Unwanted Xmas gift

Just so, sodapop.

Bet that hurt Maggiemaybe some people have no taste have they.

At least it was first prize, Telly. I once donated some good quality toiletries to a raffle, that were packed in test tube containers in a wooden rack. The organiser described them over the tannoy as “a set of old sample bottles”!

Trying to put a different slant on this, maybe she was let down with prize donations and didn't have a good first prize, so used your present as a worthy substitute. I know she should have thought who gave it to her, but you know how everything else except the immediate problem goes out of ones head in a crisis. Just a thought.

So you got it wrong. Her tastes are not the same as yours. For many years, I got a present every birthday and Christmas from both my sister and sister-in law, very similar things, but as it happened not anything I would want.
They both obviously were getting things they liked. So I passed each on to the other on their birthdays and Christmas.
Seemed fair :-)

Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on giving her anything next year and tell her why and that you have given to a charity of your choice on her behalf!. Yes, I am also guilty of passing on the odd unwanted gift but, to spare hurt feelings, I would make sure the giver knew nothing about it and certainly that they didn't attend an event where it had been donated to a raffle.

Definitely something smaller next year! I bet she did forget who had given it to her, if not..........

My friends have the right idea. We love each other to bits but we don't give Christmas presents.

Oh dear i d be pipped off too
Maybe a much much cheaper present next year

Or maybe some people don't know quality when they see it ?

Yes, I am fairly sure. It was not widely available and expensive. Not really the sort of thing you would just buy as a gift for a fundraiser. I guess it is possible that she just had too much, but I would think they always come in useful. It was a beautiful gift and I know its the sort of thing she likes. I think you must be right about forgetting who gave it to her!

Yes I would have been hurt too Telly especially when you had taken such care choosing the gift. Tactless of the recipient as she knew you would be at the event. I would be tempted to ask if she had an allergy to those particular toiletries so you didn't make the same mistake again !!!!

Telly she had obviously forgotten who gave it to her!
I can see you would feel hurt though.
Buy chocs or flowers/plant next time.
There could be a good reason why she can’t use ‘smellies’ or just had too much given at Christmas?

Are you sure it was exactly the same one? Could it be possible that the organizer liked it so much that they bought another set to donate to the raffle.