Annibel, your post is singing to my disgruntled, grumbly heart. :D
The past 3 times I've saved up for one of the larger gift card prizes, I received lupines. :straightface: Those purple flowers that cost just a few coins in the decorations shop. That's not cool. I can't call my reaction anything other than pure disappointment.
It takes me a week+ to save up gift cards to make that kind of an exchange, and then to get something that I can buy for a pittance myself is a bummer. It doesn't enhance my enjoyment of the game at all. I'm sure I would love the game all the more if I got expansion materials or products that take some time/materials to produce -- like dairy or sauces or candy or jams -- or diamonds -- or rarer decorations that cost diamonds or can only be exchanged for gift cards.

