We've been had!

I am not a huge fan of white elephant gift exchanges, so I was more than a little apprehensive about our small group Christmas party. I had thought long and hard about what to bring as gifts, hoping that I had not gone too far with our "silly" gift. We arrived and placed our gifts with the others and soon enough the time came to proceed with the exchange. They explained the rules for those who may not remember or have played it differently in another setting, then we drew numbers for the order we would choose or steal gifts. I was number 2 which usually means I have a great chance to be stolen from. The first gift is opened. Baby Pj's too small for the smallest of babes there. I am next, and having just found out that I was having a little baby boy I figured who better to have that "silly" gift than me...so I stole it. Next gift is opened...a handmade burp rag. Cute, but now my stomach is dropping...did I not get the memo? Did I not know how to shop for a silly white elephant gift? Next gift is opened...MORE baby stuff...hmm. And this trend continued around the circle of guests. By gift number 3 Doug and I were pretty sure we had been had. And when all of the "baby" gifts were open (our gifts had been conveniently untouched), we were given one chance and one chance only to steal all of the gifts opened so far. We had just had our first baby shower for baby boy number 2 and what a surprise! Other gifts were then pulled out for the real exchange, and to my relief, our gifts fit right in :0).