Creative wrapping is no excuse for strange gifts
When we were married,
every bridal registry seemed to include two must-haves: a crockpot
and the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook with its signature
red-and-white plaid cover. Convinced both were kitchen essentials, I was
crestfallen when we received neither as wedding gifts. Thirty years ago, gift
cards were not so commonplace. Had they been, we might have been given some,
and I might have felt perfectly comfortable buying myself a crockpot and cookbook.
Instead, it took me years to bring myself to buy either one.
