To Renew or Not to Renew?

Some people are especially talented at gift giving. You know the type: She's the one who always has the perfect gift idea at her fingertips for everyone in her universe, without ever repeating a past present. Then there's me. Gift giving gives me anxiety to no end. Even for the people I'm closest to (maybe especially with those people), there's something about the pressure of a looming birthday that causes my otherwise over-stuffed brain to empty out completely.

But one of my favorite gifts...