Just so we can have fun and see what was under the tree this year thought I would start this post.
For me Toki got me two books (The Lafdy Elizebeth by Allison Weir and The other Queen by Phillipa Gregory
A DVD of The Other Boleyn Girl
A CD of Mediavel Baebes: Salva Nos
And a beautiful pair of Black leather calf high boots
Toki got
4 books. Gotrex and Felix the First and Second Omnibus, King Henry the VIII by Allison Weir and Eleanor of Aquitaine
A DVD Beowolf and Grendal with Gerard Butler
A pair of black and burgandy leatherwith silver trim gauntlets
A wine colored Arming Cap
An engraved Comb Morion helmet
Yes he made out like a bandit :) But hey might as well try enjoy the gift giving this year as next may be tougher.
Post what St Nick put under the tree for you and your loved ones.
I only got a hundred bucks, and I lost my caddy. My nephew's dad got him a set of really nice golf clubs, so now I'm stuck with carrying my own.....
This sucks!!! It'll be fun, though. There's always a silver lining.
I woke up for the third day in a row with just unbelievably perfect hair- then I took a shower and it was still perfect. How does this happen.
I also got cashews and some deluxe mixed nuts- which is great since I didn't even ask for them.
I got a Dremel, wool socks, and a $100 gift card.
I am off to Tandy shortly to take advantage of their after Christmas sale and use a $10 gift card I recieved before the holiday.
To top it off I have got to clean out a room in the basement and was given the OK to set it up as a craft area with my leather stuff.
St. Nick treated me good.
I got a digital camera that I picked out and helped pay for and have been using for a month or two now, a memory card, $30, and some miscellaneous stocking stuffers, like a scissors sharpener and a pair of fuzzy blue socks. :)
We usually do something big togther for the house; and a couple of small items for each other. The big item this year was new recliners. He bought me a couple of sweaters from Victoria's Secret, and something lacy for my birthday today, and I gave him a digital BBQ fork and a carved wooden box with a big Celtic knot on the lid.
Christmas was good, kids got tons o' swag but behaved very well. I really think they are begining to understand it's more than a toy extraveganza but a time of joy for family and friends. I spent half the night putting together a foosball table, took hours! Of course Apple let us down for the 2nd year in a row. Kids got 16G ipod nano's, one doesn't "click" most of the time, gotta go back.
I got the day off with Nyte....we sat at home all day and watched movies. Might not seem like a very exciting holiday, but since we haven't had a day off together since Thanksgiving, I could care less that I didn't get any physical gifts this year. I was just happy to not be at work. :)
Patti was VERY good to me! Well...she said it was Santa...lol!
My MAIN present was that she let ME pick out the paint and wallpaper for our RV! Of course, I'll have to do the painting, but she is an EXPERT with the wallpaper!
My TOY was the new pistol crossbow she bought me! Not the cheezy plastic Taiwanese model either...a full alloy frame 80 lb pistol crossbow, with a VERY sweet trigger (this thing is as accurate as a .22!!!), excellent microadjust sights with calibrated thumb wheels with detents, and the crossbow frame itself is set up to accept scopes, red dots, or lazers in the built-in rail!
She bought me 27 aluminum bolts as well, with screw in field tips...broadheads are available...how cool is that! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!
HERE kitty kitty! JUST KIDDING!!!
Patti got from Santa a new set of cabinets for the RV, including ALL the cabinet door throughout redone in beautiful real woods...a brand new complete set of Wolfgang Puck pots and pans with some widgets thrown in...a brand new set of the JAPANESE made Wolfgang Puck knives, including steak knives and the wooden holding block...4 DUCK theme humorous T-shirts, and Narnia 2, Prince Caspian...lol!
Mom and Dad bought us a brand new Under-The-Cabinet Black and Decker convection/toaster oven to complete our kitchen remodel...SWEET SCORE!
Kev
I have to say the silliest..and therefore my favorite....present was a "learn to belly dance" book/dvd complete with a set of finger cymbols. I'm intrigued.... :)
Sewing Machine! and some patterns and fabric to go with! Very happy and content, because I got to spend the day with my family :D
I got some gift cards, cash, a nifty cocktail shaker with a recipe dial on the side, just turn the dial to what drink you want and the recipe shows up in the little windows down the side of the canister! Also got some fuzzy slippers, socks, a Cuisinart food processor/blender I've been wanting, a V slicer, and some movies. One of my favorite gifts was a simple little silver metal book mark with dangly beads and charms hanging from it-a shamrock, celtic cross and a fairy.
