Back Under House Arrest day 240

Quite a productive day. I found a UFO ( unfinished project/object) so I finished that, it's actually an extra gift for someone, I don't make many gifts now, too many people look down their noses at handmade like it's somehow cheap and nasty. After one project that I did for a friend in hospital who was more enamoured with some chocolates than the fact that I'd spent hours constructing something just for them I vowed only to make something for those that appreciate them or those people that mean something to me. 

As I get older my attitude changes. Gifts should be less about what's spent and more a token. You can give someone the world and it will just be thrown on the pile, and probably forgotten. 

Some choose to see it as a contest. So and so bought me this, so therefore I mean more to them, no, that person possibly spent more than they could afford and will be paying it off their credit card for the next twelve months. 

I buy what I think someone would like, or in some instances need. But, then I had a Mother who pitted her kids against each other. Never really appreciated any gift to that persons face, but using it as ammunition to the next sibling as proof of how much the other one thinks of her. I won't buy into that now. You either like my gift or you don't get another. Harsh I know but when you have lived through narcissism from a parent it makes you harsh. 

But, on a more positive note, it also taught me to appreciate everything and to be thankful for who and what I have right now.