Last week, I signed up to participate in a department-wide Secret Santa gift-giving program at work. This, despite the fact that I’m not enamored with many of the people I work with (but I didn’t want to feel left out). Ever since putting my name in the hat, I have been kind of dreading the day that I would draw—knowing my luck—the name of one of the young dudes I work with, all of whom routinely disrespect and/or ignore me. Funnily enough, though, I assumed that the likelihood of this happening was so great that I planned on buying a gift card to a movie theater chain yesterday, as I know all the young dudes like going to the movies. But as my luck would (further) have it, I forgot to pick one up before leaving Silver Linings Playbook (which I enjoyed a whole lot more than I was expecting to, by the way).
To my surprise and delight this afternoon, however, I drew the name of one of the few people I do like. Now the problem is that I don’t know what to get her! (I’ve only known her for 3 weeks.) I’d like to surreptitiously solicit information from her about what she likes, but I’m not one for subtlety. And I’d really like to avoid buying either a bottle of wine or bath salts. Or perfumes. Or anything hygienic, for that matter. Do you have any suggestions?
The Rumination Refinery 