The Problem with Gifts...

Quote
If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.
-- Kingsley Amis

Reading
Ruby by Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Staton (for the second time)
A Walk With Jane Austen by Lori Smith (and I keep referring back ot Pride and Prejudice)
Sister Chicks Go Brit by Robin Jones Gunn
Romancing Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson
Adam Bede by George Eliot
…yea I have a full plate…

Love! Crafty Gal’s Organizer Journal. This little organizer is by Journals For Life ™ and they are so cute. Journals For Life also makes an Academic, Professional’s, Mom’s Plan-It, Get Fit! Diet and Exercise, and Project: Domestic Bliss Organizer Journals. Crafty Gal’s Organizer Journal has five sections: Crafty Notes, Supplies, Inspiration, Planning, and Viola! I love its cute cover and nifty sections as well as a “IF Found Please Return to (Name and contact info here)” section in the front. Definitely check these out.

So I think I have settled the dilemma on what to get my step dad’s mother for Christmas. This has been a problem since my mother met her mother-in-law. My Grandma is somewhat intimidating and a little high minded so a bad gift could get a really starch and stoic response, thus making my mother very upset for months, even years later.
So I’ve taken it upon myself, as beloved granddaughter, to find a gift. At first I was set on our store’s Grandmother’s Bible but my step dad and I think this is really only for new grandmothers so that idea was shot down sorta quick. Now I’ve got it, a tea gift basket! They’re cute, quaint, and proper.
So I set out on my search for the perfect basket. I knew I wanted one with a teapot and that I ought to get a tea that I enjoyed as well (I’m not a fan of Earl Grey or English breakfast tea) for fear that she would want me to share a cup of her gift and I would either have to gulp down a cup of something I hate or admit that I can’t stant the gift I’ve given. Here’s the one I think I’ll get. I love Irish Breakfast tea and it has a tea pot as well as an assortment of treats. The down side: I don’t know if I like clotted cream and it has scone mix (I’m not sure giving her a chore of baking is a good idea). Tell me what you all think.