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Birthday Gift Tackiness Question
Aisling turns 2 in August, and we have begun to get the questions about what she wants/needs for her birthday. To be honest, she has WAY too much clothing- my cousin has given me totes upon totes to get her through 3T sizes, along with tons of shoes. It's to the point that I'm sifting through the stuff and donating a bunch because I am out of space to even store it all. We also have a ton of books and toys, again thanks to overly generous family/friends between gifts and hand me downs.
What we would like to do for Ais, however, is at some point purchase stuff for the backyard- a play house, some sort of climber/slide structure...and then there are some "outings" I'd like to do with her in the Fall/Winter- Boo at the Zoo, Christmas @ Sesame Place, etc.
I guess my question is, would it be considered tacky to respond to people by saying that we are hoping to save up for some of these bigger items, and perhaps a contribution toward said items would be much appreciated? Or is that too much along the lines of "give me cash please"? FWIW, I don't know for sure where we are going to end up purchasing the items, but if it would look less tacky for us to just make the decision that we will buy from, say, TRU, is it any better sounding/looking to say 'gift cards to this store to go toward said item"?
Re: Birthday Gift Tackiness Question
We have the same issue... honestly, if people are asking, they appreciate your input, they want to give you something she needs. Just say something along the lines of "She has so much stuff already and we dont want things to get wasted, we are going to save up her birthday money and get her some bigger items and memberships instead" And see what people say to that. Who knows, people may choose to chip in together and get the big stuff or theyll just give you cash.
I did this with Anna's first birthday and to my surprise, my family actually listened. she got all clothes (which she needed for summer), maybe two toys and a slide and push bike
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We had our immediate family and close friends as us what Oliver needed for his b-day...I don't think it's tacky to ask for specific things because people appreciate it.
Now...if you're going to write something on a party invitation, then that's tacky. But for really close friends/family I don't think it's an issue.