The Triumph of Crass Materialism
Because this is a tradition that started in 2001 and because jurhael does it every year, I have to do it too. So without further ado, I present
Christmas Haul 2006
$275 total from my grandmothers
A $50 AmEx gift card from my father
An enameled fancy bookmark from X-chan
A wallet (filled with chocolate coins :D) from m0mmy
A toolkit for the car from m0mmy
Slipper socks from m0mmy
A couple of beautiful blown glass flowers from X-chan (brought back from Prague)
A new hair dryer from m0mmy
A grill pan from m0mmy
A FILING CABINET for LEGAL-SIZED FOLDERS from m0mmy :DDDDD
Roman legionary action figures from dethorats--the educational toys about which I expressed so much trepidation XD
An anachronistic but delightful print, also from Price
Mix CDs from queen_lily_rose and her husband
Another wallet (Vera Bradley, in case anjala was wondering ^_-) from my grandmother
An Applebee's gift card, also from my grandmother
Cards from driley1, angeljuggalette, beldar, augustuscaesar, and ukekenshin; also from M (note to Tara--not your!M, my!M)
H wrote ^____^
[EDIT: Because I forgot things and some of them didn't come until today:
A teapot of my own from m0mmy
A calendar from forgottensanity
A marzipan pig, also from Cat
A Roman coin magnet, also from Cat, who tried manfully to find an Augustus but struck out]
[EDIT to the EDIT: A copy of Japan Unbound from ukekenshin arrived today! :D]
We just grazed on hors d'oeuvres, watched A Christmas Story, and now Mom is watching Pirates of the Caribbean. It turned out that X-chan misstated the size of the living room TV (she told me that it was 19", so I acted on that and bought Mom a 19"; it turns out that the TV is actually a 26"). I told Mom we could get a larger if she wanted; she's not sure.
Hope everybody is faaabulous.
♥
Christmas Haul 2006
$275 total from my grandmothers
A $50 AmEx gift card from my father
An enameled fancy bookmark from X-chan
A wallet (filled with chocolate coins :D) from m0mmy
A toolkit for the car from m0mmy
Slipper socks from m0mmy
A couple of beautiful blown glass flowers from X-chan (brought back from Prague)
A new hair dryer from m0mmy
A grill pan from m0mmy
A FILING CABINET for LEGAL-SIZED FOLDERS from m0mmy :DDDDD
Roman legionary action figures from dethorats--the educational toys about which I expressed so much trepidation XD
An anachronistic but delightful print, also from Price
Mix CDs from queen_lily_rose and her husband
Another wallet (Vera Bradley, in case anjala was wondering ^_-) from my grandmother
An Applebee's gift card, also from my grandmother
Cards from driley1, angeljuggalette, beldar, augustuscaesar, and ukekenshin; also from M (note to Tara--not your!M, my!M)
H wrote ^____^
[EDIT: Because I forgot things and some of them didn't come until today:
A teapot of my own from m0mmy
A calendar from forgottensanity
A marzipan pig, also from Cat
A Roman coin magnet, also from Cat, who tried manfully to find an Augustus but struck out]
[EDIT to the EDIT: A copy of Japan Unbound from ukekenshin arrived today! :D]
We just grazed on hors d'oeuvres, watched A Christmas Story, and now Mom is watching Pirates of the Caribbean. It turned out that X-chan misstated the size of the living room TV (she told me that it was 19", so I acted on that and bought Mom a 19"; it turns out that the TV is actually a 26"). I told Mom we could get a larger if she wanted; she's not sure.
Hope everybody is faaabulous.
♥