- they swipe the card like a credit card and somehow -- thanks to modern technology -- it subtracts what you spend. So if you have 28 cents left... hang on to the card and you can swipe it on your next purchase -- empty out the card and then pay the balance.
So you can use the card until the balance is zero.
the tradition of the glass pickle...
It's time for the Fast Food places to sell their coupon books for $1 and you get 8 coupons for free fries. Burger King did this for Halloween Treats, and we bought 2, just for us because BK is only 2 blocks away and we vary what we order so we don't get tired of any one sandwich. We figure we can't lose on these kind of deals! We buy (3) $1 burgers, 2 free fries, and 2 senior drinks for $4.05. Barbara in FL
The one Christmas we were in this we bought a calendar (local sites) and put it in an empty cereal box. then we artfully decorated the top. tiny trees, mirror for water, ice skaters, tiny house, fluffy pillow batting for snow. the box was fought over and my dad finally got it. One grandchild tried taking it from him and he just said NO ONE takes it from Grandpa--then everyone else tried. It was so funny as he wouldn't give it up! Heard tell it went under their tree every year.
HTH Butterfly
Smile that dreamy smile and say very quietly; " I'm a Kept Woman". Gets 'em every time. By the time they realize they've been 'had', you're long gone.
Mr Joe would really get the guys at Conventions, when I was with him. Who's your lady/woman/gal? he'd say "That's my mistress' After they got done being flustered, I'd pipe up. "Yeah. He's married to his job" Break the ice every time.
Go for it Polly. Tell 'em you're kept woman : )
Butterfly (This world needs a bit of fun right now)
Some are renewable... say you have 28 cents left...you can add enuf to make it $4.28 or whatever a cuppa costs there.
Watch out tho--at the rate stores are closing you could be out the cash. I know some Starbucks are closing just not sure 'where'.
Butterfly (Get one there for DD every Christmas)
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