# What did you get yourself for (not) Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615 "2007-12-19T20:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/1 "2007-12-19T20:35:12Z")
Parallel thread to: [What are you getting your SO for Christmas? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448353), 'cuz I know lotsa people buy gifts for themselves - you materialistic curs. New (AWD) wheels for me: [http://www.lincoln.com/mkz/home.asp](http://www.lincoln.com/mkz/home.asp) Drive it off the lot at 2pm tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/2 "2007-12-19T20:37:51Z")
Don’t know yet. Depends what my stinking friends & relations don’t get me. A new toaster (that actually heats the bread)? A cotton throw with a tight weave? _Tank Girl_ on DVD? A cordless Dustbuster? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/3 "2007-12-19T20:40:04Z")
I got the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon series on DVD. It should come in the mail today. Guess what I’m doing tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/4 "2007-12-19T20:43:20Z")
Shiny new Desktop PC. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/5 "2007-12-19T20:58:30Z")
As long as we’re asking questions, where’ve you been, **UncleBeer**? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/6 "2007-12-19T21:04:56Z")
Engaged. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/7 "2007-12-19T21:06:04Z")
[QUOTE=Eutychus] Engaged. [/QUOTE] Congratulations Eutychus!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/8 "2007-12-19T21:08:53Z")
Colt Government Model .380, similar to [this](http://www.mimetix.it/armi%20colt%20gov%20cal%20380.htm), but for less than half the current value. It’s fairly standard for me - Anything I buy after Halloween is likely to be stolen, wrapped, and stuck under the tree. The $700 custom meteoric sgian dubh from 1998 was the most shocking example. I was but days away from sending a strongly worded email to the guy when I discovered it had been delivered before Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/9 "2007-12-19T21:22:27Z")
Season Three of Deadwood and a red Moleskine planner for 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/10 "2007-12-19T21:22:30Z")
[2003 Kawasaki ZX1200 Ninja](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448198). I still don’t know what the hell I was thinkin’. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/11 "2007-12-19T21:34:37Z")
I got a gym membership yesterday and today I’m picking up a gym bag. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/12 "2007-12-19T21:37:44Z")
I told my wife I want a 3-wood, but I’ll buy it myself in the spring. And I need new golf shoes, but I’m waiting until after my foot surgery in January. Other than that, not too much I need/want. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/13 "2007-12-19T21:55:28Z")
An expensive plane ticket. Yes, it will be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/14 "2007-12-19T21:55:41Z")
I along with the hubby are doing an IVF cycle this month. We are self financing this so that is what we are getting ourselves/myself. Other than that, I bought a leather jacket and some shoes. I get to buy whatever I want whenever as the need or want arises so getting things for myself is a moot point. But the IVF was a major thing to do and it wasn’t necessarily for Christmas it was just that we were home in December to complete a cycle. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/15 "2007-12-19T21:57:21Z")
Compaq Presario laptop, now I can bug everyone from the comfort of my own kitchen (closer to the beer.) ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/16 "2007-12-19T23:17:23Z")
A box of Punch Double Coronas, or Partagás Lusitanias, depending on which one my father-in-law finds first at the Varadero airport. They’ll be arriving Saturday, although I’m afraid I won’t be able to enjoy one until March or so. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/17 "2007-12-19T23:22:06Z")
An ice cream maker for the house - rice, honey, black tea, imitation crab, tortilla and so on flavored ice cream, here I come! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/18 "2007-12-19T23:48:18Z")
Let me know how the krab tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/19 "2007-12-19T23:57:27Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] I got the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon series on DVD. It should come in the mail today. Guess what I’m doing tonight? [/QUOTE] If this was the Pit, I’d have a clever and inappropriate response to this! 😃 I bought myself some new motorcycle pants, a 14" metal cutting abrasive disc, a transmission for my old Suzuki and a “D” battery holder. That MP3 will play more than a couple hours _now_! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615/20 "2007-12-20T00:11:47Z")
I’m considering this necklace. I’ve earned it this year without a doubt. I probably won’t get it by Christmas but it’s the thought that counts. > **[Extasia Jewelry. Vintage and Victorian Style Cameos and Intaglios.](https://www.extasia.com/retail-jewelry/product-nn64-slate.html)** > > Extasia. Manufacturers of Classic Cameo and Intaglio Jewelry. Vintage and Victorian Style. Museum and Sterling Collections available including: pendants, rings, earrings, rings, bracelets, earrings, pins and necklaces. Wholesale and Retail. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-yourself-for-not-christmas/430615.md?page=2)