Weave the Web

Carol was invited to a holiday party where each guest was asked to bring a wrapped present and they were going to have a white elephant exchange.  Carol found some adorable socks that she just loved and decided that would be a perfect gift to exchange.  She also bought some foot cream to go along with it.  Carol loved this gift so much that she called Janet to ask what the etiquette of white elephant exchanges were.  Would it be alright to take your own present home if you could swap for it?

Janet thought that might be a bit tacky and told Carol that it wasn’t really what is supposed to happen.  So Carol goes off to her party…  When the time comes to exchange gifts, Carol picks #12 out of 12!!  That’s terrific- because she would be the last to go and could get any gift she wanted!!  Yeah!  Well #9 picked Carol’s socks and #9 LOVED them!  She couldn’t stop raving about them and the other women also said they loved them.  Who brought them?  Where can we get some?  Carol kept silent.  She was also a bit dismayed as #9 was a good friend of hers and she really didn’t want to take the socks away from her.  But karma was on her side as #11 stole the socks, leaving Carol to take her pick.  She fessed up that the socks were hers and asked the group if it was okay if someone “stole” their own present.  “Oh yes, that’s fine,” was the response, so Carol took her socks from #10!

 

Carol wanted to let Janet know right away, so she called to tell her what had happened at the party.  Janet laughed and then said, “Well, that wouldn’t be a very good present for me.  I am so particular about socks.  I only like HUE and they have to be a certain height.  I usually get them at Macy’s but I can’t find them anymore.”

 

Carol and Nancy then get on the phone.  Carol is telling Nancy all about the above party and exchange and Janet’s comments.  Then Carol tells me, “Guess what?  I sent Janet those socks for her birthday!!!”

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Nancy is apoplectic!!  Here’s why…

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Recently the psoriasis on Nancy’s feet has been horrible.  Itchy, scaly, dry and bothersome.   So Nancy is our shopping and passes by this display of adorable furry socks with foot cream and thinks maybe that would be great for my psoriasis.  She looks at them and they really appeal to her, so she takes one for herself.  But then she thinks, Janet loves socks and is very proud of how smooth her feet are, I think I’ll get one of these for her birthday- so I do!  I have worn my socks to bed every night with the foot cream and my psoriasis has improved considerably, so I was thinking this is going to be great for Janet too!!

So you can imagine how I felt when Carol  told me that she, too, had gotten socks for Janet and Janet had said it would be a horrible present to give her!!