| |
|
Actually, yes, I did (inadvertantly) make someone else cry - my g/f's 4 yr old nephew. His eyes lit up on xmas eve when she arrived at her sister's, the evil Lord Vladek's lego castle in tow. How it must have stung when she told him it was for me.
Hmm. It must be true what the clerk said, that adult males still like playing with lego. This Christmas, I got my godson a NBA lego set. While wandering in the store amidst other harried shoppers, I looked for the damn lego section in vain. Finally, fed up, I spotted a clerk, asked for directions and ended up chatting with the clerk about lego. Turns out that the clerk's roommates, both who are in their early 20s, still loving playing with lego. He came home one night to find both roomies making a house out of lego blocks on the kitchen floor.
Anyway, I got a good haul this year.
From my family:
-a bottle of haberno hot sauce, which looks evil and vile, and incredibly potent, and which will probably sear my tastebuds right off my tongue
-a decorative red glass bowl with lovely christmasy scented pot-pourri
-magnets for my magnet collection
-artisan style purses from Panama
-a lamp
-a large and very lovely jewelry armoire
-a book on gems and jewelry
-a dvd stand
-and (drum roll, please) dvds of seasons 4, 5, and 6 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer! Yay! Next to the armoire, this is by far my favorite gift. I already have seasons 1-3, so now all I have to get is season 7. I'm happily watching season 4 and enjoying the buffster in her heyday. I still crack up and tear up watching these little gems. In the wee hours of this morning, near dawn, I watched the ep, 'New Moon Rising' and I got heartsick all over again for Willow, Tara, and Oz as they resolved their love triangle.
From my colleagues:
-a box of fancy swiss chocolate cookies
-a big bag of chocolate pistachio biscotti
-a small potted plant
-a scent candle pillar
-a cute snow globe diorama
-a small box of fancy belgian chocolates
-a set of Lancome make-up brushes
-a gift certificate to a spa
These gifts from my co-workers were lovely and completely unexpected. The last two years, I had given small gifts of toilettries and homemade cookies to some of my co-workers. I did't get- or expect - anything in return. This year, due to heavy spending on my part, I decided to not get anybody anything, thinking it was unnecessary as that on the whole, I get along well with my colleagues and that gifts though nice were not indicative of our friendly work relationship. Fuck, was I wrong. Christmas eve day rolls around, and I'm inundated with presents and I feel (and probably look) like fucking Scrooge Mcduck because I hadn't gotten anybody any gifts at all! To rectify the situation, I dashed into my office, went online and ordered some nice items from ebay for some of my colleagues. I'm not getting gifts for some of the others, not because I don't like them, but because their gifts to me, though very nice, were small tokens of appreciation. These colleagues are Account Mgrs and they make my life hell for the other 364 days of the year. I figure I'm due for some presents and some appreciation from them! |
|
|
){kind=link}