Christmas at our house was a little more subdued than in past years. The kids (well, the boys) wanted gift cards and our daughter wanted a cell phone as well as some new microbes (last year she received e-coli, this year she received salmonella..in a petri dish!).
Kurt received kilt socks and a belt for his kilt and he gave me Fable II and the latest Great Big Sea cd.
We got together with his side of the family on Christmas Eve and my mother in law gave each family a brick from the old Memorial Stadium and a new book on the history of the University of Minnesota football team (my father in law played for the Gophers in the late 50's and early 60's...he passed away in 2004). It was a meaningful gift and even the teens teared up a bit.
We won't see my parent for a few weeks (they were supposed to spend Christmas with us but my Dad had surgery on Monday...nothing serious just no fun to travel).
Oh and Kurt and the kids each received a dvd....so we have a few movies to watch.
All in all a nice holiday, kind of cool that the kids are beginning to see past the gift giving and enjoy the family time.
I received a few warm sweaters/sweatshirts that have various types of fake fur/fuzzines to them and a winter coat. I think my biggest gift was the happiness I got to see when people opened the gifts I gave them.
I got a Lump of Coal, :( Might use it to warm the house this winter :-\
I got a really nice sweater (lavender, which is not a good colour for me, but it's gorgeous and has a low-v-neck, so I can put an oxford under it in a more complimentary colour, so I'll wear it anyway), a second copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (I'll be giving one of the copies to a friend that doesn't have it yet), fuzzy socks, Keroppi PJs (Keroppi's the little frog thingum from Hello Kitty), really flippin' hot shoes (they are AMAZING!), a $25 Wally World gift card, which was spent on a -great- pair of Levi's and a cute black top, a $100 Visa gift card, which I'll be taking to the mall to get professional-like clothing, a really funky-printed, quilted purse, and (probably best of all) a new bodice (which I only just ordered, so it'll be a little while before I actually get it).
My hubby made out like a bandit with his PS3 and the game Resistance 2. We also ended up buying Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds for it (but that's partly for me, since I can play that one with him). In addition, he got some clothes and a beard and mustache trimmer. XD
I got a new Dra shirt.
Quote from: ravic on December 27, 2008, 10:50:50 AM
I got a new Dra shirt.
SWEET! Dra is the only one on circuit that I'll buy shirts from, and she is an amazing little lady!!! She is one of our very dear friends and one of the sweetest ladies you'd ever like to meet!
Awesome score Ravic!!!
Kev
I got some new jewels to wear to renn and some cash to buy a new bodice with. HUZZAH! ;)
The Hubby got the electric skillet with the removable pan that he has been wanting for so long (finally found the thing) And a little electric chocolate milk mixer.
Also, $100.00 from my dad. (SWEET!)
I also received $100.00 from my dad, and a piggie bank that counts the coin as you put it in from my mom.
But the BEST is......... Drum roll please!
The two hand made bags for my garb!!!!TA DA!!
The Hubby cut up one of his old leather vest and hand stitched a pouch that slides onto my belt,
then again he hand stitched 2 white rabbit pelts into a sporran like purse that I can wear around my waist.
More is the pity that I will now put them away until TRF NEXT YEAR. Gads what a wait, but then again it will seem as if Christmas has come early next year when we once more travel to another place and time!
1. Yamaha FG-75 Acoustic with Gig Bag
2. Leather Mug from Excalibur Leather with Square and Compasses on it
3. The complete Janis Joplin Collection on CD.
4. Nice Dragon pendant from daughter.
Kids gots lots of stuff (3 and 5 yr old). they haven't even opened some from the packages cuz they are too busy playing with the first stuff they opened.
Got the 15yr old daughter a new digi camera.
The wife got 14 shirts-long, polo and short sleeved from Old Navy, a Panera gift card to go by herself and relax without the kids and me, and bubble bath.
