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sami0201 said:
3 Edun shirts
Funeral by Arcade Fire cd
Live 8 DVD
Love Actually DVD
Blank DVD's and cases
U2&i (not here yet, but it's ordered) :drool:
a ONE campaign t shirt
a Lisa Marie Presley t-shirt that I have to send back because it's the wrong one :lmao:
$42 from my grandparents (they bought me 2 shirts and wanted to make up $100 :lol: )
a pair of pants I've wanted
$50 Simon giftcard
and I got it a few weeks ago but a DVD recorder/player for my room

best year ever :bow:

holy shit sami, that's a lot! :ohmy:

lucky you :drool:
 
well.... firstly, one of my friends gave me the bono book because i was borrowing someone else's (sorry, that makes me seem like a really bad fan!)

i also got:

-a handmade 'acrobat' t-shirt (by far the best gift!)
-in cold blood (the book)
-the truth by al franken
-our endangered values by jimmy carter
-a dala horse (yay sweden!)
-arctic monkeys cd
-the verve greatest hits cd
-gift card for barnes and noble
-cadbury stocking thing
 
  • a bracelet from the legal assistant I work with (she makes jewelry and it has purple stones and charms that spell out "U2" :cute: )
  • a picture frame from an attorney I work for
  • a candle and holder from another attorney I work for
  • a mini rum cake, kitchen towels with cosmopolitans on them, a muffin cannister, a picture frame ornament, hello kitty stuff and a day planner from friends
  • money from my mom's boyfriend
  • purple Uggs :heart:, diamond earrings, a replacement for my Italian charm bracelet I lost in Pittsburgh :reject: with three charms to start me off with again, the $250 deductible for the little wheel incident with my car, $500, The Beatles bio, Philosophy holiday survival guide kit (hot cocoa bath gel and marshmallow creme body soufle :drool: ), silk black and pink pajamas, a power station (multiple charger for my cell, iPod, etc.), a sweater with a scarf, Born To Run boxed set, Circle of Friends necklace (the organization is to help friends quit smoking), a new DVD player so I can watch U2 boots ;), Target and Kohl's gift cards, a lemon basket, Christmas Peeps (lol), chenille socks, a manicure set, and a set of ceramic carolers I've always loved since I was a kid - yes, all of this from my mom (I's spoiled :reject: )

And I've still got my aunts and uncles, dad, and another friend exchange to go.
 
~$100 Visa giftcard
~$70
~Floormats for my car
~Case for my camera
~Barnes & Noble membership renewal paid for
~Car registration renewal paid for
~Bracelet
~2 candles
~Stained glass star
~Serving bowl and knife set
~4 Bath & Body Works body creams
~2 Bath & Body Works shower gels
~2 Barbie dolls
~U2 Best Of 1990 - 2000 DVD (I already have it though, so my boyfriend said we can return it, and I can get something else)
~U2 Vertigo DVD (the regular one...my boyfriend said we can return it so I can get the limited edition one)
~Joshua Tree DVD (Classic Albums thing)
~Napoleon Dynamite DVD
~$25 Barnes & Noble giftcard
~$25 Red Lobster giftcard (to share with my boyfriend)

I think that's it. I also have more gifts coming from my mom and my sister.

I wasn't expecting all this loot...all I asked for was the Chicago DVD.
 
I also made out like a bandit today. And my in laws gifts won't get here till Tuesday. I'm way to spoiled for my own good!

U2 & I was supposed to be my only gift from Mr. Cat, but he is da man and he bought me speakers for my ipod and a car charger for it! :drool: :bow:

Santa brought:
U2 poster
4 knitting looms
paintbrushes
Best of the 80's 3 cd set
Felix the cat cartoons dvd
Cat calender

My mommy & daddy:
4 pairs of jeans
red tailored jacket
pink and white sweater to match my pink hair. :lol:
old fashioned Mickey Mouse watch
The Desire Of The Everlasting Hills, Life before and after Jesus Christ (a historical look at the life of Jesus throughout history) I can't wait to read this!
A new purse
 
This is my Hanukkah so far...I still have the big family party next weekend where I will get mostly gift cards to all of my favorite stores :drool: I got everything I asked for and a lot more this year! :heart:

From my parents and siblings:
Winter ski jacket
computer chair
2 poster frames
Emeril fry pan
Hanukkah kitchen towels
Electric Menorah
The Work of Anton Corbijn dvd
A really cute Shakespeare bookmark
$25 gift card to the store I work a 2nd job

From one of my friends that I always exchange gifts with:
2 Snoopy kitchen towels
Arcade Fire CD
Institute CD

Work:
$25 gift card to a grocery store
Lunch catered in every day this week
A very generous bonus in March
An ornament from my VP that I can't use since don't celebrate Christmas but it's the thought that counts!
 
