Holiday hauls

[Kit-Ginevra]

So LunaBaby got her hubby doubling his fruitcake in her stockings? Is this some form of fetish that I don't know about?
Still,rather that than Kuari's 'cootie disease squishy balls' which I'd take off to the doctor as soon as possible...

And where are my presents from you you miserable critters?

[Sunshine]

Got the new Sam Smith CD, the new Garth Brooks CD, two pairs of earrings from disney world, three Monster High dolls and the Fluffy movie. All from Missyred. I think she likes me. Lol. Got myself the new Thor comic and a book about aerosmith. Waiting for Lil Ray to come back from her dads for the rest of the presents.

[XCashier]

I got:

1. A Sony MP3 player (8GB, I could put my entire CD collection on there!)
2. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" DVD
3. New bed sheets
4. Far too much candy!

[AnaKhouri]

4 books, a Hello Kitty plush, a card game called Machi Koro, some comics, the Funko POP vinyl figure of the Hound from A Game of Thrones, some gloves, an Adopt a Tribble t-shirt, Princess Mononoke on Blu-Ray, and a 6-month membership to the Coast to Coast AM website so I can listen to the show anytime.

All of that is awesome, of course, but I was more excited about my husband's present (a fancy joystick for PC gaming) and my #1 Son's- a 2DS. He has wanted one for a couple years now and I included a note from Santa praising him for being so good and brave this year. It's not easy when Mommy is gone for a month and you get a baby brother who has tummy problems and screams a lot, but he's handled it admirably. I was so happy we could give him the one thing he really, really wanted. His uncle got him Catan, Jr as a companion to his My First Carcassone. I love those as they introduce him to our favorite games AND they're fun and challenging for grown-ups too.

Baby got, you know, baby stuff. He slept through the presents and then peed on his Christmas outfit (and he's not even old enough to drink yet!).

I got a KitchenAid stand mixer.

I usually avoid spending large amounts of money on anything, but the Kitchenaid mixer is SO worth it. We love to bake!

[BookstoreEscapee]

So, in addition to my brother being sick, my aunt and uncle were both sick and did not come to Christmas dinner, another uncle was sick and did not come (and his son and daughter-in-law are also sick, but they weren't planning to come in the first place). My cousin's daughter just got over mono and strep throat, another cousin's daughter is getting over a sinus infection, and my mom might be coming down with something. My cousin had a party on Sunday and it seems someone was passing something around.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[NorthernZel]

As usual, presents were only for kids, so Lil' Zel got:

A 32" flatscreen TV from me and Mr Zel (as I wrote in the "Silly Kid Stories" thread, we managed to sneak in the TV, assemble it, install it (partially) and hook up his PS3 to it while he was out of the house... and wrapped the remote and told him that all we could afford this year was a cable-TV connection + a universal remote. I tells ya, he was purely SHELL-SHOCKED when he entered his bedroom )

A steering wheel + gear + pedal for PS3 games by Ma Zel (we told her to buy some Skylanders toys, she thought they were too "small" and went for the big one instead)

A set of Bluetooth headphones + a Battleship board game + various trinkets from Grandma and Granpa Zel

3 Skylanders figurines + a gift card to a toy store from Uncle, Auntie and Cousin Zel

And then of course a metric fuckton of candy from Santa.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I can add a broken tooth and a trip to the dentist.

Broke it on a piece of pizza. Doesn't hurt but there's a decent-size chunk gone from one of my molars. Will have to wait until I know my schedule for next week before I can start making calls tho.

[cindybubbles]

I got the following:

Pineapple mini-cakes (think Chinese Fig Newtons) and chocolate truffles from one friend.
A 1000-piece puzzle (about sweets, no less) and a tube of Lindor chocolate truffles from another friend.
Ferrero Rocher from my other friend and family members.
A Holiday Lottery package from my sister, where one ticket won me $15.
A $50 Wal-Mart gift card and a $50 iTunes card from my sister and her family.
and $200 from my parents.

[purple]

From my partner I got a kenwood food processor and small world (we have underground but I really wanted the original.)

My parents gave me a new foundation and money to buy a new perfume. They gave my partner a ladder.

The bank gave us a morgatge (moved in on the 21st)

My mother in law gave me icing plungers.

My nana gave us knives and wind chimes. Oh and she gave me shampoo for fine hair (I have thick wavy hair ....)

[fireheart]

Baby got, you know, baby stuff. He slept through the presents and then peed on his Christmas outfit (and he's not even old enough to drink

So his Christmas present was "fire up the urine cannon!"

SO and I got an extra $50 from his parents and a $30 gift card from his sister. We also got some chocolates from his now former step-nan. (Which we wound up promptly discarding on the way to the airport as they didn't survive the car trip from small country town to the CBD)

So far that makes $175 towards the new TV fund.

[bhskittykatt]

Hubs is taking me to see "Into the Woods" today, but he also picked up a copy of Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing" so I had something to unwrap. He's also taking me out for crepes next week. In turn, I gave him $60 for him to put toward a custom stock for his rifle and also got him a TNG hoodie from ThinkGeek which he loves.

My Secret Santa at work got me a gift card for a coffee shop. Lame. (I got my giftee some workout gear, since she's been on a huge fitness kick lately, and some vanilla-smelly soaps and bubble bath stuffs, because I'm simply awesome.)

Gotten about $400 so far from various relatives and customers, but since we were hit with $1700 in car repair bills recently, all of that is going to finish paying off the mechanic...

[Luna Baby]

So LunaBaby got her hubby doubling his fruitcake in her stockings? Is this some form of fetish that I don't know about?

Nope, not a fetish. Just that I'm the only one in the house that eats fruit cake (love the stuff) and I usually have to fill my own stocking since he doesn't shop. I purposely sent him on a mission to get the neighbor boy (just love that kid!) something and he took it upon himself to get me the fruitcake this year. I've eaten so many sweets this week that I have dealt with a migraine for 3 days now. I think I need to back off a bit and ration these out.

[EricKei]

Cash from Mom, gift card from the boss, and a "chillow" (fluid-filled pillow you stick in the fridge) to help with my neck pains. ^_^ woot!

[BlaqueKatt]

books:
Bone, limited edition one volume hardcover(it's 1300 pages 0_0 )-Author signed
Awkward moments(not found in your average)children's bible vol. 2
An illustrated book of bad arguments(learn the lost art of making sense)

Legend of Billie Jean on blu ray(one of my favorite movies from the 80's)
two pounds of pink kinetic sand

Plushies:
Catbug
a realistic squid
a xenomorph

[lordlundar]

$35
Two pairs of really nice ear muffs.
Three t-shirts
Zelda amiibo.