I got a new camera, a hoodie, paintball stuff, and my parents got me a tin suit of armor for show-I love that the best.
Santa brought me a transformer so I can play with my son who got one too ;) and lots of candy.
Tree? Presents?
Father Christmas might have brought me a wizard. Time will tell.
A bit of a love life is all I really need anyway.
Santa spoiled me....I received many cookbooks, lovely jewelry, a CD, tons of candy, and a beer making kit! An early present was my new camera but I've had it for about a month now... ;D
I got 007, wii music, and rock band for the wii. Some ds games and a live wire guitar cable with a lifetime warranty which I'm excited about because I'm sometimes rough with mine. ;D
Parents got me radar detector for my car, PJ pants, a couple new shirts, a new sweater, fuzzy socks, jewelry. Uncle stationed in Japan currently sent me a beautiful wall piece with a geisha. The boyfriend bought me a six inch knife.
And if I can win this auction, I'll have a gorgeous brown moleskin suede cloak for faire. *crosses fingers* Reallyreallyreally want it. Hope I get it.
From my mom, a pewter Gryffindor mug & Professor McGonagall's wand; From my sister & BIL, a Rolling Stones messenger bag, t, cosmetics bag, etc.; From my other sister, a lipstick pink Ed Hardy cap (yay!) & Amaretto; From my son, a Planet Earth dvd; & from my BF, a $150 Wal-Mart card & a box of MacNcheese from the Democratic Nat'l Convention - KEWL! From me to me, a black coat I've Snape'd out.
I got 2 new patterns.
A double headed Dragon statue
2 dragons entwined around a sword
and then some other type of dragon holding a dagger.
What cash/gift cards I got, I spent on my son for his fish tank.
Sir Edward received a 32" 1080P LCD TV, DVD upvert, an Izod shirt, and some little stuff. I got a HP laptop, Taurus 9MM, 3 pairs of shoes, and little stuff. My dad gave us a microwave, ours died about 2 days before. My daughter, got a LCD 19" with DVD player, new bedding, a laptop backpack for school, flash drive, stylus for laptop, and some gift cards for clothes.
As we have a large extended family I would say that Sant was very good to us.
I got my silverware that I wanted, some jeans, a birdfeeder, a candle, a new dishdrainer (yay... I really needed it), gift card, money, and a calendar. Sir Morgan got clothes, a slanket, a talking picture frame, a new belt, warm bedding for his truck (it gets cold in the sleeper when the heater shuts off), a calendar, a Jeff Dunham cd, and a travel mug that heats up from the car lighter outlet.
Quote from: Celtic Lady on December 29, 2008, 11:38:18 PM
and a travel mug that heats up from the car lighter outlet.
Those are so nice. You kinda forget after a while what you did before you had one of those.
I got a letter from my bank telling me that my mortgage was Paid Off!!!!
That, and finding Mac Mug #912 for sale from someone who really didn't know what they had (cost me $20), made my yuletide gay
Dayna
WOW!!!!!!!!!! Thats fantastic news. Yeah to you.
I got to try out my crossbow pistol yesterday...and WOW!!! At 25 yards I was hitting a 2 foot tall by 10 inch wide rolled up peice of scrap carpet as my target...every single time!!!
I have 27 bolts, and 27 times in a row I nailed the target...grouped in the center! I shot three rounds of 27, and never missed the target! This thing is acurate! Granted I'm a good shot with a pistol, but it was just as easy to shoot and as accurate as MOST of the guns I've ever owned or shot...the exception being my old match Ruger 22 Mark IV with a 10 inch bull barrel and tuned trigger.
Sweet!
Kev
I got a new cell phone 2 days before Christmas, which I wasn't expecting. My old one was slowly breaking and I had offhandedly mentioned it to mum and asked for her to get me a cheap refurbished one just for until our upgrade comes, but she woke me up going "Get dressed, we're going to the AT&T store..." One shiny new phone later, I'm a happy gal...
Then on Christmas morn I got some DVDs, some music, a new game for my Wii, a pretty ceramic reed diffuser jar, and a teapot, since I've started drinking tea like nobody's business the last few weeks...and with the cash from the grandparents I got a new copy of The Sims for my computer, since the old one wasn't working anymore.
Woohoo!