Do you love it when someone gifts you an article of clothing that you will never wear?
"Gee thanks, you know I'm 6'3" but thanks for the size 5 shoes, I'm really grateful!"
If it's
"the thought that counts", at least try to make it look like you put some thought into it.
Some years ago my brother ( though obviously his wife did the shopping ) gave me a battery operated shoe polisher for Christmas.
Rather thoughtful gift, for somebody I guess.
But considering I only ever wore sneakers (and no socks) to me it screamed, "We budgeted $10 for his gift, here's something for $9.29"
I'd seriously rather get no gift than something people bought because they felt they had to.
I always looked for gifts that suited the person.
And I also never believed spending equally on each person.
My theory was always, if Soggy loves Ugly Christmas Sweaters and I find one that's perfect for him at $75, cool.
And, Ashrem collects little ballerina dolls and I find one he doesn't have in his collection for $5, cool.
If both people got the perfect gift, who cares what the cost difference is?
Ok so I carried this a little farther off the track than I meant to.