i too like to choose wisely the gifts i get for ppl, i find it quite draining, lol. and yes it's a bore when they get you summat you wouldnt' have got the dog, lol.
i haven't started mine, ooh, tell a lie i have, i've got my bestest m8 a scarf, i always get her lots of little things very carefully chosen, we made a pact years ago to only get things we knew the other would love and to not spend a fortune, which feeds our love of charity shopping, i bought her 3 tops for her birthday and sent her 2 as i really liked the other myself, lol. she loved them and they where a perfect fit she said. although for xmas last year i bought her an amythyst n diamond bracelet brand new, she was so bowled over she forgot about the charity shop thing, lol.
chell
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