November 2008 Weddings
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Soooo What did you get for Christmas?
Or what was your favorite gift?
Re: Soooo What did you get for Christmas?
The only gift I got to open Christmas Day was a sweater from the ILs. It's very nice, but not exciting, LOL.
But from our early Xmas gifts (the things we got on BF), I love my new crockpot!
Oh geez. My parents came the weekend before Christmas and we got a soda maker, work clothes, kitchen stuff, massage slippers, a yoga mat =D, 50 US states quarter map (lol -- we are weird), and some candy/food.
DH got me: 2 cat ornaments for Toby and Gus
, the Snoopy tree as we already knew, slipper socks (love them!!), photography magazines, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz comic book (AWESOME), and my favorite candy. He did really well since we had a $50 budget haha.
I got him the homemade coffee ornament and a hallmark one since mine was terrible lol, Alton Brown's Beginnings of Good Eats book, a Turkish coffee pot, Crono Trigger for the DS, spatulas, and lots of his favoirte candy.
Dh's parents sent us a village/knicknack set of a coffee stand that is pretty much exactly what our business will be. It was awesome. They are bringing the rest of our gifts down when they come to visit sometime in January.
I got this....
and this....The Droid Eris
I also got a new wallet with cash inside (always a plus), some jewelry from MIL, some slippers, a wii game, a snuggie, a badazz butterfly necklace, a knock-me-up-quick bottle of wine, money from the GPILs, and a pewter serving tray
DH gave me a diamond necklace (I knew about it already but hadn't seen it) and Harry Potter on Blu-Ray.
In-laws gave me Taste of Home Baking Book, a bathrobe, and Julie & Julia on DVD, as well as random gift cards.
My parents gave me a Le Creuset Dutch Oven (so excited about this present!), a sweater, Christmas ornaments, Joy of Cooking, and the serving bowl that goes with our everyday china. I also got random small stuff as stocking stuffers.
Ohhh nice!!
Oh, I forgot to mention our gift exchange with friends.
I got a Steampunk necklace which was fantastic and DH got Steampunk cufflinks from our one friends and our other friend got us a few books/manga. They were some of the most thoughtful gifts we've ever gotten =D.
Wow, woman!! Those are sweet gifts!
Those are great! DH is the pancake master of the house, he uses the griddle pretty much every day (for either pancakes of french toast)
I got great gifts! DH gave me a Garmin Forerunner. I got a french press, coffee grinder, coffee beans, cute dress flats, sweaters, chocolate, yummy lotion, fun makeup, and some really cute earrings.
The best gift was spending time with the families!
I got
-a Jamie Oliver cook book which I love.
-lots of money.
-an ottoman that doubles as a storage cube!
-an awesome photo album filled with my baby pictures made by my grandmother.
Ditto this. That is awesome!!
I know, it was amazing. She did leave a few pages empty too for future baby pics. . . .
, I love my grandma.
OMG! I want to do this! How do you get started with this?
from DH: jillian michaels fitness ultimatum for wii (I wanted this!), a laptop sleeve, wireless mouse, and backup hard drive.
from others: target, macy's, walmart giftcards, cookbooks, saweet leather gloves, jewelry, scarves, wallflowers from bbw, food/candy
from MIL (prepare yourselves): cash, pjs, slippers, socks, candles, dvds, sugar/creamer set, a bunch of bbw stuff, waffle maker, tiered candy dish, pfaltzgraff winterberry bread plate, tote bag, "space chimps" xbox game (I don't play xbox lol?), an electric lint shaver?, and the ugliest grandma tapestry style pillow on earth. She collects stuff all year long...And HOARDS of candy, cookies, and sweets. Seriously a grocery bag FULL of candy plus 4 boxes of it, 2 big things of cookies, a container of fudge, etc. We tell her every year not to do this. It all goes to work with DH so we don't eat it! Crazy person!
Jealous! I want a snuggie.
My IL's were far too generous. They got me a towel warmer! I'd never even thought about owning a towel warmer . . . but I do love to be warm (I'm seriously freezing all the time, I don't even notice it anymore).
My favorite gifts from DH - a vintage purse and a Tedy Bruschi Pat's jersey! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
And then also Clifford, my most favoritiest movie EVER, on DVD. J told my IL's if they got it for me, I'd flip . . . And I did have a mini coniption fit when I opened it.
Oh and my MIL got me a ton of awesome make-up including a Bare Minerals starter set. So excited!
For real. What color did you get?!
It sounds like everyone had a nice Christmas!
My faves are my new Garmin (fell in love with Aria's on our Vegas trip!), and my autographed Pioneer Woman cookbook
Our "big gift" from our ILs was the freezer. Other than that, we got lots of fun little stuff - snuggies, some clothes, cologne/perfume, the usual.
Hunter made out like a bandit.
We are having Christmas with my fam this Friday so we'll see what we get from them. Although I'm sure Hunter will be the one that gets spoiled and thats okay with me
My favorite gift is the rings DH (well "Hunter") got me but they haven't come yet. And my beco carrier that I opened like a month ago!
I got some perfume, clothes, and a purse from DH, a 49ers snuggie from my brother (I LOVE IT), a coffee/mug set with Baileys (yum), Starbucks/Target/In-N-Out giftcards, PJs, CASH, and a pink flip camera
Spafinder gift certificate
Marc Jacobs perfume
A ruby necklace with a note to pass it down to Scarlett when she's old enough.
Barnes & Noble gift card
Strap Perfect
EZ Combs (which I am wearing right now. lol)
Free night of babysitting & movie tix
A few other lovely things...
And clothing that I have to return (just like every other year) because no one has any idea how to buy clothes for me. I don't know why anyone bothers. I got cute pj's that do not contain the girls, so I'd have to wear a minimizer bra with it, which defeats the purpose. I got a nice tunic and a nice sweater...both in XL. Oops. I'm swimming in them.
Scarlett was spoiled rotten! Tons of Disney, Classic Christmas and Little Einstein DVD's. Tons of light up, musical learning toys. Tons of adorable cold-weather outfits. She even got a pony (plush, animated rocking horse).
J got a Beertender. We officially have a keg in our place.
I got a round cobalt dutch oven. I've wanted one of these for so long, so my mom said she'd get me one for Christmas. We were in TJMaxx sometime during the fall and they had a ton, so she got a fantastic deal on it.
If only I'd bookmarked all the recipes I want to make that call for a dutch oven! I'm going to go through all of my cookbooks this weekend.
DH swore he wanted to get me a snuggie! (we are the family full of tons of blankets... no need, but... )
I got a new hula hoop!!! yah! Hot pink, gold, and black.
Eli Manning jersey, book by Lisa See-Peony something or other, road atlas (which I wanted-mine's old-I like looking at them), travel casserole dish, basket of wine, crackers, and cheeses, and a beautiful framed thingy of close up floral pictures my stepsister took-they're gorgeous!
We also traded in a PSP so now I have a 'preowned' Nintendo DS that I've been playing...