What did you give YOURSELF for xmas?

[Seven]

I'm not much into Christmas, but I do take advantage of the sales and always end up getting myself something in December.

This year my boss gave all the employees gifts based on their interests. They gave me a gift card for a music store (a tidy sum) and some music magazines. I headed down to the music store but didn't see anyting interesting (I hate music stores). I figured I'd dig around on a few music websites and figure out how to spend this money.

The other day I found a fretless bass at musiciansfriend.com. I figured this is what I've been wanting but instead of trying to use the money from the gift card I just ordered the bass. I should have it next week.

I decided I'll use the gift card for new strings, a little bass direct box and other related items.

So, what did you buy for yourself?

[JThunder]

A Gerber tool and a new pinstripe suit.

[Seven]

Cool. If you ever get a gig as Handyman for the Mob,. you're set. ;)

[JThunder]

Next year, I'm getting myself a violin case.

[screech-owl]

A pool table. A real bargain at 995.






(that's nine point ninety-five)

It's about 3 by four inches, and has thirteen tiny alls, two thin, long cuesticks, and a huge rack that takes up 2/3 of the playing surface. One break and most of the balls ended up on the floor

[Ethilrist]

I'm getting some D&D manuals, and probably some curling gloves to wear under my mitten gauntlets.

And a pony.

[yosemite]

Two DVDs about Yosemite National Park, from The Yosemite Association (http://www.yosemite.org/).

[Maxxxie]

I got myself a new PC! It's an Athlon 64 3500+, with 1Gb of RAM, an ATI 9800 XT (256Mb) and a nice dual-layer DVD burner. It's a total game machine and I'm loving it!!


Max :D

[TVeblen]

A goose down comforter. I'm toasty warm in this sub-zero weather.
Thanks, me!

[Burrido]

16x dvd burner
1 Gig of ram

[WordMan]

Sold some 1st edition books to generate cash, bought:

- a kid-size electric guitar and drum set for my son and daughter
- a couple of expensive gifts for my wife
- a new guitar and amp for me.

yay. very cool.

[Ethilrist]

I'd just like to gripe a little bit that my wife asked me for a wish list again this year, and, for the second year running, didn't get me anything from the wish list. In fact, she didn't get me anything.

Next year, no wish list.

[Lynn Bodoni]

I got myself a couple of games for my PS2, the Sims and Grand Theft Auto III. These are the first games in the series, so they were something like $16 total. Even though I generally don't play these genres, I figured that for less than twenty bucks I can't lose very much.

Ummmmm, I have to go now. I might not be back for a while. See you.

[MsRobyn]

I got a very nice Palm Tungsten E PDA with a 1 GB memory chip. It was the best gift I've gotten so far.

Robin

[Kythereia]

I'm thinking of buying myself a digital camera...

Well, my mom could use it, she works in graphic design. :)

[wolf in second hand clothing]

SDMB membership.

oh, and some cds and dvds, too.

[matt_mcl]

I bought myself about $280 worth of stuff from Ikea.

[bouv]

I got myself a new PC! It's an Athlon 64 3500+, with 1Gb of RAM, an ATI 9800 XT (256Mb) and a nice dual-layer DVD burner. It's a total game machine and I'm loving it!!


Max :D


If you don't mind me askin', how much did you spend?

I got myself computer upgrades that I can't help but thinking I paid too much for.even though I used Pricewatch.com.)

I got a Athlon XP 3200 (with a Soyo Dragon KT-600 mobo), 768 MB of PC3200 RAM, and an nVidia FX 5800. I spent close to $500.

[Ravenman]

SDMB membership.
The gift that keeps on giving! Welcome!

[Typically Sunday]

I got myself a tiny calendar. It may not sound like much, but I can never remember what day it is and most calendars don't fit in my locker, so this gift will be very useful.

[raz]

I gave myself 120 bucks. To pay for my speeding ticket.

Merry frickin' Xmas to me! :)

[Wile E]

I got myself a new sewing machine, some sewing patterns, a space heater (this was more pratical and necessary since my central heat isn't working), a dessert cookbook, a squashie pillow and a teakettle.

[astro]

Dame Fortune game me a multi-millon dollar contract on an industrial bulding I've been trying to sell, so I gave myself a well deserved spanking, and a big, fat lump of coal to balance out the Karma.

[Antigen]

I got myself the extended edition of The Return of the King. The gift set, with the awesome Minas Tirith keepsake box.

And some socks.

[pokey]

I bought myself 2 DVDs (Mildred Pierce and Queen Bee) and some chocolates. I didn't get anything for anyone else. Then today I watched the DVDs and ate the candies and it was awesome. :cool:

[Nobody]

About the middle of last month, I got a fairly good sized bonus (a regular bonus, not a Christmas one). Anyway, I'd been wanting a DVD recorder, plus my combination VCR/DVD player was on the fritz, so, with the bonus, my wife and I were able to get a combination VCR/DVD recorder.

