The Christmas Gift Ledger
Topic: Personal
Christmas has come and gone...here are my current year's rakings:
from grandparents, $75 in cash. Fantabulous! Money is always great.
from R's parents, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea perfume. I was impressed - I had the hardest time finding this scent in the department store counters I went to, I must have been trying the wrong stores, not only did my MIL find the perfume but matching lotion and shower gel. I had initially thought this must only be available in the Asian market, as I bought my current (nearly out) bottle of scent on a China Airlines flight from Taipei to Sydney...but it must have entered the US market in the meantime.
also from in-laws,
a vacuum bot! I named him Frank. Vacuuming will never be the same again!
I had asked for an
Emily the Strange hooded Kitty sweatshirt But for some reason the stores in the malls only carry the XL-XXXL sizes for girls. Obviously, not going to work for me. So, MIL gave me $100 - I suppose so I can go buy it myself? Also fantabulous.
R's aunt gave me a neat little gift box filled with food-flavored body care products - gingerbread flavored masque, sugar-cookie flavored lip balm, and cinnamon-bun flavored bodywash, all from Philosophy and in a little cardboard
gingerbread house.
Quelle adorable! Delicious too - two of my favorite themes blended into one - food and bodycare products. Not that I'm complaining, because I really do use these products - love lotions etc, can't get enough - but even people who don't know about my fondness for bodycare products buy me bodycare, esp. lotions and creams. Do I
look scaly?from my loving and romantic engineer husband - a new windshield! He has also promised me new tires for Valentine's Day.
R made out with several new video games, thank god, as I am rapidly approaching insanity from hearing the soundtrack from the same video games over and over again emanating from his PS2. Another boxed set of James Bond DVDs, and a Best Buy gift card.
We gave the following presents:FIL:
Horseshoe set, Harley-Davidson shirt (it's great when someone has a known hobby - it makes gift purchases so much easier).
MIL: High-performance running shoes. She had asked for walking shoes, but walking shoes seem so flimsy compared with the solid construction of running shoes. So, she got running shoes. Fortunate for shopping, that we have the same shoe size, eh? Also added a pair of cashmere blend gloves and matching muffler.
BIL: Tennis racquet and gas card. A most welcome present for he who drive a gas-guzzling truck. Although to be fair, it did come in handy when we moved.
Grandpa K: a stained-glass sign that says "Billiards" for his new pool room. Yes, I know
billiards and
pool are not the same game, but it's close enough for me.
NN & PP: GC to a local restaurant. After 60 years I can imagine NN is tired of cooking. Plus, a little
good luck bamboo for their new abode.
Posted by conniechai
at 10:32 PM PST
Updated: Friday, 26 December 2003 10:21 PM PST