Friday, April 28, 2006
Giving the gift of oatmeal
After my last post I was making myself chuckle, thinking about “giving the gift of oatmeal”. (I did, in fact, have some for breakfast.) In the real world, however, I think if you were to present someone with a gigantic bowl of oatmeal you would be looked at funny, among other things. But how about for breakfast? It wouldn’t be so odd to give oatmeal then. And why shouldn’t you? Little gifts here and there, just to say I care.
I personally hate obligatory gifting. Oh it’s your birthday? Greeaaaat. Crap, what the hell do I give this person?? Trying to come up with something because I have to seems to make me lose my creativity. All the great ideas I might have had for giving fun gifts is suddenly gone. In such situations I often find that gift baskets are a safe bet. With 20 different kinds of crap inside, there has to be at least one thing they like! (Someone was telling me about gift baskets by Gourmet Gift Baskets. Apparently they have a basket “work of art” for every occasion, like housewarming, thank you and sympathy. Gourmet goodies make lots of people happy. I wonder if they have an “I’m sorry my tire popped off my car and took off your prosthetic leg” basket?)
Receiving gifts can also be a challenge. You have to express thanks, even if you received the most hideous sweater known to mankind. When I get a basket of things, I’ve got some stalling time. I peruse the goodies and go ooh and ahh, all the while silently coming up with something thankful to say. Finally I’m able to latch onto one thing in the collection and say, “Wow, how did you know I’ve always wanted to try gourmet Irish oatmeal? Now I don’t have to be curious anymore.”
If I manage a third post today, I’m going to see if I can work oatmeal into that too. I like it as a theme. Makes my blog high in fiber and oh so good for you.
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