Thoughts on a gift (NWR)

Simply Fated

I have a gift giving question! My friends are coming over this week to exchange holiday presents, finally. Here's the thing... one of my friends gave me my present already. It was a body spray and lotion set in really pretty packaging from the dollar store. My question is, would it be potentially awkward if I got her a body splash and lotion gift set from Victoria's Secret? It's already been purchased before I opened her gift, but now I'm having second thoughts. What are your opinions? Should I return the gift for something else that isn't so similar or go ahead as planned?

annakb8

I'm lazy so I would probably just give her whatever I'd already purchased.

LittleMissCutiePie

Ergh. That's kinda awkward. Well, if I were in your shoes, I'd say exchange it for something different.

jessicabessica

I would just give it to her as planned, and maybe joke once she opened it about how you both had the same idea this year.  I wouldn't return it for something else unless I didn't have to go out of my way to return it and already had an idea for what to get her instead.

achiduck

I'd probably get something different.

adktd2boots

Are you questioning because:

A) it's the same gift?

yours cost more than hers did?

Simply Fated

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_thoughts-gift-nwr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:1c1a1768-69c9-4231-bae5-e1f10dc6a04aPost:bee3cb9a-686f-4fbb-ae7e-7856c7ae1382">Re: Thoughts on a gift (NWR)</a>:
[QUOTE]Are you questioning because: A) it's the same gift? B) yours cost more than hers did?
Posted by adktd2boots[/QUOTE]



Definitely more A than B. To be sure, I couldn't care less how much she spends on a gift and I'm sure she doesn't care how much I pay, either. The fact that the products are so similar, but different, is what is making me question my gift to her.
I think if I had gotten her a sweater with the same amount of money i had spent on the VS gift set, then I wouldn't think twice to give it to her.

Its not like she told me where she got it, I recognized it from the store. I just don't want her to think I don't appreciate what she gave me... am I making sense?

MyUserName1

I think it would feel a little odd that you're giving her essentially the same thing only pricier.  I think I'd probably exchange it for something else.

Loopyseven

I don't think I'd go out of my way to exchange it, but if you drive right past a mall, I might stop in and get something different.  

ootmother2

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_thoughts-gift-nwr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:1c1a1768-69c9-4231-bae5-e1f10dc6a04aPost:7f792336-d9dd-4695-9e44-3d7dd039857c">Re: Thoughts on a gift (NWR)</a>:
[QUOTE]I think it would feel a little odd that you're giving her essentially the same thing only pricier.  I think I'd probably exchange it for something else.
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

THIS

It would bother me more than it should.

Megbo2012

I worry too much about people's feelings/offending them so I would probably get her something entirely different/not comparable. Can you gift the body stuff to another friend?  Returning things would annoy me.  Buying a new gift, not so much, I like shopping.

Simply Fated

Thank you everyone for your replies! Meg... Yeah, I can definitely give it to someone else. (Or keep it for myself)