Saving for a Special Occasion

The gift cards made her cry.  You get them for a special occasion, you save them for a special occasion, and then, one day, you've saved them too long and there they sit, waiting to be picked up by a relative who's trying to clear out all the crap you thought you couldn't live without and all the precious crap you saved for a day that never came.  All the precious crap and most of it became instantaneous garbage the moment you left.