Wedding pressies
Well, it was a loooong time ago, but this has just drifted back into my memory after reading Chickenlady's post below...

Neither myself nor Mr Witch come from rich families, so we didn't post a list at Jenners (then Edinburgh's answer to Harrods, now just another House of Fraser shop). We just left it up to the guests....

Don't get me wrong, we got some beautiful (and well chosen) gifts. We also got some absolute tat.

The salad bowl and servers....... the bowl had some kind of metal round the rim, which rusted the first time it was washed. The servers didn't rust, but then they were plastic! Nice. Back in the box, round to the charity shop.

The "storage jar set" it said on the box, which contained two jars, both marked "coffee". Back in the box, round to the charity shop.

Last but not least - the towel bale. M&S, not cheap. Horrible mauve colour, though. Can't live with them, thought I. Took them back to the shop for an exchange, assistant couldn't get the label to scan. She eventually checked the stock number, and found that these particular towels had been removed from stock three years before. Which, funnily enough, was the same length of time the giver had been married! So, if someone gives you awful towels as a wedding gift, hold on to them and then recycle! Yep, you guessed it, round to the charity shop.

Actually, that charity shop did really well out of us. Especially when we moved and donated another load of presents we hadn't even used.

Still, its the thought that counts.....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 7 Jan 2008, 14:52, Reply)