DVDS
Helter Skelter (the new version)
The best of Will Ferrell SNL 1 and 2
Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again
Fahrenheit 9/11
Office Space
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Books
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Misery - Stephen King
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
Then some other random things
A Paul Frank pillow
A charm bracelet
Some hilarious tye dye slippers
American Idiot by Green Day
The White Album by The Beatles
I got quite the haul this year. I lurrrrve Christmas!
my brother (age 16): an ornament with a picture of us and our friends on it (I also got one for each of them)
my sister (age 8): The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder (I bought it for myself, but after reading it I decided to share the awesomeness)
my mom: an ornament and a magnet from my college bookstore
my dad: a hat from my college bookstore
my friend Julie: a song based on a poem she wrote
other people: cards, for I am cheap.
From The Parents
[ul][li]Various and sundry little gifts including a cheap poker set and a squish pillow for when I’m traveling[/li][li]A digital camera (to be delivered after the next paycheck ;))[/li][li]A set of rocks glasses, so as to avoid drinking Scotch out of coffee cups[/li]
From The Aunt And Uncle Who Always Get Me Lame Stuff
[li]A jacket that was too small for their daughter’s fiancé and isn’t me at all[/li]
From My Sister, Who Always Gets Me Excellent Gifts
[li]Luggage, so that I, y’know, own some other than a suitbag[/li]
From the Girls at School
[li]A set of four shotglasses: “One More?” “No,” “Maybe” and “Yes.”[/li][li]Two decks of drink-recipe playing cards[/li]
From the Girlfriend
[li]A NY Times Omnibus crossword book, a page-a-day Times crossword calendar, and a Disappearing Civil Liberties mug[/li][/ul]
Kool-aid (tropical punch, of course) and a 2 quart various beverage dispenser, (the spigot is broken but im not about to say anything)
some MSU playing cards (2 decks) and some dice for… Yahtzee, yeah, yahtzee
a rubber duck head to go on top of my antenna
$20 worth of movie gift cards, will be used up before march, i bet
windshield wipers (much needed)
new suitcase
pot (shiny, heavy, and legal)
a portable dvd player
a new nokia cell phone
a fossil watch
11 shirts
a one-cup-at-a-time coffee maker
a blanket
some rectangular pieces of paper with pictures of dead presidents on them
a new desk chair
bunches of blank cds and dvds
and i’m sure a bunch of other things that i cant quite think of at the moment
A Tiffany & Co. bracelet & a Macy’s gift certificate from my boss.
A bottle of Creed perfume, some new true crime books, a pair of aubergine leather gloves, a brooch, a iron Victorian birdcage, and an AS SEEN ON TV! “Magic Bullet”.
The cast recording of Wicked, the 5-cd set of the PBS mini Broadway: The American Musical, and we’re going out to see Phantom of the Opera this afternoon.
I got totally spoiled…really to an embarrassing degree. That being said, the coolest (by virtue of being most unique and unexpected) thing: my dad got the entire family old Brownie cameras, complete with flash kits, off ebay. I can’t wait to try mine out when the film arrives…
[ul]
[li]Jean Paul Gaultier Cologne[/li][li]Wallet[/li][li]Belt[/li][li]Black dress pants[/li][li]Belt[/li][li]Socks[/li][li]2 Books[/li][li]Cute cardigan/pullover thing[/li][li]$40 Record store GC[/li][li]Coffee Maker[/li][li]$30 GC to a different record store[/li][/ul]
-World of Warcraft Collectors Edition
-A Coffee maker
-A flatware set
-A DVD player w/speakers
-2 Dress shirts (for job interviews/work)
-2 Belts (ditto)
-Money
This year I was seriously thinking about things that would be useful for when I move out. So the flatware/coffeemaker/DVD player are a definite plus. Though they aren’t terribly useful right now (though I plan on setting up the coffee maker in my room )
Getting World of Warcraft collector’s edition was great. The only downside is right now I can’t play it at my house. My computer can run it, and we have AOL broadband, but something about the router won’t let me play online games :mad: so I’ll have my best friend futz around with it. In the meantime, I can always play it off my friend’s house, since he has plenty of computers and that would mean we have 2 accounts (and dualing up with 2 people in the same room is great- much less typing involved when you can just talk to the person next to you! )
A new computer, desktop, that’s actually been here for more than an week and set up that long too.
