Oddest gift you've ever received?

[PrincessKitty1]

And I'm not talking about gag gifts--I mean a "real" gift that was just so....wierd. What is the oddest gift you've ever received? (Inspired by the thread on "What makes you laugh every time you think of it.")

DH and I eloped when we were married, and did not expect gifts (and despite all the gifts we've given over the years to our siblings and their children for all the various weddings, births, marriages, etc., we KNEW not to expect gifts from them ).

DH's S-I-L (a woman in her 40s who is independently wealthy due to an inheritance) gave us, as a wedding gift, two lumpy, lopsided plates she had made in college. "They're real porcelain! Handmade! One is chipped, though" she said as she presented them to us.

I giggle every time I think about this....I know it's the thought that counts (and I truly believe it) but there wasn't a whole lot of thought put into the gift and IT_WAS_JUST_SO_FUNNY!

 

[helenabear]

My DH's grandmother sent me a pink Hello Kitty clock. I was 27 at the time, and we had no kids. I have no idea where she got that, or why she thought that would've been good for me. His family even knows I am not a pink person... and there was an option to buy a Pooh style clock like that... but I didn't get it, I got Hello Kitty!

I still don't make sense of that one... and truthfully I gave that away in an exchange

Of course this is the one who sent us a fake lace table cloth that was plastic for our wedding... so that might just be who se is

 

[ilovepcot]

I just *loved* the bell shaped ornament I was given Christmas 2005 that said "Christmas 1999" on it!

 

[ntburns22]

A set of Christmas dishes for our wedding. But here is the catch we got married on New Years Day and they left the clearance sticker on it.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

I have NO idea where my mother found them, but at our wedding shower she gave DH and I a set of red plastic anatomically correct toothbrushes (one was male, one was female). All of her friends who were there were kind of like .

I think I threw them away because I thought they were just too weird.

TOV

 

[JunieJay]

My MIL was famous for giving me shirts in a size 2XL or XS. Meanwhile, I wear a Medium.

My sister has crazy gift giving godparents, we laugh so hard at some of the gifts she has received from them. When she had her twins my godmother gave her a cushion from their old couch, circa 1972. It was that lovely burnt orange and olive green colors that was so popular during that time. We have no idea why she would give this to my sister? For the kids she gave them some old toys that were used by HER children (who are now in their 30s and 40s) that had spit up on them. These people are not poor, either. Just cheap and weird as hell.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My step-mother made me a tie dye print pair of pants..actually capri's. They were red, yellow and green with some circles on it. Definitely not me--and my big ol' butt didn't fit into them--but on Christmas mornign with my regular family (Sibs and my real mom and her hubby)--it provided a very very comical moment.

That same Christmas, my grandmother knitted me some snow caps. No big deal--except I live in Florida..and the cap could fit my whole family in it. Or it would have made a great costume like that Fat Albert character whose hate covered his entire head.

 

[preb]

My MIL was famous for giving me shirts in a size 2XL or XS. Meanwhile, I wear a Medium.

I feel your pain. My SIL gave me a red sweater sweater for Christmas a few years ago...size 22. I wear a 4!

My MIL was impressive in her consistancy...I received a package of K-mart white crew socks every year until she died. One package of socks, festively wrapped, for 10 straight years. It's the thought that counts!

 

[teacherforhi]

Several years ago, my grandmother gave me TWO sewing kits for Christmas.

1) I don't sew.
2) If I did sew, one would have been sufficient.

Then she told me it was my own fault because I was so difficult to buy for!

 

[skuttle]

For our wedding, we received a small crystal picture frame from one of my dad's friends. In the box was a card that said "Happy Secretary's Day."

Also for our wedding, one of DH's good friends gave us a Brita water pitcher. We tried to return it at Walmart with a bunch of other stuff from our wedding that we knew we wouldn't use, and were told they couldn't take it back because it was part of a set and we only had one part.

For Christmas, my inlaws always gave us a small gift and each $100. They did this for several years in a row, so it sorta became expected. Then they finally bought their first house. That Christmas, they gave my DH a small LSU door mat. And that's it. Nothing else but the mat. Now, DH is a big LSU fan, but giving him that mat and nothing else? He still can't give over that one.

 

[JuneChickie]

I got a small felt green finger puppet 2 years ago from a very dear friend.

We have been exchanging gifts for years so I'm not sure why she gave me that.

I put it in with our Xmas things and put it on the tree everyyear.

Still puzzles me .

And no I don't put it on my finger and play with it. *Ever*

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Good thing. You never know whose finger it's been on.

TOV

 

[ntburns22]

I have another one. My FIL gave me a $5 off $25 or more coupon to Applebee's. We recieved one when we bought a giftcard for BIL but we gave BIL the coupon and the giftcard. I didn't get the giftcard my other BIL did.

 

[PixiePop]

My father in law gave us a port a potty for a wedding gift.

 

[rcraw45425]

SIL works in an "exclusive boutique" here in town. I refuse to shop there, I mean $350 for a cotton blouse is a bit much right? One year she gave me a, evenng bag that was made of cardboard with a chain handle and rhinestones and painted elbow macaroni and rice ( I kid you not) on it. DMIL kept telling me how exclusive it was and how much it cost. Okay, it looked worse than my girls' preschool art project. I finally pitched it a few years back, still had the price tag on it!

 

[juligrl]

Not me, but DHs grandparents are notoriously bad gifters. The oddest gift I remember them giving was to my BIL (18 at the time) who they gave a rock 'n' roll Ernie doll to. I guess when he was 3 he was Ernie for Halloween so they just thought he must still like Ernie.

 

[lorisnuts]

A cousin of my dh gave me cow shaped soap that smelled like grass. It really did smell of a fresh cut lawn. It made me sneeze as soon as the paper came off it. Who wants to be reminded of summer in the middle of winter when you live in Ohio!!!!

 

[Laurajean1014]

Any item from my husband's family

 

[RadioNate]

a loaf of shallacked bread....yep

 

[Daxx]

Half a hammock.

I know ... you're thinking "how can you get half a hammock!?". Well, one Christmas, DB and his evil wife bought our family the net part of the hammock and said "You can tie it between the two trees in your back yard!" Problem ... we only have one tree in the back yard. The other tree is in the front yard and the hammock isn't long enough to either wrap around the house or go through the windows. Sadly, DB and evil wife were over a lot during the summer for various get-togethers and how could they have not known there was only one tree? We even discussed on putting a tree house in the one tree or taking it down altogether. He was the one who commented on knowing someone who could take it down for us if we wanted. He KNEW there was one tree. When we told them we only had one tree in back, they basically said "Oh, well". Never gave us the receipt to return it and never told us where it came from so we could even get a store credit. More than likely, my bro. won it in a work contest.

The stand for the hammock was very $$. I was not about to invest in something that I didn't even want to begin with. I never used the thing and eventually gave it to my nephew for helping me move a piece of furniture. He was lucky enough to have two trees in his backyard to tie it to.

So, we call it half a hammock b/c we didn't have anywhere to tie it to and did not get a stand for it. To me, this is a half-gift.