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What is the proper way to thank someone when you've returned their gift?
I mean, the person included the gift receipt with the gift, so obviously the possibility of returning it was foreseen. And I really do appreciate the thought, it's just that the gift doesn't quite work with our apartment.
When someone gives money, I usually say "I used the money for X", should I say "I returned it and bought X with the money"? Or should I just say that I really appreciated the thoughtfulness?
I don't want to lie and say that we are going to use it all the time when it's already been returned. After all, the gift giver is quite likely to be over at some point and notice that the gift isn't being used...
I'm writing baby gift thank yous now. The wedding thank you fiasco I am almost resigned to putting out of my mind forever. Suffice to say that when a box of completed thank you notes, along with the list of who gave you what, DISAPPEARS during a move, it takes TIME to sit down and cry... in fact, altogether, THREE boxes of notes disappeared during our various moves! Two boxes of generic blank notes that just had our names on them, and the box that held the finished thank you notes and the list of gift givers. It's really upsetting on many levels... I wrote some nice things, and I don't want people to feel unappreciated or worry that I didn't get their gift. Plus those generic blank notes were so pretty and would have been so useful in the future.
The baby gift thank yous are REALLY cute... they are shaped like a yellow onesie and have a little sun on them with "thank you" underneath it. I almost bought some Precious Moments thank you cards last week but I'm glad I kept looking for something perfect, because these really make me feel happy and hopefully they will make the people who receive them happy too. :)
I mean, the person included the gift receipt with the gift, so obviously the possibility of returning it was foreseen. And I really do appreciate the thought, it's just that the gift doesn't quite work with our apartment.
When someone gives money, I usually say "I used the money for X", should I say "I returned it and bought X with the money"? Or should I just say that I really appreciated the thoughtfulness?
I don't want to lie and say that we are going to use it all the time when it's already been returned. After all, the gift giver is quite likely to be over at some point and notice that the gift isn't being used...
I'm writing baby gift thank yous now. The wedding thank you fiasco I am almost resigned to putting out of my mind forever. Suffice to say that when a box of completed thank you notes, along with the list of who gave you what, DISAPPEARS during a move, it takes TIME to sit down and cry... in fact, altogether, THREE boxes of notes disappeared during our various moves! Two boxes of generic blank notes that just had our names on them, and the box that held the finished thank you notes and the list of gift givers. It's really upsetting on many levels... I wrote some nice things, and I don't want people to feel unappreciated or worry that I didn't get their gift. Plus those generic blank notes were so pretty and would have been so useful in the future.
The baby gift thank yous are REALLY cute... they are shaped like a yellow onesie and have a little sun on them with "thank you" underneath it. I almost bought some Precious Moments thank you cards last week but I'm glad I kept looking for something perfect, because these really make me feel happy and hopefully they will make the people who receive them happy too. :)