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    Old 12-17-2015, 10:21 PM
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    I bought something i never thought i'd ever buy for my husband this year...not in a million years. LOL
    He's getting 2 yards of Kansas City Chiefs material.
    He told me last week he wants to make his own rag quilt.
    It's the first time he's ever expressed an interest in making any kind of quilt.
    I was very surprised, but i am going help him ease into the world of quilting making.
    He's getting other gifts too, but this one is the strangest one i've ever gotten for him.
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    Old 12-17-2015, 10:52 PM
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    Ok- DH asked me if I had bought him anything yet- answer NO- so he said to go pick out what he had put on the watch list. Not creative- but I know he will like what he is getting. Oh it is a good drill.
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    Old 12-18-2015, 04:25 AM
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    I'm giving the unusual this year...a big loaf of cinnamon cranberry bread and a jar of corn cob jelly, yes made from corn cobs. Well, we're from Nebraska! It was my son's favorite jelly and my mom made it then. The kids have all heard about it but never had any so this is the year!
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    Old 12-18-2015, 05:16 AM
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    The gift wasn't all that offbeat but I do remember the year I gave my boyfriend (now DH) an air compressor for Christmas. I stopped at Sears on my way home and carefully considered all the options and finally settled on the one I thought would work - after all what did I know about air compressors. I remember that when they brought the box out that it was the first time I thought about how I would get it home! It took about 30 minutes to load the dang thing - tried the trunk and it was too big for that - and ended up laying the front bucket seat down so the box was on the passenger side taking up both the front and back seats of the car. Whew! Got it home then realized I had to get it out of the car and hide it by myself. By the time it was out and I got it into the house I was sweating like a you know what and it was 9:00 p.m. My DH was working swing shift and was nearly out of his mind by the time he finally reached me since I should have been home way before that! Worst of all - when I gave DH his gift - he didn't think it was big enough and took it back for a larger one using his pickup of course! Of yes - my Christmas gifts included my very first cell phone!
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    Old 12-18-2015, 05:17 AM
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    My DH and I have bennmarried many years. We no longer exchage Christmas gifts.
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    Old 12-18-2015, 07:39 AM
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    ***
    *** Way back when I was married (divorced 23 years),
    *** my ex gave me 2 complete opposite gifts,
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    *** a Lily of France satin nightie & a Flannel shirt.
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    *** Still have the nightie (only been worn 4 times) - shirt worn out..
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    Old 12-18-2015, 09:03 AM
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    A few years after daughter moved out, I kept telling her that if she wanted her high school cap and gown and all her prom dresses that she needed to take them home. After several years of nagging and them still being in the closet, I put it all in a big box, wrapped it up and put it under the Christmas tree. We got a good laugh, and they went home with her.
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    Old 12-18-2015, 10:07 AM
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    Originally Posted by carolaiken
    DH & I have been together so long that it's hard to come up with Christmas gifts. Last year I drove around town for about 2 hours trying to come up with something. I decided to give up for the day. As I came to the intersection for home I quickly turned into Bojangles. I went in and purchased $100 of $10 gift cards. I asked for 10 of the little apple pie boxes and ten bags. The ladies in Bojangles know DH really well so they loved my gift idea. I assembled the "gifts" rolled the top of the bag down, put a bow on the bag and put them under the tree after my DH went to sleep. He though it was hilarious and still thinks it was the best gift ever since I fuss at him all the time for eating to much fast food.
    This year he's getting a .99 cent plate made for eating tocos.
    What was your best offbeat gift (given or received)?
    I was telling DH about all your great posts and he begged to differ with me. He says the oddest gift I ever gave him (which he loved and thought was cool) was:
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    DUCK BUTTS
    His last two ducks had died and he didn't want more. The pond looked sad and lonely and I thought the butts would be a good gag gift to lift his spirits.
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    Old 12-18-2015, 10:15 AM
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    A beehive and beekeeping kit for my husband a couple of years ago. I created a monster. But I must say I love the honey and the hard work of the bees in my garden. I also get a kick out of watching them come and go and quite honestly there is no better smell then walking by the hives in the summer and smell that sweet bee air (smells of honey and flowers but not overpowering).
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    Old 12-18-2015, 12:51 PM
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    carolaiken: I love your duck butts!
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