Store bought cookies for cookie exchange?

[Anonymous]

What are your thoughts, DCUM’ers?

Our neighborhood does an annual exchange with about 20-25 people.

One woman brings grocery store cookies with the frosting on top every year. We all sign up with the cookies we are making so there aren’t duplicates and she puts down ‘something from the store with frosting.’ So it’s not like life gets away from her and she does a last minute grab. Everyone else bakes something and many go all out.

I think it is rude and would love to see her booted from the invite.

Would you keep her on the invite list?

[Anonymous]

I respect that she's honest about it. I definitely wouldn't kick her out for that without first creating a rule that they must be homemade.

[Anonymous]

This would bother me, too, but I feel like since it’s already been allowed it would be rude to disinvite her next year.

[Anonymous]

What about including something like “Only homemade cookies/baked treats, please.”

[Anonymous]

This happened to me when I hosted and I said never again. I make intricate frosted cookies and she bought Walmart cookies.
How do ppl think this is ok? The purpose is to share do you don’t have to make so many different cookies. Would you honestly serve Walmart cookies at Christmas?

[Anonymous]

If it's a social event, I'd let it go. She's trying to be social.

[Anonymous]

What's the problem?

[Anonymous]

You're not allowed to be angry if you didn't state that cookies needed to be homemade.

I remember the days when I spent hours and hours decorating hand-made cookies. That was MY choice. I did not begrudge people coming in with store-bought cookies. People like different things. I was happy with my effort.

So don't be a hag. If you really want to, you can change the rules.

[Anonymous]

Cookies from a commercial kitchen > cookies from a home baker

[Anonymous]

Ate you being neighborly this holiday season, OP?

[Anonymous]

Not everyone likes to bake. You know you're cookies are better. She knows your cookies are better. Just nod in silent judgement and never say a thing.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but writing "Something from the store with frosting" on the sign-up sheet is so funny to me.

Anyway. I know "something from the store with frosting" defeats the purpose of a cookie exchange. You know "something from the store with frosting" defeats the purpose of a cookie exchange. She clearly doesn't but I don't think you can be mad unless you specified that they must be homemade.

Also it is rude and others probably think it's rude but I wouldn't want to be the first one to point out it's rude, kwim? Have others indicated to you that they think it's rude?

[Anonymous]

Next year, specify “home baked cookies only”. Those frosting cookies are nasty.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't care if someone else did.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone take those cookies? In the future specify homemade cookies only.