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On Regifting

Dec 28th 2011Me & Money Watch & Thoughts

The third Thursday of December is said to be the National Regifting Day. I missed it! 😀

Two Christmases ago, my friends and I had a regifting exchange gift. Errr… or should I say we exchanged gifts that we haven’t used but think can be of use to others. I got two towels and liquid bath soaps. Yes, we’re still using the towels.

The idea of regifting is good (for me at least) IF and ONLY IF these few guidelines are observed:

  • the gift itself has not been used
  • the gifts don’t have torns and molds
  • the gifts are put in an entirely new package (don’t ever give a present wrapped in Christmas wrappers during Valentine’s Day! No, no, no!)
  • the gifts suit the giftee (give the urinary incontinence products to a grandaunt and not to the young niece or maybe a rap CD for an nephew and not for the uncle)
  • the gifts are clean (or clean it yourself if it has been left to gather dust)
  • the gift did not come from a manufacturer that has long ago closed it’s books (errr… outdated things like these scream regifts!!)

So, in this penny-pinching hard times, regifting is not really tacky, just do it with class and your gifts are as good as new 🙂

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Gift Ideas

Dec 9th 2010Family Matters & Me & Money Watch

The season of gift-giving is finally here and I haven’t bought a single gift for giving yet. I mean, I have, for my children but to those outside my nuclear family, there’s none yet. Not even grocery stuff for my parents, maybe new books for my niece and pull up bars for my brother who wants to have a bigger bod.

These days I give gifts that are not too expensive but can be appreciated. Like baked goodies which I personally bake. These can be eaten and best of all, I labored to make these myself.

So there. Frankly, I don’t understand why people call me frugal because I give these things as gifts.

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