Really Dont Want Or Need

[fruitsalad]

Anything Mr fruit has asked me to make a list so he can choose something from it for my xmas present well I have been racking my brain all afternoon and although it sounds ungrateful I really dont need or want for anything we are not well off by any means but In this day and age theres not a lot we want for and it just makes me realise just how lucky we are.

[anneasquith]

shipping out ? on holiday.

[Barmaid]

Sherr - yes "ring" as in "ring, hats and flowers" and "shipping out" as in buggering off for good.

[sherrardk]

Oh! Bugger :(

[anneasquith]

oh heck. would it not be a good idea to tell him now, why wait ?

[DTCwordfan]

One of my clients hasn't had an easy year , fruitsalad, though not a bad Q4 so far. In their case, they have decided not to buy each other presents but rather to take off to Tavistock for one night to one of their fav hotels, the Bedford, and go to one of their wine tasting and dinner evenings, both of them enjoying this.

You could do something like that?

[jno]

well, if you don't want material things, how about an experience, a red letter day or something?

http://myred.letterdays.co.uk/great-deals-on-experiences-from-red-letter-days.php/?A8ID=a20_rld_braex_01&_$ja=cgid:5076231343|tsid:24239|cid:106003063|lid:70640541|mt:Exact|nw:search|crid:34636720903|dvc:c|adp:1t2

(wouldn't you like to drive a Ferrari?)

[pixie373]

Oh god, bm! That doesn't sound a very relaxing Christmas xx

[ELVIS68]

Same old story, women say they don't want a Xmas present, come Xmas and they haven't got anything and they say "It still would've been nice to have something to unwrap"

"Bangs head against the wall"

[jno]

mm, yes, anne's right, don't spring that on anyone on December 25 unless you're feeling really vengeful

[anneasquith]

I have to say, you are all very lucky if you don't need anything, I need loads of things,

[sherrardk]

Elvis, I am truly not bothered. It's a day for the kids. I've got himself something small and he has recently given me an iPhone 5. Now, if we are talking birthdays, if I get diddly squat I go into a real sulk (big style - I don't want anything huge, just want the day acknowledged).

[ELVIS68]

Everyone round Barmaids this Xmas, better than any Eastenders storyline

Douff Douff

[lady-janine]

hell's bells bm. sorry to hear that.

[sherrardk]

Anne - seriously, what do you need. I bet you don't need it at all, you would like it which is different. (I need a new washing machine but if I got one for Christmas I would not be impressed).

[anneasquith]

to start with, I need a new wardrobe (clothing) need not want.

[carrot99]

I'm the same and was delighted when my daughter found me a vinegar bottle for 60p in Wilkinsons for my birthday. I've been moaning for months about having to buy and throw away Sarson's vinegar bottles with the hole in stopper because it's not refillable and the cheaper Asda malt vinegar doesn't have a stopper with a hole in it. My elderly mum lives with me and she couldn't manage to hold the cap over the neck to let just a drizzle out.

For christmas I want an old fashioned, insulated, plastic butter dish as my mum and dad have buttered toast in the morning. Can't find one anywhere. The butter must go inside with a lid on top and not sit on a plate with a cover...I'm cheap but fussy!

[sherrardk]

Nah, you want not need. Do you have clothes? Presumably yes, so you want not need.

[anneasquith]

sher, just one more time ,,,,,,,,,,,,,I need,

[daffy654]

carrot99, Lakeland do a metal (brushed steel appearance) one that is insulated, we have had ours for a few months and it is used daily.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Dish

[Jeza]

Carrot. Tupperware do one that you describe. I have one. I like the idea that it doesn't break if it's banged or dropped.

Mic nor I have not bought each other Christmas, Birthday gifts for years. If I want something or he does we discuss and then buy. Before you tell me we're lucky, years of hard work and saving when colleagues were out pi$$ing it up the wall. My present predicament says, was it worth it.