We have recently celebrated at 4th birthday in this house. It has been a mix of intense pleasure and absolute chaos. We had a party on Saturday with friends and family, then an after school Pizza party with the School Yummy Mummy set. Who although they are all lovely, always make you feel self-conscious, like the popular girls at school.
We were inundated with gifts from everyone, all of them wonderful and hand on my heart, I can honestly say that this year for the first time, none were a double up or unliked so none will be re-gifted.
We were however the recipients of a re-gift hence the blog. Now I don’t know about any of you but, I am all for re-gifting, when you receive a thoughtful present from someone but, you don’t like it, have one already or it doesn’t fit, you maybe lucky and have a friend or family member who provides a gift receipt with said present, meaning you can without embarrassment change the offending article. Although more than likely you are unlucky and get no gift receipt so the re-gifting rules apply.
1. Make sure you put a note on the gift saying who you got it from
2. Keep groups of people separate: e.g if Family gave you the gift, mark it to be given to friends. If NCT members gave you the gift, mark it so that you give to other friends who don’t know NCT members or family etc.
3. Make sure that if you are re-gifting there is nothing written in or on the gift. Unless it’s an obvious second-hand item, for example a fist edition novel with a list of owners in, or Authors signature
4. Most important rule of all. If the gift is truly hideous, or has your name in it from the gifter, just give it to a charity shop. You must make sure it’s one that isn’t in the village or in close proximity to the gifter incase they stumble across it.
So there you have it, your re-gifting rules. Now what to do with the Harry and the Dinosaurs United book we received this morning, that in November 2011 was given to George from Natania, do I give it to the Charity shop or keep till November and give it back to George, and what do I write in the Thank you card?!?
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