thank you notes & lame gifts

Nothing pisses me off more (today) than having to write thank you notes. Im not an ungrateful person, but I think that gift giving should be just that, not gift giving then expect a thank you note. I think that is tacky--as tacky as not writing a note.

Seriously, think about it. I have a newborn and a crazy 3 yr old. Do you think I have time for notes? I mean I just have to constantly monitor, feed, and clean up after these kids. Then there is lunch to be made, laundry to be done and a house to straighten up. I like sleep too and lets not forget I also try to make money doing my real estate job. Please dont add another activity to my list.

However, I am a good Southern girl and my momma taught me to write notes, so I do. I can still be annoyed at the folks that expect one though.

Next I need to vent on the topic of lame gifts. So a friend comes to visit bearing a nicely wrapped gift. Im keeping my fingers crossed for diapers, wipes or some expensive church outfit that I want but am too cheap to buy. As I take out the $5 worth of tissue paper another piggy bank is revealed. Oh good, I can add that to the piggy bank collection that now is at a grand total of 8. That comes out to 4 per kid. And no money to put in them b/c I still have to buy diapers.

Under no circumstances is anyone to buy a piggy bank for a child because someone else has already done it. Trust me. Go ahead and add stuffed animals to the useless gift list. I have a whole box of stuffed animals. They sit in the closet. But you know what I dont have a lot of...DIAPERS.

So the next baby shower you go to, buy diapers, diapers, wipes or diapers. Dont even go down the piggy bank aisle.

Now precious Flip has been annoying the crap out of me since Im not paying him 100% attention for 5 minutes, so Im going to sign off and bang my head against the wall a few times.