Back Up Gifts

Kirss

Do you normally have ?backup gifts? for people you forgot about or that gave you a gift and weren?t expecting it?

If so what do you have on back up?

 

Ritzy19

I usually have some boxes of candy wrapped up or plates of homemade cookies on hand if need be.  I've also bought giftcards that I wouldn't mind using myself if I end up just keeping them for us. lol

Mere7706

I've never done this, but how would you handle a situation where someone gave you a gift and then you had to go get one from the closet or not have it with you when you see them?  Do you carry it with you, just in case? 
Sorry for sounding stupid, but I've never done this before and would feel awkward saying "oh, I left yours at home"...

Kirss

Mere7706:

I've never done this, but how would you handle a situation where someone gave you a gift and then you had to go get one from the closet or not have it with you when you see them?  Do you carry it with you, just in case? 
Sorry for sounding stupid, but I've never done this before and would feel awkward saying "oh, I left yours at home"...

 I really dont know! extra big purse, or say oooh left it in the trunk... I've never done the spare gift either, but I've been there with a gift and nothing to give, felt like a tool.

stebbe81

I always make sure to buy something small enough to fit in my purse so then I can have it on me if I get the feeling the person may have something for me.  Then if they don't have anything no harm done and they never know I had something on me. 

 

Ritzy19

Mere7706:

I've never done this, but how would you handle a situation where someone gave you a gift and then you had to go get one from the closet or not have it with you when you see them?  Do you carry it with you, just in case? 
Sorry for sounding stupid, but I've never done this before and would feel awkward saying "oh, I left yours at home"...

I could definitely see this being a concern in certain situations, like if you had to walk right in to the party/celebration and put all your gifts under the tree or something.  Luckily in the situations in which I've had to "whip" out a gift it wasn't a big deal to say something to DH like "Honey, where is the gift for so and so? Ohhh, it's still in the bag!" lol

josefina022

I try to keep candles, bath & body works soaps/body wash/lotion, on hand.  Sometimes I've met a friend for dinner around Christmas time and didn't know if we were exchanging gifts or not, so I'll leave it in the car.  

Milsey32

josefina022:

I try to keep candles, bath & body works soaps/body wash/lotion, on hand.  Sometimes I've met a friend for dinner around Christmas time and didn't know if we were exchanging gifts or not, so I'll leave it in the car.  

This. and boxed Chocolate. 

If I ever end up not giving them as gifts, I use it for myself. [:

 

mumegs

We always have extra yankee candles, we go on black friday and get the sampler of 12 of them, so if this happens I usually throw a couple in a little bag, or some bath & body lotion or something. This happened last year with our neighbor, luckily she sent us a card with a gift card in it so we just put it together and ran it over to her house a couple days later.