Back to the shops then? Kept the receipt - Goodo! Some pressies defy logic. Like the mug Santa fetched to one of us in hospital. All the patients got one. Useful item, better than a chocolate teapot, but this one has a jumper. Red, with a button.
It's quite cute but totally useless. The jumper can't keep the cup warm, it gets dribbled on and has to be taken off for washing. Then put back on again. We've kept the mug, no idea why. On reflection I'd rather have the teapot.
The other useless gift is £20. Fantastic, what's wrong with that! Wait though, this twenty quid is a cheque. Made out to my daughter, who is too young to have her own bank account. We can't pay it into ours, it's got her name on.
So we divvy up the £20 and forget it. The alternative is to send the thing back, ask the generous rellies to send another one, with our name on it, and then pay it in that way. Too much grief and it manages to look ungrateful. Which we really, really are! Because this happens every year, we used to get three of the things and on top of everything else we spent, it began to seem expensive. And annoying. And a bit thoughtless. Handy for the sender though in these hard-up times. Bah, humbug to one and all and a Happy New Year!
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