my late mother n law was known for her weird and wonderful gifts at birthdays and xmas, sometimes she would suprise us with something awesome and next time it was something none of us could use or something very cheap, but somehow it always added to the suprise element, because you never really knew what you would get from her, either a dud pressie or a really great one, bless her.

I have always been fortunate and get mostly everything I love, I know they say it is the thought that counts, but sometimes you can tell very little thought was put into it, that is what I knew with my mother n law no matter how outrageous the gift and totally not what you would want, I knew she had put a lot of thought into regardless, LOL.