Suki
If my mom had given me bright yellow neon sheets I would have thanked her, and given her a huge hug. Because that is what you are supposed to do when given a sincere gift out of love.
My commentary by Miss Manners was just meant to be a joke to lighten the subject. Me bad.
I personally don't know why blue would matter, or why she felt the need to send you that note. It's really weird I think. I don't think I have one friend that would do anything like that; most are happy with hand-me-downs. I have one GF who I think told the whole world her parents gave her their used tempurpedic mattress. That seemed a bit of an overkill to me; had lots of guys wanting to see it after that story. Haha