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Books:
-James Dean: At Speed
-James Dean through death
-The live and Death of James Dean

Shirts:
-James Dean girls Tee (very cute)
-"I want a boy friend that looks like James Dean" :wink:

*James Dean puzzle
*James Dean Post card set
*James Dean glass/coaster set
*2 James Dean coffee mugs
*James Dean membership (40 dollar value)

Um... Do you see a pattern there at all?? :eyebrow: :huh:

Other non James Dean stuff:
*2 silver rings
*cash (150)
*Gift Certificate to bath and Body
*gift sertificate to Best Buy ($25)
* (Book): Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker)
* Most notorious Serial Killers (DVD)
*(Book)Serial Killers: What makes them tick?


That's it!! No Pearl Jam stuff this year! :sad: :(
 
In my stocking, I got:

-The Time magazine with Bono on the cover
-A stuffed teddy bear with hand lotion and cream things attached to it
-A little snowball dude with legs and skiis

Other things from parents and sister:

-U2 Vertigo DVD (EXCELLENT show)
-"The Twilight Zone" DVD set (the black and white episodes)-total surprise, but a really neat one
-A Caboodle thing, again with some hand lotions inside it
-A pretty red sweater with snowflakes on the front

Angela
 
I raked in a pretty nice haul this year:drool: (including my birthday which i also received presents for today)
-acoustic guitar
-u2 live from chicago delux dvd
-At the end of the world(a u2 biography)
-jamba juice gift certificates
-u2 go home, live from slane castle
-u2 best of 1990-2000(dvd)
-a sgt. peppers shirt
-a talking heads shirt
-a shirt with the cover of the unforgettable fire
-u2 live from boston dvd
-rattle and hum(dvd)
-lots of money
-candy
-simpsons season 6 dvd
-the complet calvin and hobbes
-a cubs christmas ornament
-a mark prior jersey
-the tickets to the white sox playoff games that didn't happen since they already one the series
-an autographed ben gordon card
-a video game
-best buy gift certificates
-barnes and noble gift certificates
-a phone cover

I think that covers it:drool:

(If you're wondering about the mass quantity of gifts, it was b-day and chirstmas/Hanukkah gifts from my mom, my dad, my step-dad, my brother, my sister, my step-mom, my dad's family, my mom's family, and my step-mom's family)
 
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Dismantled said:



:yes:

we are going to wait a few more months though.




:heart:

You must be in the same boat as me... does EVERYONE ask you if you're pregnant every time you see them? I swear, I can get sick to my stomach, a cold, anything - without my family and friend thinking that I'm pregnant. Be patient people! :D
 
here's what i got:

- U2 & I :drool:
- "On Beauty", by Zadie Smith
- A book called "10,000 Places to see before you die" (trying to plan a trip this year... Morocco? China?)
- Rolling Stones Cds ("Some Girls' and "Exile on Main St.")
- Madonna CD ("Confessions on a Dancefloor")
- The Audrey Hepburn DVD collection
- DVD of "The 40 Year old Virgin"
- Necklace
- Really warm gloves
- Starbucks gift certificate
- Movie theater gift certificates
- I-tunes gift certificate
- Manicure gift certificate (i've never had one... i bite my nails!)
- 2006 wall calender (Vintage New York)

it was a very good Chrstimas! :up:

Happy Holidays everyone!
 
:applaud: Awesome gifts and gift certificates people have gotten! Sounds like a great holiday for most so far?!! :wink: Myself included! And it's not over yet! I have a birthday coming up the end of the week! :ohmy:
 
She Is Raging said:


You must be in the same boat as me... does EVERYONE ask you if you're pregnant every time you see them? I swear, I can get sick to my stomach, a cold, anything - without my family and friend thinking that I'm pregnant. Be patient people! :D

:yes: the people at work are unbearable with that:rolleyes:!

The family is alittle better...but they are starting in on that:lol:
 
Well, we exchanged my Vertigo DVD so I have the 2-disc one, and we returned the Best Of DVD I already had and got the 10th anniversary edition of Clerks. :hyper:
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
from work
--a shit load of dunkin donuts gift certificates (is it that obvious that i'm a cracnky sonofabitch if i don't get my morning coffee or what)
--a 50 dollar best buy gift card
--a couple of t-shirts

from the state of new york
--30 hours of community service :ohmy:

from family
--tba

from la familia
--a couple of books, dvd's and itunes gift cards... yada yada yada
--eli manning jersey :drool:
--various random clothes
--usb flash drive
--new watch :drool:
--i'm sure i got other stuff too but that's about all that matters.
 
Oh.... forgot to mention, got an awesome Yamaha portable grand digital piano from my husband. :drool: I am beyond excited to start playing again!! He rules.
 
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