[Silentgoldfish]

World of Warcraft -- no-one ever buys me anything computer related as a gift! :(

It's fun but all the servers are in the US so I always am playing at night in-game.

[jimpatro]

Rickenbacker 620(a six string electric,turquoise) and Vox amp. Sweet!
I'm so thoughtful.

[Farmwoman]

Farmman got himself a monster tv.

And I got a Stickley amoire in which to hide it!

[Harborwolf]

Well, I got $40 for christmas and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. I'm torn between Spider Man 2 or Shaun of the Dead on DVD. George Carlin and Jared Diamond have new books out as well.

[Necro Romancer]

I bought myself a leather loveseat. It's very comfortable and much more enjoyable to read now.

[Mr Jim]

My birthday is in december so I treated myself to a joint birthday-christmas present of a tattoo. I will be using my xmas money to buy some really good shoes instead of the cheapies I am usually forced to buy.

[feppytweed]

A Family Guy afghan with Stewie saying Victory shall be Mine!

[MrTuffPaws]

New compiter parts

case
HD
mother board
processor
dvd burner
cd burner
memory
video card

I be selling stock to pay for that one.

[LifeOnWry]

Kohl's always has great sales just before and just after Christmas, so while I was shopping for gifts for friends and family, I treated myself to a beautiful amethyst and sterling ring for only $6.99. And while I was shopping for CDs for the WryGuy, I also got myself a copy of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's latest.

[Savannah]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and some really funky hand-crafted jewellery that I fell in love with. Merry Christmas to me.

[eleanorigby]

ROTK EE.Watched most of last noc.

Merry Christmas, me!

[ShibbOleth]

I got myself a bottle of Armangac.








*hic*

[Ephemera]

I didn't buy myself anything -- didn't think to -- but after reading this thread, I'm thinking about buying a couple books from amazon.com.

[ems]

I bought myself:

2 new pairs jeans - After two months of South Beach Dieting my others were falling off me
Pink Moc Croc Purse from Nine West (it was on sale)
Kitten Heel pointy toe boots (On sale)
New TV so I can put my old one in my Bedroom!

I thought I deserved and everything was on sale ;)

[Jadis]

I ordered this little beauty (http://products.gateway.com/products/GConfig/proddetails.asp?system_id=m320xpl&seg=hm&cmpid=con*M320series*stepupX*M320XPlus*products/hm_ptb_m320~~shtml) a few days before Christmas, knowing it wouldn't be here in time for the holiday...but that was OK. I was actually going to wait until January to order and then use my tax refund to pay for it, but then I saw the shiny little six-months-same-as-cash-financing button on the webpage and decided to hell with waiting. :D

The only drawback is that they said their build teams were behind and it wouldn't be here until 1/14/05....but I checked my order status today (can you say Instant Gratification Queen? I knew you could!), and just found out that it was shipped out on xmas eve and will be here on Tuesday.

Squee!!

[Indygrrl]

I got myself about $75 of sale items from the Victoria's Secret sale catalog, and a pretty black cashmere cardigan that was also on sale for $30. Not too overboard, but hey, you've gotta treat yourself sometimes. And I really needed that stuff. :D

[Booker57]

Panasonic D4734S DVD/VHS unit.

Now I get to watch "Firefly"

It was on sale and had a rebate.

[longhair75]

a waterford crystal claret glass

just a little touch of decadence.....

[WordMan]

Rickenbacker 620(a six string electric,turquoise) and Vox amp. Sweet!
I'm so thoughtful.

Sweet! Very Brit-pop of you!

I got a new small, grab n' go amp for practice - a Bruno; boutique, hand made a ridicuously expensive, but only stupidly so if bought used.

Also got a new guitar - a Japanese-made Lawsuit replica of a Les Paul from the early 80's. Plays, sounds and looks better than 99% of the $4,000 Gibson Historics you see at Guitar Center for a fraction of the money....kinda makes up for the amp.

[jimpatro]

Nice Wordman! I've heard great things about the Brunos.
Rock on!

[Spongemom]

Does it count that my gramma bought me all the things I handed her as suggestions for what I wanted?

[Spongemom]

Does it count that my gramma bought me all the things I handed her as suggestions for what I wanted?
Handed them to her in the store, I mean.

[Ephemera]

Isn't that the whole point of a Christmas list?

[Spongemom]

I can never think of a list. I don't know what I want until I see something I like. It gets put in her shopping cart, and she decides whether to get it or not. For instance, I could not have put "shiny purple hot chocolate mug" on a list, because I didn't know they made them. If I had went just by a list, I would not have my shiny purple hot chocolate mug. And I wouldn't have thought of a purple phone unless I had seen one, which I did. So there. :p

[Maxxxie]

If you don't mind me askin', how much did you spend?

I got myself computer upgrades that I can't help but thinking I paid too much for.even though I used Pricewatch.com.)

I got a Athlon XP 3200 (with a Soyo Dragon KT-600 mobo), 768 MB of PC3200 RAM, and an nVidia FX 5800. I spent close to $500.

