I got an ove-glove and a magnet for my graduation from FMIL. Two years ago I got a purple and gold egg for Christmas - it looks like something you would find at the dollar store. I'm kinda dreading xmas this year.
My sister and mom live with my grandparents. My sister used to have a bedroom upstairs, but then decided she wanted to move downstairs. She was about 12 at the time of the move and left alot of her childhood toys and things upstairs in her old room. My grandmother then took over that room as a "junk room." One day my grandmother was going through some drawers of my sister's things and found some beads that spelled my sister's name and decided that she must have forgotten to give them to her. (nevermind they were in a drawer full of my sister's stuff) So she wrapped them up, and made this huge show of giving my sister something "really special."
The beads were white blocks with letters etched on and two or three round ones - basketball, music note, and something else. In all, they cost less than $5.
My sister was 15 at the time. After opening them, she was so upset that she walked out of the room. My grandmother went on a tirade about how "rude" and "ungracious" my sister was. In reality, I had brought the beads back for my sister after a trip to Florida. They had broken, and she had never bothered to restring them. My grandmother just wouldn't listen and insisted that SHE had bought them for her "as a very special gift for Christmas"
