Win One of Three HP Vivienne Tam Wireless Optical Mice

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Win One of Three HP Vivienne Tam Wireless Optical Mice

Posted on 15 February 2009 by Judie Stanford

Update 02/23: And the winners are – KLS, Debbie and Linda. Thank you for entering, and keep your eye out for the next Gear Diary giveaway!

Did you totally mess up and not buy your spouse something she really wanted on Valentines Day? Or did you want something special for Valentines Day, and your partner didn’t come through?

It’s okay, Gear Diary can help…

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We’ve been sent three HP Wireless Mice, covered in the gorgeous Vivienne Tam peony design, to give away to three lucky readers. These mice are not available in the United States, and they have an MSRP of ~$50.

To enter, just leave a comment telling us what the worst gift you’ve ever received was. Bear in mind that it doesn’t have to have just been for Valentines Day.

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This giveaway will end Saturday, February 21, at midnight CST. We’ll announce three winners shortly thereafter.

Check the Small print:
√One entry per person
√US only
√Comment must be submitted by midnight CST, February 21

This post was written by:

Judie Stanford - who has written 1699 posts on Gear Diary.

I started Gear Diary on September 30, 2006, and my goal was that this not be an easily labeled site. We all have gear that we use daily – some of it electronic and some of it organic. I think it is fascinating to explore the equipment that makes our lives easier, more entertaining, more productive, and more manageable. My hope is that Gear Diary visitors will find this site to be a comfortable and friendly place to discuss interesting topics – and not only those that are tech related, as well as a location to discover various types of gear – whatever that term may end up implying – that they never knew existed. My specialty is in-depth reviews written in a layman’s terms, because everyone can understand technology, sometimes it just takes a little translating. +Judie Stanford

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http://intensedebate.com/people/naomi3111 Naomi
I am still annoyed that my husband got me Crocs for Christmas… the same style and color I had worn throughout my pregnancy. I guess he knew I liked them.
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Jessica P
I once got a can opener for Valentine's day- and not an even an electric one!
Jaxim
A friend of mine gave me "Soap on a Rope" at my 10th birthday party. The gift itself wasn't bad, but when I opened it in front of my other party guests, I received a lot of jokes at my expense about needing to use the gift. Kids can be so brutal sometimes.
Gary
I once received an ice cube wrapped in tin foil.
Carolyn G
I got a plastic geranium plant. How random is that. I guess he thought it would last me more than just one day. ANd it was ugly to boot.
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Lindsay
My mother in law sent me a Christmas nightgown one year (which was tacky in its own right) but it was a one size fits all….I'm tall and slender and this thing was huge!! It was more like a mumu.
http://intensedebate.com/people/ChrisSpera ChrisSpera
Too girly-girly for me!!
DRay
A "empty" perfume bottle.
fishgal
It would have to be the day my cat fluffy proudly showed up on the door with a present for me in her mouth, my escaped parakeet. Who suffered some critical shipping damage.
Paul
A pair of toe socks!
MiKeN
A plain looking belt from my uncle with the tag still left on it (valued at $5).
Karen S
Macadamia nuts – several jars of nuts. I never did eat them all, just took them to work to share.
Kerry
I got Chinese Checkers (I'm Chinese) and a fake turtle neck (I think it was called a dickey)… Just wanna win the mouse, I just wanted to purge the memories.
Kerry
I got Chinese Checkers (I'm Chinese) and a fake turtle neck (I think it was called a dickey)… Don’t wanna win the mouse, I just wanted to purge the memories.
http://intensedebate.com/people/HeatherC HeatherC
It would have to be this royal blue sweater with glitter woven into it. It was just about the ugliest thing I had ever seen, and it was like 2 sizes too big. Thank goodness for gift receipts and returns.
http://intensedebate.com/people/mikekarr mikekarr
I got silk boxers, which while good in theory, not good in practical application.
http://intensedebate.com/people/breley breley
(I'm entering for my now-fully mobile-PC wife) A cracked fireplace bench. It was aluminum painted to look like brass, and the giver swore up and down to me it was a genuine antique. Right down to the small gold "Made in China" sticker on the underside. Apparently those stickers have been around since the 1920?
Linda
I got a box…it was empty. A little cardboard box the size of a box for jewelery. I was only about 11 or 12 but I thought there would be SOMETHING in it. He said it was to put things in.
joolee
I got a three-hole-puncher. For my 18th birthday. From my boyfriend at the time. His reason? "Because you like to write." If you're wondering what one thing has to do with the other, don't ask me – I still don't know.
(I hope people still know what a three-hole-puncher is, or else this entry sounds pretty weird! To clarify, since that was 11 years ago, it belongs in the office supply category – it punched holes along the side of paper.)
Matt Egan
Grandma once sent me cookies for Christmas. They were packed in mothballs. Mmmm, mothball cookies.
http://www.iloveourchurch.com Tim Adams
Although I would not necessarily want this, my wife would LOVE it! What a great present it would make! I would be a hero! (And I see the deadline for entry is Feb 21… that just happens to be my birthday! Coincidence… I think not)
And my worst gift… I'm ashamed to admit it but I actually gave my wife a vacuum cleaner once… I know, I know… I've learned… this would make up for it!
http://intensedebate.com/people/tacemus tacemus
My Roomate gave me star searching software for my old PDA, then forget to actually give me the software..
Carlette
Finding out I could not use a gift card I received for my Birthday because it had expired, as I was checking out with some great looking clothes. .
Keith K
The proverbial x-mas sweater, like Bill Cosby had a garage sale.
hl
A jar of used shea butter!
Sarah S.
About 3 Valentine's Day's ago, I purchased a brand new outfit for my husband that he'd been wanting. Also some new shoes, cologne and some tickets to a basketball game. I was 6 months pregnant and expected something fantastic…..When he got home, I saw him with his hands behind his back. He reached forward and gave me an EMPTY,BLANK white card (no handwriting or print) with a picture of him in it!!! Just a side note….we are now divorced. This mouse is my destiny…I MUST have it to match my HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition!!! MUST!!!
denice p
well my hubby just surpassed the worst give mark with this past valentines day. he bought me a neon teal looking hoodie that was two sizes to small and the arms were way too long. i looked like a blue orangutan! good grief! lol!
KLS
Last Christmas I got this ridiculously gaudy, multi-stranded, yellow glass, beaded necklace with a huge glittery glass leaf pendant. It would look good on… let me think… NO ONE! Then I got ANOTHER one made of green glass with, you guessed it, a large glittery glass pendant. This one was a birthday gift, which is 2 days after Christmas! Yikes!
A lovely red mouse with pretty peony flowers to go with my HP Mini VT edition that is coming in the near future would help erase the painful memory of those gifts. That, and never seeing those necklaces again!
lounytoon
My cat left me a present once. While I had left for the day, he had managed to dig all the dirt out of a potted plant that normally resided high up on a bookshelf. He shaped all the dirt into a perfectly brushed square, then pooped on top.
It was awful to come home to, but still makes me laugh to this day!
Debbie
My brother gave me my birthday present three years late. By the time I got it I didn't want or need it. It was a video giving advice about finding the right guy. By then I was married to my husband.