Not close enough to Christmas to know
but new clothes are always welcome.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 16:53, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Indeed they are
but never from my mother or grandmother, for the simple reason that I'll ask for something specific, and my mother will get me something else which is frightful and say 'Oh, but I thought you'd prefer it, I think it's lovely' and my grandmother will get me something middle aged from M&S and say 'Well, I tried to go in to that shop you wanted something from, but it was full of youths and I was worried they might try to pickpocket me'.
Or something equally as silly.
(berk, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 16:58, Reply)

This is a problem
however my mother generally knows what I wear/like now and asks before hand. One year I got three lord of the rings t-shirts though from different family members. Clothes fail (I was thirteen or so)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:00, Reply)

I have given up trying, to be honest
it never, ever ends well. I'd rather just ask for vouchers, ungrateful though that may seem. Or asking for very, very specific things like a new saxophone mouthpiece or an ice cream maker.
(berk, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Nowadays I go
'oh I don't want anything.' And then they buy me something random or give me some money, and then buy a few small things as well.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I always try and get people
to use by amazon wish list. Books are always win if they are ones you wanted
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:52, Reply)

Good use of the word 'frightful'

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:04, Reply)

If only I could show you examples
you would wholeheartedly agree. And ask me to take them away again before your retinas spontaneously combust in self defence.
(berk, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:09, Reply)

Trouble is, I now feel even more frightfully middle-aged than normal
As the last two or three pairs of jeans I bought were from M&S...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Some M&S stuff is okay
just generally not the stuff my gran picks out.
(berk, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 17:43, Reply)

Well, nobody's commented on me being dressed like an old man at the Todmorden bash
(Although that might just be because all the attention was drawn to AA's 'Summer Wardrobe.')
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 18:29, Reply)