We came out way ahead because we ended up with a decent board game. We managed to avoid all of the following:
- a large exercise machine/torture device similar to the one featured in Sixteen Candles. It ended up on the roof of our hosts' car.
- a "feng shui" tabletop fountain (that's what the box said).
- Hardcover edition of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.
- A framed piece of black velour, holding brooches and earrings arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. Used to light up, no longer works.
- More than one box containing a random item (such as a DVD of Dirty Dancing or a kid-sized tiara) along with a few bottles of beer.
- Body lotion in a container shaped like a high-heeled shoe.
- A shopping bag containing about 20 issues of Pl@yboy. (Jo: "What are those?" Me: "Magazines with naked pictures! Hahahaha [desperately hoping she thinks this is funny; she did].")
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That sounds like it was a fun party! We used to do that in the office - it was always a mix of the wonderful and the truly awful. And then there was collusion and other nefarious stuff. Maybe we should do that next year with the neighbors.
Personally I would have chosen the tiara. You can never have too many tiaras.
Obviously some creative folks in your group, getting rid of the exercise machine is pure genius! I always loved doing this when I was a hall director--somewhere I am sure we still have the big orange and yellow spotted ash tray the size of a serving platter.
Wow. All the swaps we've gone to have been TAME compared to yours.
The christmas tree brooch thing? My aunt had one of those, and as a kid I thought it was sooooo beeyuteeful!
Uncle John's Bathroom Readers are AWESOME. If we didn't already own all of them, I'd have chosen that gift.
That said, board games are always a pretty good deal.
Like Jenny, I would have chosen the tiara too.
One of the other bloggers I read contributes to the Uncle John book. Haven't read it, but maybe I'll get one in a swap party!
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Hmmm ... never heard of one of these parties before. But can we have one like this for the kids' b-day party gifts that should be re-gifted? :)
That sounds like fun!
I would like to contribute 1 (!) handtowel embroidered with the name of our local drycleaners.
OMG! That sounds like a rip!
I love white elephant exchanges. I hosted one a couple of weeks ago - we swapped a tacky mother's day vase, a santa in leather boots, and the highlight: a home face-lift kit!
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