What's the worst (or best) gift you've ever received?

For Hanukkah one year (mind you I was 8 years old), my mother gave me an umbrella and a hair dryer!  Sure it was practical, but what a disappointment for my 8 year old self!

Well my grandmother is all born-again super religious, and I'm an atheist (which she most certainly does not know), so she often gives all us grandkids religious literature like A Purpose Driven Life.  Pretty lame-o present if you ask me. 

Not sure about the best.  I got an old school Nintendo system once when I was a kid.  That kicked some serious butt.

Worst gift... hmmm... my mother put a box of condoms in my stocking when I was 15.  She was just trying to make sure I was being safe, which she didn't need to do.  The fact that I was overweight, awkward, and wore flanel shirts with windpants effectively protected me from having unprotected sex with multiple partners... or any partners for that matter.  It was tremendously embarrasing.

HAHAH, thank you very much for that.

Best: My old food dehydrator. I saw the infomercial when I was 10 and I was in love. I made so many fruit roll-ups from every kind of jam/puree it was like heaven. It has also been a source of ridicule ever since, that as a 10 year old a food dehydrator was what I wanted more than anything in the world. I think I also asked for Cheetos that year, ha.

Worst: I'll be thinking on it...

the worst would def have to be last christmas when my mother and sister gave me a ton of new clothes (basically a new wardrobe), all in size small. they also made the comment when i was opening the boxes that it was a toss up between the clothes or buying me a subscription to a weight loss food system like nutrisystem.

Because of serious complications I was on complete bed rest for 4 months when pregnant with my son and then restricted movement for 3 months after his birth. Needless to say I gained a LOT of weight (went from 95-100lbs to ~190lbs) Also needless to say I haven't lost that weight as easily as I gained it. My parents and sister are very shallow (yes that's mean but it's true, trust me) and very apparence oriented.

I actually have gotten to where I won't spend very much time with my sis anymore because any time we would go do anything or get together she would get not so subtle jabs in about my weight, which is 150lbs right now and not that horrifically over-weight as I was actually underweight before (reference family influence), I should be around 120-130lbs to be at a healthy weight. But in all seriousness here's a basic convo from just a month ago or so at a department store

me- i love this shirt!

her- yeah, it's a great color

me- i love the fit, does this size look alright?

her- you should get it a size smaller cause it will look great when you get back to normal
(mind you this is 17 months after having baby, I certaintly feel like I'm normal...)

fun times ;-)

Hah I've got to side with your dad on that one.  That's pretty hilarious!  Except for the 6 year old kid of course :-)

Worst gift- possibly the child sized plastic shovel I got when I was about 8- I think my dad thought I would help with clearing the driveway?? 

In the spirit of making lemonade from lemons, I discovered that I could use my shovel as a kind of awkward sled- one of those must have MN toys that I did not own.  (Talk about reusing- back when I was a little kid, diapers used to come in large cardboard boxes- we used to use sharpie pens to black out "Huggies", cut out the top, and go sledding in those!  The shovel was my diaper box sled upgrade.)

Best gift- I'll have to give that some more thought.
 

My husband...yep good ole' hubby, gave me for Valentines Day

4 pair of Gray MENS size XL sweatpants that he bought on clearance at the Dollar Store. He left the tags on, and they cost him $0.50 a pair.

No they weren’t hiding some ridiculously nice gift like I don't know a dozen roses or jewelry. nope they came in the bag that the store clerk gave him.

I'm 5'6 at the time I weighed 135

Top that as the saddest gift ever.

The best gift ever - my Mom & Dad who are long gone now tried their best for my brothers & I. We didn't have a whole lot of money living on the farm but every Christmas or birthday they would do their best for us.

It meant they did without what I would call essentials today but we never realized that at the time.

Sadly, I never really appreciated them and their effort until way too late.

On my birthday in college I was locked out of my room. That was only one of the bad things that happened that day.