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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know, OP.  I was with you to a point, and I'm a pretty thrifty person.  But you seem to be taking a little too much pride in how little you spend on baby clothes and how inappropriate it is to spend more than what you've allowed in your mind--it's crazy (twice), seems weird, spending more than $15 is quite steep (REALLY?  That's about what you'd pay for a new outfit at target, and that's "quite steep" to you?)

Granted, my kid doesn't have $100 sleepers and $75 loveys, but there's certainly a huge middle ground.  You seem a little obsessed with being on the opposite end of that spectrum.

As far as the gifts, to be a gracious recipient, you should take pictures of your child in some of the outfits and send them with the thank you note.  It may be incredibly awkward--and even a bit rude--to send gifts that are completely inappropriate to your tastes, but it seems pretty rude as well to accept $600 worth of baby clothes and assume that since you don't see that branch of the family face-to-face, they will never see your child wearing them.

Also, were the price tags left on?  How do you know how much the clothes cost?[/quote]

It can be as rude to brag about one's own wonderful thriftiness as it is to brag about one's nice income and ability to spend more. Not that the givers bragged -- they just had the "rudeness" to send an expensive gift. How dare they!

I agree that once a gift is given, what's done with it is up to the giver, and OP can do as she likes at this point; however, I bet that the issue of "These people spend too much and we're terrific at spending so little!" is a constant issue in OP's mind between her and these relatives. .[/quote]

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