My understanding is that when you attend a wedding, you give a gift that is at least the value of the meal they are providing you with at the reception. So imagine our surprise when we received a plastic dust pan as one of our wedding gifts. Value - less than $10.00. Value of our reception dinner - way more.
We make jokes about this gift but actually, as the title would indicate, its turned out to be one handy tool. I use it all the time. Especially now - in our new (old!) house - there's dust everywhere and when I need to quickly clean, its the perfect solution. Contrast this with the china that we had on our registry (the year we got married was pretty much the last year people actually registered for china...it was right before Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, and Target took over as prime registry shops). We have NEVER used our china set. In fact, it wasn't until this year that we had the china in our home! We never had a place for it.
So, this is my small tribute to the dustpan. While the person who gave us this gift clearly did not understand wedding gift etiquette, it has still turned out to be one of our most prized possessions.
But incidentally, the china looks fabulous in our dining room. :)
