Yikes!!!! hey how about a gift basket like others said with like fruits and
maybe some I don't know body stuff for him and her?  Just some ideas.

Lelia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: IDEAS FOR HOSTESS GIFT?


> Thanks, Lelia, but I forgot to tell you the rest of the story.  The
problem
> is they have so many Christmas ornaments that they just got rid of a mess
of
> them.  They've just gotten back from Germany, so they have all kinds of
> paintings and decorations all over the house, they don't need those.  The
> wife is a master baker, so they don't need baked goods (or food for that
> matter).  There's just nothing to get them they don't already have.  Hence
> my frustration.  Smile.
>
> Glad he's much easier to shop for even though there's nobody to shop for
me
> Lion
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lelia" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: IDEAS FOR HOSTESS GIFT?
>
>
> > What about an ornament for the christmas tree?
> >
> > Lelia
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 5:57 AM
> > Subject: IDEAS FOR HOSTESS GIFT?
> >
> >
> > > Okay, folks, I'm open for hostess gifts for the friends I'll be
spending
> > > Christmas with.  I normally bring some sort of baked goods
(Entenmann's
> > for
> > > those of you fortunate to have had some), but the wife in this couple
is
> > > such a great cook and baker she has three or four homemade desserts at
> > every
> > > meal that are better than anything you can get in any store.  Last
time
> I
> > > brought over bakery stuff and she ended up giving me three quarters of
> it
> > > back to take home.  (I hope that doesn't mean she was insulted.)
> > >
> > > Anyway, any other ideas?  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
>