Bear in mind this is in Australian dollars. I paid just over $1700 for the following:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU Retail Socket 939
ASUS A8V Deluxe V2 S939 Motherboard
2 x 512MB Geil DDR PC3200 RAM
1.44M Floppy Disk Drive
80GB Seagate 7200rpm HDD 8M Serial ATA
GeXCube 256M Radeon 9800 R360 Video Card
Antec 1080AMG Metallic Gray Case
Pioneer DVR-108 16xDVD DL Burner OEM BLACK

It comes with a three year warranty. The case itself is pretty expensive on its own (a couple hundred dollars). But it is very expandable and easy to get into, well-ventilated and has a dust filter. Nice. For what it's worth, I bought it at Computer Alliance here in Brisbane: www.computeralliance.com.au. The guys there were pretty cluey and did not make the mistake of thinking that me being female means I'm computer-ignorant.

This is the first time I've bought a computer system rather than building it myself from individual components. I'm very pleased with this machine!


Cheers,
Max.

[Paranoid Randroid]

Woo-eee. I woulda killed for a PC this Christmas.

Three things did I - a very wise man - buy myself this Christmas, with other people's money:

A bear (http://www.buildabear.com/shop/productdetail.aspx?ProductSKU=2458&Category=All+Furry+Friends&CallingPage=ProductSummary) built at the Build A Bear Workshop (http://www.buildabear.com/default.aspx?). I have named him Gottfried. More heterosexual, relatively masculine men should have teddy bears to sleep with. They're soft and girls find it irreristable. Well, they're soft, at least, and fuck you if you don't like it. Gottfried and I don't care.

The Wind Waker for my gamecube, as it finally seems to have gone down in price. Purty.

A book on mathematics for economics. This was disappointing, since most of it is material already learned and not difficulty grasped. I was hoping for something meatier.

After I return a couple gifts duplicating stuff I already have, I think I'll get some memory for my new digital camera. Stuff's cheap nowadays.

[Shirley Ujest]

I just bought myself something really cool and totally impulsive from the Asian Market by my mom's.

Some kind of Reflexology Foot thingie that you stand on and it has knobby do-thingies that make your feet hurt because your body weight fat puts pressure on it.

I way over paid for it and I have no idea what it is called as the entire box is in either chinese or heiroglyphics or possibly Fongoo. But, I loves it! It is the first massager thingie that gets at my torn arch muscles to make them stop hurting. Wooooooo hoooooo!


Yeah, it's all adrenaline, I don't farking care. You live with my feet.

[Wile E]

...
A bear (http://www.buildabear.com/shop/productdetail.aspx?ProductSKU=2458&Category=All+Furry+Friends&CallingPage=ProductSummary) built at the Build A Bear Workshop (http://www.buildabear.com/default.aspx?). I have named him Gottfried. More heterosexual, relatively masculine men should have teddy bears to sleep with. They're soft and girls find it irreristable. Well, they're soft, at least, and fuck you if you don't like it. Gottfried and I don't care.

....

They "fuck you if you don't like it"? :eek:

I don't think I'd want one of those teddy bears.

[Mister Rik]

I was at Costco with my mom, looking for presents for my adorable nieces, and I saw that they had some really nice Fila coats on sale. So I picked up a nice new coat to replace the dingy old Air Force parka I had been wearing for years (I got the parka from my dad, who got it from my uncle, who didn't need it because the AF had him in Tucson...)

My new coat is black and red, has a removable liner, a hidden hood in the collar, lots of cool pockets - one for my smokes, one for my gat, a hidden pocket for my wallet, and huge shoplifting pockets on the inside. :D

[Jenaroph]

I will be finally getting myself a Lava Lamp, because for the third year running nobody took me seriously when I said I wanted one.

[Low Key]

Seeing as I'm half way across the world from anyone I know and don't even have an address the only present I got this year is the one I bought for myself - a car. For the tidy sum of $250 (NZ). It needs a new windshield though. So after all's said and done I'll have spent about $450 on the car. I've never had a car before so I'm quite excited about this. Best present I ever bought myself. And as soon as I take an afternoon off of work this week, I'm off to find some fuzzy dice...

[Sunspace]

I bought myself a spindle of 25 blank DVDs at the back-breaking price of CAD 9.95 plus tax. :)

However...

...in January I will start taking film-making and video courses (as well as volunteering) at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (http://www.lift.on.ca/mt/index.html).

Forward my devious plan to cover the world in Esperanto-language video segments! :D

[Gadfly]

Forward my devious plan to cover the world in Esperanto-language video segments! :D

Wicked, can I play the moose lathe operator?

I'm going to buy myself a ticket to Guelph, to chase after a girl, apparently.

[Tracy Lord]

I spent a few months lurking on eBay and half.com, and scored all seven of Gordon Korman's MacDonald Hall books in their original paperback covers. Childhood nostalgia, ahoy!