Comments on: The last-minute gift http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/ Having it all with less. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: melissa a http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-270 melissa a Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:40:55 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-270 Excellent post! I will forward this immediately to my mother on my quest to stop her from buying me any more clothes (gag). Excellent post! I will forward this immediately to my mother on my quest to stop her from buying me any more clothes (gag).

]]> By: BackyardJen http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-256 BackyardJen Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:47:04 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-256 No-one ever gives me books! The one thing I want more than anything else, but nooooo. Even when I give my husband the link to my Amazon wishlist, do I get a book? No. I get a blow-dryer. I am absolutely hooked on your site! Thanks for doing this. No-one ever gives me books! The one thing I want more than anything else, but nooooo. Even when I give my husband the link to my Amazon wishlist, do I get a book? No. I get a blow-dryer.

I am absolutely hooked on your site! Thanks for doing this.

]]> By: busyHSmom http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-217 busyHSmom Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:45:39 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-217 Whenever the house next door to you goes on the market, I call "Dibs!" Oh wait, with someone like you next door, they'd be crazy to move. Shucks! Well, can I be your friend? (I knit too! Is that a point in my favor?) My birthday is next month--just something for your calendar. ;-) And a little idea for those of you who have a gift closet...don't forget to keep a selection of inexpensive gift wrap or gift bags on hand too. Also a question: When you are having a really stinky, crummy, bad day, do you ever go diving in your gift closet and give yourself a present??? Whenever the house next door to you goes on the market, I call “Dibs!” Oh wait, with someone like you next door, they’d be crazy to move. Shucks! Well, can I be your friend? (I knit too! Is that a point in my favor?) My birthday is next month–just something for your calendar. ;-)

And a little idea for those of you who have a gift closet…don’t forget to keep a selection of inexpensive gift wrap or gift bags on hand too.

Also a question: When you are having a really stinky, crummy, bad day, do you ever go diving in your gift closet and give yourself a present???

]]> By: Lawanda http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-213 Lawanda Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:17:12 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-213 You ARE pretty! And smart too! How pretty and smart of you to start this website! :) I love your ideas. *nods* You ARE pretty! And smart too! How pretty and smart of you to start this website! :) I love your ideas. *nods*

]]> By: el-e-e http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-212 el-e-e Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:40:49 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-212 It appears that BBW sale is going on right now online! I just got a couple of my MIL's favorite fragrance bottles of lotion for 4 bucks. yay! It appears that BBW sale is going on right now online! I just got a couple of my MIL’s favorite fragrance bottles of lotion for 4 bucks. yay!

]]> By: Jackie Joy http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-200 Jackie Joy Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:35:57 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-200 Oh my god, I love this new site! When Bath and Body Works has their big sale, I always by the 50% off gift sets. They're perfect for hostess gifts and I almost always have something to give for those instances when we are getting ready to go out and my sister in law says, "Do you have a gift?" (She's Muslim-- Islamically, you should give a gift when you go to someone's house or...something.) Oh my god, I love this new site!

When Bath and Body Works has their big sale, I always by the 50% off gift sets. They’re perfect for hostess gifts and I almost always have something to give for those instances when we are getting ready to go out and my sister in law says, “Do you have a gift?” (She’s Muslim– Islamically, you should give a gift when you go to someone’s house or…something.)

]]> By: Heather http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-198 Heather Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:07:11 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-198 I've heard you speak about your gift closet before, Mir, but all this detail...so pretty. I love the idea, and though I'm in a small rental place and can't really have a gift closet yet, I'm definitely putting it on my "to-have" list. Genius. And I LOVE the idea a commenter had about a gift log. So I guess I'm just a tiny bit of a freak too. :-D I’ve heard you speak about your gift closet before, Mir, but all this detail…so pretty. I love the idea, and though I’m in a small rental place and can’t really have a gift closet yet, I’m definitely putting it on my “to-have” list. Genius. And I LOVE the idea a commenter had about a gift log. So I guess I’m just a tiny bit of a freak too. :-D

]]> By: Allison http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-194 Allison Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:31:23 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-194 I only occasionally think about gifts as I'm shopping sales (which makes me sound terribly selfish....hmm), but West Elm often has great stuff in their clearance section. I'm planning my wedding and just bought 18 sets of gorgeous glass vases for $13 per set of 3 (originally $60) to use for centerpieces - after the fact, I can give them away or sell on ebay. westelm.com, yo! I only occasionally think about gifts as I’m shopping sales (which makes me sound terribly selfish….hmm), but West Elm often has great stuff in their clearance section. I’m planning my wedding and just bought 18 sets of gorgeous glass vases for $13 per set of 3 (originally $60) to use for centerpieces – after the fact, I can give them away or sell on ebay. westelm.com, yo!

]]> By: Laura L http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-174 Laura L Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:27:55 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-174 People actually have enough closet space to devote one to gifts? I must be terribly out of touch with my inner housewife :) I'm afraid my kids would raid a gift closet no matter what was in it. (My 6 yr old has a candle sniffing problem) People actually have enough closet space to devote one to gifts? I must be terribly out of touch with my inner housewife :) I’m afraid my kids would raid a gift closet no matter what was in it. (My 6 yr old has a candle sniffing problem)

]]> By: Erin http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-168 Erin Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:19:04 +0000 http://wantnot.net/2006/06/14/the-last-minute-gift/#comment-168 I grew up with a mom who had a gift closet and now have one of my very own! It is, truly, the greatest thing if you shop sales, because you can keep something for ages and ages until the appropriate time. And although, like many who have commented, I am a gift-giver by nature, I do pretty well at keeping things under wrap. One thing I wanted to contribute--my mother-in-law loves (LOVES) the Peanuts, and last year a card shop near my work would discount the seasonal Snoopys right after each holiday (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter...) to 75% off. So I picked one of each up and stowed it away with our decorations for that holiday. That way, they're not taking up room in my gift closet, and they're less likely to be forgotten! When we take out the Halloween decs, there will be candy-corn-toting Snoopy ready to be sent off to MIL! Love the site, love the ideas...and yes, you are quite pretty, Mir! ;) I grew up with a mom who had a gift closet and now have one of my very own! It is, truly, the greatest thing if you shop sales, because you can keep something for ages and ages until the appropriate time. And although, like many who have commented, I am a gift-giver by nature, I do pretty well at keeping things under wrap.

One thing I wanted to contribute–my mother-in-law loves (LOVES) the Peanuts, and last year a card shop near my work would discount the seasonal Snoopys right after each holiday (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter…) to 75% off. So I picked one of each up and stowed it away with our decorations for that holiday. That way, they’re not taking up room in my gift closet, and they’re less likely to be forgotten! When we take out the Halloween decs, there will be candy-corn-toting Snoopy ready to be sent off to MIL!

Love the site, love the ideas…and yes, you are quite pretty, Mir! ;)

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