From the parents/siblings
3 pairs of jeans
A fleece jacket
A digital camera
A couple of shirts
A down comforter
$100 gift certificate to Victoria’s secret
A neck pillow thing
A cool glass candle holder thing that my brother etched and put together himself
A red purse
A necklace From my cousin
Season 4 of Buffy, that hasn’t arrived yet, but that I know she bought and had sent from Amazon.
Things I gave:
A rice cooker, for the little brother
A really cool pin shaped like a fish, handmade, for my mother
Some kind of tool for my father - my brother picked it out
A cool etched metal hanging for one of my older brothers
A vase for my sister in law
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A new computer, desktop, that’s actually been here for more than an week and set up that long too.
From the parents/siblings
3 pairs of jeans
A fleece jacket
A digital camera
A couple of shirts
A down comforter
$100 gift certificate to Victoria’s secret
A neck pillow thing
A cool glass candle holder thing that my brother etched and put together himself
A red purse
A necklace From my cousin
Season 4 of Buffy, that hasn’t arrived yet, but that I know she bought and had sent from Amazon.
Things I gave:
A rice cooker, for the little brother
A really cool pin shaped like a fish, handmade, for my mother
Some kind of tool for my father - my brother picked it out
A cool etched metal hanging for one of my older brothers
A vase for my sister in law
A wooden cheese serving tray for my oldest brother
(these last two haven’t been shipped yet)
And for my cousin:
Season 5 of Buffy and a t-shirt that says “I have a skanky cousin and I’m proud”. It’s a long story, but I hear it was a hit at the family party last night.
From my SDMB Secret Santa, I got some chocolate and cool logic puzzle books.
Mr. Carmichael gave me a cute candleholder thingy. (We’re getting our major Christmas presents next month.)
Money from the in law’s and my uncle, most of which went to bills.
I got what I really wanted, though: PEACE. A stress-free, drama-free Christmas. We stayed home, watched movies, spent some time with friends and just relaxed. No insane relatives, no traveling, no pressure.
A fantabulous trip to Germany August 2004
A 1994 Chevy Suburban (It is outfarkingstanding.) And a new alternator for the truck. That was my xmas present last week. And a tank of gas.
We ain’t broke, but we are badly bent.
On Xmas Eve he gave me a Mp3 player and a gift card for napster. I have no idea how to use an Mp3 player or, if I actually need one. But I was excited.
I didn’t even mention the stuff I got before Christmas:
[ul]
[li]A copy of the first movie the new bf and I watched together, plus a couple of cool mix CD’s[/li][li]A journal recycled from an old kids’ book called Fossils Tell of Long Ago[/li][li]A hand-knit washcloth and rubber ducky soap[/li][/ul]
And I did give some stuff, although I dropped the ball this year:
[ul]
[li]To the bf, a comic book (seemingly the chintziest present ever, but it is the best single comic book ever made). And the CD’s I’m going to deliver in person.[/li][li]A bunch of DVD’s, a couple of books, and half a laser printer to my Daddy[/li][li]A CD, a DVD set of “Alias”, Casablanca, and half a coffee maker for Mama[/li][li]A motherboard and CPU, and the “Seinfeld” DVD sets for my brother. (I’d originally gotten him a video card and a copy of Half-Life 2, but he’d already bought them for himself.)[/li][/ul]
My favorite gift is a photo sent to me by my grandmother of my Great Grandfather and my Grandfather in scout uniforms, taken roughly in 1946.
My Grandfather (other side) was a scout (still is as a volunteer), my father (his son) is an Eagle scout, my Great Grandfather (pictured) was a scoutmaster, my Grandfather (pictured) was a scout, and I am an Eagle scout.
I had no idea my Great Grandfather was involved in scouting at all until today.
I gave (The big things)
Mr zoogirl - hooded sweatshirt with wolves, his favorite.
Kid, the Elder - big, black, hooded ski-jacket.
Kid, the Younger - tools and wood-carving set.
I got - (The best stuff)
“Alice Cooper Trashes the World” DVD (We’re getting a player tommorow)
“Wayne’s World” on VHS
Saddlebags for my bike - finally!
