Writing thank you notes

I always write thank you notes like so:

Salutation

Thank you for specific item

Intention of use of said item

Personal note

Thank you again

Signature

This is super helpful!

I do the same thing. And it’s how I was taught as a kid.

Yep, how my Grammy taught me!

It does appear to be a disappearing art, though, a lot of our circle never did manage thank you notes.

We got all our shower thank yous out in ... about 2 weeks? And our wedding gifts out in about a month.

The baby shower ones might be harder, though.

All of these responses are correct. It's 100% okay (and preferred) to thank someone for a specific item if you receive a physical gift, as well as put a little note about what it means to you/how you will use it/why its special, etc. If you receive cash/check I would just write "generous gift" and there is no need to elaborate further.

This is how I write thank you notes as well!

For monetary gifts, I just say thank you for the generous gift in place of the specific item's name! I just think this formula is fool proof!

If it's a gift card, I usually say "thank you for the (blank) gift card. I am going to use it for (blank).

For your grandma and aunt, I would send them each (essentially) the same note, because they probably pooled money and it isn't part from one and part from the other.

You are WAY overthinking and overcomplicating it.

Gift card - I would say "thanks for the gift card to NAME OF PLACE", we are looking forward to using it for "ACTIVITY". So for example, "Thanks for the gift card to Local Restaurant - its one of our favorites! We are really looking forward to a relaxing date night!"

Also for aunt/grandma, simply thank them both for both gifts.