Floof! Christmas HAUL!

5 years ago

Whadya get?

I got 2 ornaments and 2 pairs of Christmas earrings, a pink electric toothbrush, a pack of pink face masks, all from people I work with.

One of the supervisors(not mine) gave me a tin of shortbread cookies and some lip balm. (very thoughtful, I have a bit of a lip balm problem, I must have 40 different flavors and keep adding more.)

SO claims I still have presents coming. So far, from him, I got a new Michael Kors purse and wallet (pink), a BUNCH of chocolate treats from a local (or chain, not sure) chocolatier, some Samsung Bluetooth buds for when I go walking, and a tiller for my garden. He says I have more coming, which means he was to busy to look for something and will find something later. That's fine. He works 6 nights a week, every week. He does not have to get me anything, but I never get mad at presents.

I bought myself some pink kitchen stuff that I didn't need but wanted and will use, some cast iron skillets and salt and pepper shakers, random spoons and spatulas, etc. And I bought some new walking shoes, which I haven't tried yet. Oh, and some Charlie brown Halloween and Christmas pajama pants.

All in all, a good haul. Nothing to be thrown or given away. Not too much.

What about you?

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marilyn_c

5 years ago

My cat came home for Christmas.

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User
5 years ago
One son gave us a "movie night" (dvd, popcorn, candy and blanket). My daughter gave me a Yoda Lego set, a spring coat and thermal socks. My oldest son gave me nothing. My husband gave me nothing. My job cut my hours so I'm losing $600 a month, which I found out on Christmas Day when I was at work serving people who shop on Christmas day.
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skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
5 years ago
Amylou - I want to see the pants!
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From my sisters I got

Apple chips

A new drinking mug

Ornaments

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We don't exchange gifts anymore. We really don't need anything and it was becoming too challenging to come up with ideas. I do send some gifts the the grands and everyone gets a check to buy themselves whatever or go out and have a really nice date night. DS did bring a bottle of eggnog from PA., and DD stopped by with a tray with an onion tart (DH loves onions) some pfeffernusse cookies and a bottle of wine. I bought myself a Shark robot vacuum cleaner for the upstairs of the house. That's it.
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5 years ago
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We agreed to exchange small, grocery-store gifts within our small bubble only. It was nice. I asked for chocolate of any sort except white, and received bars, chips, cocoa, and a small bag of assorted bite-size candy bars. Wonderful!

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Rusty
5 years ago
This year has been rough on my family, too many have lost jobs because of COVID. So we agreed not to exchange gifts between families. I did break the rules, though, and got each of my Great-Grans a little something, it's hard for little ones to understand some things. And I told them definitely NOT to get me anything, I have everything I could want or need. All I really want is for them to be happy and have their needs. Including jobs.

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DS#2 gave me a couple of gifts, only one that could be wrapped, though. First of all, he noticed that my Joy of Cooking is holding on by a wing and a prayer and a piece of clear packing tape. Second, he researched ordered my gift, without telling anyone (never did that before! The only reason we found out is he is still on my credit card and DH and I were questioning an Amazon charge. DS had to get up earlier than normal to whisper to DH.) The third and wrapped gift was a bookbinding repair kit! Love it! I can use it for my Mastering the Art of French Cooking, too!

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Phone calls from 2 of my 3 sons and a card from the missus. That was it! That was enough!!
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The personal care products I talked about in another post. That's it. I agreed with my parents that we wouldn't exchange gifts this year because they are both in poor health and we don't need anything. I wrapped and shipped a bunch of small things for them to open which they did on a Facetime call with us. It was a gift to see them since we couldn't travel this year.
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5 years ago
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We don't do gifts anymore. I used to buy, pack up and mail out to the kids and gkids but stopped that several years ago. I only buy for my sister (she's local to me). I send money to the gkids who are still under 18 and only have 3 of those now. I didn't even get that out this year yet, but will this coming week. I went to the PO early last week and there wasn't a parking spot in the lot open. I went on to the grocery and then back to the PO - still no parking spots so I just went home. My sister's gift hasn't arrived from Amazon yet and looks like it won't for a number of days yet. I did order myself a canister of raspberry hot chocolate mix and will share some of that with my sister. The box (coming from Amazon) said WALMART on it. I haven't been able to find it in my W for a few years now. I also bought the new remote for ROKU. I haven't attempted to connect it yet (because I'm afraid I won't be able to make it work and then might have no remote to control it. I'm electronically challenged these days). I also bought a new space heater (with a remote for my bedroom) and more magnetic air vent covers. I didn't know those magnetic covers even existed until last winter. I added more of those to my Amazon order for my sister's gift and my hot chocolate.
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skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
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Although we don't exchange gifts any more, DH gave me an orrery. Love it!
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Jasdip
5 years ago
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I love lottery scratch tickets and hubby and I would buy each other a couple of the $10 holiday packets to add to our gifts. I still do that, and I won $90.

