So, it's that time of year again (actually past time, she's been good this year!) when my mil starts calling me with horrible suggestions of things she has found that she wants to buy me for Christmas because I have not given her any ideas.
She has a complicated formula for determining how much money you spend on each family member in order to express the correct amount of affection, and if I don't reach "daughter in law" level with my requests, I will get random items sometimes copied from the other daughter in law's list. Also there must be the same number of packages, so some years, you get something like a candy bar wrapped up in fancy paper to create balance.
She has selected an expensive woodstove top fan as my first item. I guess that's ok. Maybe it will work. It will be fun to explain the science to 7 y.o. Heart grandson anyway.
i promised to work on ideas this weekend. So far I asked dh what he thought about a bike helmet (I want to start riding again) and he said "I have one you can use." New folding chairs (ours are ripping at the edges) and he said "we just got all those chairs with your grandparent's table. Get rid of them."
then he he suggested clothes. I told him I need to clean out my closet and the odds of my finding new clothes I like that she can order from a catalog are really low and she will substitute stuff. I am going to give her the website to order me a couple of new school t-shirts for work. Some of mine are getting pretty worn.
i should not have bought my lotion bars at the fair. I'll try to remember that for next year.
any ideas for useful/consumable stuff that can be wrapped?