Friday Favorites: Best & Worst Gifts

So, this week's theme for Friday Favorites is the best and worst gifts I've ever received. This was a tough one for me. I've been thinking about it since Wednesday when I found out the theme. And then it hit me. Pretty easy for both of them. I've received so many nice and somewhat interesting gifts over the years. My favorites are the ones that are meaningful. Don't get me wrong, I also love new purses, shoes, house decor, books, clothes, etc. But still, I have to say that my favorite gift of all time is the first gift that Lonnie ever gave me. It still sits on my dresser. She was about 3 years old when she gave it to me for Christmas. I'm sure my mom must have taken her to the dollar store and let her pick out stuff for people. Just like I do with my kids now. I just remember that she was SO EXCITED to give it to me and she was SO CONCERNED with how much I liked it. See it below:


It's a little figurine with two kids on a see-saw. It's in two parts and the top part (the part with the kids) balances on it and rocks back and forth. So cute.

And now for the worst. And this is probably terrible of me to mention, but I'm going to do it anyway. It was one of our wedding gifts. Yes, I said it. A wedding gift. It was a ceramic figure about a foot tall that had two really fat and sunburned pigs laying on the beach. The person(s) who gave it to us said that it reminded them of us. For real? On our wedding day? Anyway, no big deal. I gave it away as a gag gift at one of our white elephant Christmas parties. I don't know which is worse. The fact that we received it. Or the fact that I gave away one of my wedding gifts as a gag gift. Forgive me.

Also, I'm supposed to say what's at the top of my wish list. And it's this: I would love to have a nice pair of boots. I don't mean the kind you get at Target or Walmart. I have those and they're quite nice. I'm not trying to be realistic here. I'm talking about real nice boots. The leather high-heeled kind that are so soft and comfortable that you could wear them all day. And they look awesome with skirts, dresses or jeans. Yeah. That's what I want.