Comments on: The perils of gift buying http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/17/the-perils-of-gift-buying/ The views and musings of me, myself and I Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:12:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Luxury Travel http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/17/the-perils-of-gift-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Luxury Travel Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:04:15 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=123#comment-56 Hmmm... I'm not sure about that! :D <abbr><em>Luxury Travel’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2008/11/13/european-club-hotel-spa-hallandale-beach-florida/" rel="nofollow">European Club Hotel & Spa, Hallandale Beach, Florida</a></abbr></em> Hmmm… I’m not sure about that! :D

Luxury Travel’s last blog post..European Club Hotel & Spa, Hallandale Beach, Florida

]]> By: adi http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/17/the-perils-of-gift-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-54 adi Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:52 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=123#comment-54 Gentlemen, there speaks the voice of experience :) Gentlemen, there speaks the voice of experience :)

]]> By: Luxury Travel http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2008/11/17/the-perils-of-gift-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Luxury Travel Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:58:02 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=123#comment-52 "...each person was also asked how long they expected the relationship to last..." Ouch indeed. And there was I naiively thinking that if you entered into a relationship in the first place, you were completely committed. But then again, what do I know. :) As for gifts... I feel I've mastered that art now. I keep a Notepad file on my computer. Whenever anyone comments "oooh... I really liked x" or "wouldn't a y be useful?", I diligently make a note of the person concerned and the present idea. By the time Christmas or a birthday comes around, I already have a few ideas and am not pressured to buying something that's not been thought through. <abbr><em>Luxury Travel’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2008/11/13/european-club-hotel-spa-hallandale-beach-florida/" rel="nofollow">European Club Hotel & Spa, Hallandale Beach, Florida</a></abbr></em> “…each person was also asked how long they expected the relationship to last…” Ouch indeed. And there was I naiively thinking that if you entered into a relationship in the first place, you were completely committed. But then again, what do I know. :)

As for gifts… I feel I’ve mastered that art now. I keep a Notepad file on my computer. Whenever anyone comments “oooh… I really liked x” or “wouldn’t a y be useful?”, I diligently make a note of the person concerned and the present idea. By the time Christmas or a birthday comes around, I already have a few ideas and am not pressured to buying something that’s not been thought through.

Luxury Travel’s last blog post..European Club Hotel & Spa, Hallandale Beach, Florida

]]>