I Just Gotta Vent....Please rethink Christmas Giving...

I don't mean to sound

ungrateful.

But...

as I sit here with yet another  FOUR more scented candles

(unlit, in a completely different room)

that is driving my allergies nutso...

I just want to scream...

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

DO NOT GIVE

ALLERGY-SCENTSITIVE FRIENDS...

body lotions, bath oils, perfumed ANYTHING!

THIS INCLUDES CANDLES!

 

I'd much rather have

a handmade card-or even a plain store bought card...

than something I cannot use at all

and have to pretend yet again

that I am gracious about receiving.

 

Those that know me...

know...

those that don't and pretend to...frustrate me.

 

If you have someone on YOUR LIST

that you aren't sure about...

but want to give something to....

a generic gift card

no matter how large or small

would be MOST APPRECIATED

over something that reminds us

yet again

that we are overly-sensitive to things

and we lose out...both on the gift

AND by having our feelings hurt.

 

And for me...it's not just perfumes.

I cannot eat wheat.

And by wheat...

that means

ANYTHING with "traditional" white flour...

not a lot of people (including dieticians!) get that....

but yet

I graciously accepted the poundcake

a friend brought after my surgery...

and I will NEVER turn something down

the preschoolers offer me...

they are too young to understand and I would not

hurt their feelings for anything.

 

What to get?

A gift card.
A promise to get together to do something fun
(ie TIME together...)

I scrapbook-buy me GLUE STICKS for God's sake!

Just don't give me perfumed stuff!

My eyes are itching, my head is killing me

and I can't breathe.

Beginning to wonder--

is this friend wanting to do something nice---

or trying to kill me?!!!

 

If you care enough about someone

that you want to give them something....

then please please please

take the time to find out what they'd care to receive

and make it count!

Are they not worth that much and, if not...

why are you even bothering?!

 

End of rant.

Unfortunately, not the end of the headache

or the allergy attack.

 

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,