gift giving.
I'm going to a party tonight!! Yay, I haven't been to a party in ages. Course that is probably because I am seriously anti-social! This party is a baby shower.
Have I mentioned before, I am not a good gift giver. So for all of the other people in your life who are not good gift givers, perhaps I will try to define, explain, etc. the process and reasoning that leads to my poor gift choices.
Step One when choosing a gift, I think of myself and what I would like to get.
Step Two, I think about what I know about that person.
Step Three, I think about what is possible...sorry no Ferraris in my budget.
A basic process, I don't think it is bad in and of itself...So maybe here is where I go wrong?
Back to Step One--I don't like gifts that I think are boring. My sister says that I should just get diapers, because diapers are expensive and everyone with a baby needs them, but I want to be creative and memorable about my gift giving. Gift giving should be fun. So this eliminates the practical. See, I did say that I think of myself AND what I would like to get, but maybe the first half of that is more true than the second...but that would be self-critical and it's Friday when self-critical is just not allowed.
Back to Step Two--I am clueless about other people. I freely admit it. Last year at TLA, I found that the other librarians in my district knew more about situations at my school than I do. It's not that I don't gossip. How nice it would be if that were true. It is more that few if any one gossips to me, and I guess I don't know how to cultivate gossip. Course, today I got a front row seat to said cultivation, and I realize that I have no taste for asking such personal questions.
Back to Step Three--I'm pretty careless with money, and I like to feel generous. I end up buying several small gifts because I guess I'm in to quantity over quality. Plus again, I like to be creative....my downfall.
So what am I getting for my friend having a baby?
Have I mentioned before, I am not a good gift giver. So for all of the other people in your life who are not good gift givers, perhaps I will try to define, explain, etc. the process and reasoning that leads to my poor gift choices.
Step One when choosing a gift, I think of myself and what I would like to get.
Step Two, I think about what I know about that person.
Step Three, I think about what is possible...sorry no Ferraris in my budget.
A basic process, I don't think it is bad in and of itself...So maybe here is where I go wrong?
Back to Step One--I don't like gifts that I think are boring. My sister says that I should just get diapers, because diapers are expensive and everyone with a baby needs them, but I want to be creative and memorable about my gift giving. Gift giving should be fun. So this eliminates the practical. See, I did say that I think of myself AND what I would like to get, but maybe the first half of that is more true than the second...but that would be self-critical and it's Friday when self-critical is just not allowed.
Back to Step Two--I am clueless about other people. I freely admit it. Last year at TLA, I found that the other librarians in my district knew more about situations at my school than I do. It's not that I don't gossip. How nice it would be if that were true. It is more that few if any one gossips to me, and I guess I don't know how to cultivate gossip. Course, today I got a front row seat to said cultivation, and I realize that I have no taste for asking such personal questions.
Back to Step Three--I'm pretty careless with money, and I like to feel generous. I end up buying several small gifts because I guess I'm in to quantity over quality. Plus again, I like to be creative....my downfall.
So what am I getting for my friend having a baby?
- A Mother Goose Board Book--I give everyone having a baby one of these. I can't remember what started this...reading something somewhere. In any case, everyone gets one.
- Two disposable cameras--BECAUSE, the friend in question has four older daughters, and my younger sisters (6 and 7 out of 7 kids) have complained repeatedly that there are few baby/toddler pics of them. My thinking is that her other children could help with the picture taking of the newest sibling.