I also got a nightie with cardinals on it, a pic of Tom playing his drums onto a tree ornament and the board game Sequence from a g/f.
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5 years ago
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I like baggie men's T-shirts I wear over leggings, then a fleece hoodie on top, or a long below knee cardigan with riding boots & neck scarf(either way U can't see the T-shirt. )☺

2 long T-shirts

white turtleneck

Cookies the neighbor brought over

42" x 2" thick industrial floating shelf in espresso

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Little metal side table
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crazybrunette64
5 years ago
A few items for art journaling - a scoring board, a corner rounding punch, and two books related to the craft. My brother said he is working on a wood burning picture of Santa for me.
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blfenton
5 years ago
For the first time in forever we didn't exchange gifts except I gave my DH a gift card for a favourite restaurant and he gave me lottery tickets. Our kids gave us pictures of themselves and their partners which I really wanted.

We gave them stocking stuffer things and a cheque.

Our kids normally give us things but with our house fire this year the ins company will replace everything so no point in buying us anything. And for the past several years DS1 give my DH and DS2 ski passes to an interior mountain and DH pays for the hotel and DS2 buys the dinner. But, no travelling this year. But wait until next year. We will be all over this stuff.
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5 years ago
Jasdip, I love scratchers too. Unfortunately, I live in Alabama and there is no lottery here. 🙄 But SO snuck over to Georgia and got me a book of the $30 ones today while I was fast asleep. So far i have only scratched 3 of them but I won $50 on one.
kathyg_in_mi
5 years ago
We don’t exchange gifts, just buy what we want. I bought another Ionic air cleaner from Sharper Image. Since I got the first one I haven’t had to dust my living room! Also ordered the Ninja Foodi 5 in 1 that you can grill in.

We do give to kids and grands, but tell them to NOT buy for us, but this year they got together and got us a Skylight and they all put pictures on it

Here is my favorite...
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Rose Pekelnicky
5 years ago
My Christmas morning was pretty good. Children texted me pictures of the grandchildren opening their gifts, my brother called me for a nice long conversation and my amaryllis flower was open this morning giving me a lovely blossom for Christmas.
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5 years ago
My kids got me token gifts which was great. My big gift from dh hasn't arrived yet. I asked for an elliptical. Just waiting for it to come to the store so they can deliver it.
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rob333
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Fluffy socks, my favorite, and a chimney cap installed (yay for slave labor! Actually, I guess it's a fair trade since I pay for their room and board). With the stimulus check, I guess the cap hardware just got paid for.
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wildchild2x2
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We no longer exchange gifts either. haven't in years. We do buy gifts for the grand kids. The grandkids do give out token gifts to us and other family to keep them in the spirit of giving as well as receiving. I could be something baked by them or little packets of treats they put together or a photo of themselves, things like that. This year they left fuzzy slipper socks for everyone on our doorsteps.

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5 years ago
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I received a battery recharger from my cousin along with a Christmas star decoration she embellished, McDonald's gift card for coffee when my other cousin and I go out for rides and a Kit Kat. My brother gave me his credit card number so I can buy whatever I want online up to $100. My younger brother sent over lottery scratch tickets, 2 cooking magazines, licorice allsorts, wintergreen mints and a box of Merci chocolates which the others can enjoy. I haven't scratched those tickets yet so they might turn into more haha.
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chisue
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DS and DGS came Christmas Eve day to rotate our mattresses -- and deliver specialty truffles. Each of the XL twin mattresses weighs 70 lbs, impossible for oldster us, butust like featherbeds to them. (DGS, 15, is now half an inch over six feet and 205 lbs.) DGD sent an original drawing printed on a small plate -- school project fundraiser.

We give DS and DIL a check plus funds for things the kids want (a large computer screen and pj's among others). The kids get cards with a little cash for themselves -- and envelopes of cash in small denominations to allow them to be Santa's Helpers.
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