What did you get for Christmas?

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally posted by KSigkid
IPod (30 gig one that plays video)
clothes (dress shirts, scarves, and gloves)
PS2 games

My wife and I got some household gifts as well for around the apartment. I haven't seen my parents yet, so I'm not sure what else I am getting.

Phoenix: What kind of heart rate monitor did you get? When I got my heart condition diagnosed, someone gave me one to keep track as I work out. It's one of the older Heartrate ones, but I really like it.

Polar F4 heart rate monitor. It's women's specific and really cool looking and neato.

www.polarusa.com is the general site
and
http://www.polarusa.com/products/fseries/f4.asp is my specifc one.

they sell a lot to triathletes, and come highly recommended.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by PhoenixAzul
Polar F4 heart rate monitor. It's women's specific and really cool looking and neato.

www.polarusa.com is the general site
and
http://www.polarusa.com/products/fseries/f4.asp is my specifc one.

they sell a lot to triathletes, and come highly recommended.

Ok, I think that's the brand I have (albeit a few years older). It's been great so far.

[WCUgirl]

* Gift certs to: Banana Republic, Outback, Bed, Bath & Beyond and Best Buy
* Lancome Miracle perfume
* Vera Bradley bag
* Money!
* stuff for the kitchen & to decorate the apartment

And the one I'm most excited about, which isn't here yet (and won't be for a while) is the t-shirt quilt Mr. AXiD670 ordered for me for my sorority t-shirts!

Um, I think that's it, but I feel like I'm forgetting something...

[33girl]

Strep throat! Whooo hoo!

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by 33girl
Strep throat! Whooo hoo!

Bummer...

I got new tires for one of our cars.

Lots of restaurant gift certificates.

Combo VHS/DVD Recorder/Player (makes dubs either way)

Nicest gift -- all three kids together with us.

[ZTAMich]

From Secret Santa @ Work
pink satin-ish pajamas

From Students
set of 6 juice glasses
vodka shot set (small mini martini glasses & a tray)
a fish statue
a crib blanket

From Mom & Dad
One-way of my flight
Pink plaid pajamas
Starbucks Gift Card
Pink Tupperware Travel Mug (Proceeds go to BC Research!)
Shell Silverstein Poetry Book
A lil more $..

From the Sisters
Cute daisy chain ring
Bath & Body Works Lotion

From the Uncles
JCPenny's gift card & McDonald's Gift Card

From The Mister
ipod Nano
iTunes Gift Card
iSkin orange cover
arm band for the gym
we also went to Top of the Rock & had a great dinner @ Ben Benson's just before the transit strike hit & our vacations home started...

[Peaches-n-Cream]

My fiancé cooked dinner for my family just like he did on Thanksgiving. It was his gift to all of us. He gave me a coat, a jacket, and a diamond heart necklace. He gave me a cell phone after Thanksgiving which I count as an early Christmas gift.

My sister and her husband gave me pink pajamas.

My youngest sister gave me good smelling bathroom stuff.

Mommy gave me a black hat, scarf, and gloves set, a box of chocolate, a black sweater, a white blouse, an onyx necklace and earrings set, and another black bead necklace. I guess she likes me in black.

Future step daughter gave me pink silk pajamas.

A family friend gave my fiancé and me a frame for our wedding photo, not that she's pressuring us or anything.

[bsp-mich24]

Family / Friends

Cheese cutting tray w/ tools & magnet bar - it's actually nice and multifunctional
Serving tray - may exchange w/ gift receipt
Facial set
Tree decorations
Bag of chocolate candies from a teacher at work &
Treated to lunch 2 weekends ago by another teacher.
*

salesperson & finance person gift cert to Chevy's / $20 to fill up tank

Neighbors - gift cert to Century theaters & chocolate.

X-mas party Gift Exchange item Chocolate gift set that I had to still back lol.

just had to buy stuff...

HP digital camera
DVD/recorder
China Service for 8 including goblets and silverware - let the dinner parties begin...

* + Still waiting for a gift that may have been lost by the post office.

[epchick]

From My Parents :

Cranium and Trivial Pursuit: 90's edition
HP Photosmart Digital Camera ----I already love this
Gift Card for new clothes
Renewable Gift Card from Walmart/Sam's Club---my gas money!!

From rest of the family/friends:

New Alarm Clock
Kathy Griffin "Allegedly" DVD
Pet Carrier--for the Chihuahua pup that i'm getting in Jan.
Money

And I think that was it. "Santa" was good to me this year!

[amanda6035]

From Family:
new boxspring/mattress (upgraded to queen size )
new flatware (i had cheap kind that rusted in the dishwasher - not anymore!)
picture frame with family portraits in them
some clothes
scarf/gloves
towels/washrags

From the new fiance:
an engagement ring (okay, so he popped the question on december 10th - Christmas came early!)

a diamond bracelet
Magic Bullet (you've probably seen it on tv - it's that all in one kitchen gadet - blender slicer dicer shopper pulper juicer, etc...)
11 days of his undivided attention (long distance relationships are tough) and a trip to Sacramento/Frisco be paraded around to the family. Boy was I ever ready to come home! But the trip to Ghirardelli Square was fantastic.
New linens for my new mattress

Good Christmas. You know you're getting old when the stuff you *want* is actually stuff you *need*

[winnieb]

From husband and kids I received:

A set of luggage (in lime green)
Bath and Body Works gift set
CDs
slippers
watch
earrings
KU fleece jacket
And a My Little Pony (since I said that as a kid I always asked for a pony and never got one).

From my mom:
Vera Bradley bag
a pair of Crocs
a book
$$$

And there are some other things I can't remember for the life of me.

[Alpha Sig Scott]

A giant lump of coal,

A stack of 20 year old newspapers,

A half eaten box of Ritz crackers,

and the complete 1st season of Doogie Howser, MD.

I guess I was on santas bad boy list this year

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by Alpha Sig Scott
A giant lump of coal,

A stack of 20 year old newspapers,

A half eaten box of Ritz crackers,

and the complete 1st season of Doogie Howser, MD.

I guess I was on santas bad boy list this year

Boy, I guess. Why would anyone want to give someone a Doogie Howser season?

That's cold.

[trojangal]

Originally posted by 33girl
Strep throat! Whooo hoo!

Sounds like the same fun we had...both mr. trojangal and I got really sick while in Colorado. Nothing like sharing Christmas and traveling back sick with swollen throats and fever!

Enough whining---in spite of being sick, it was a wonderful Christmas. There were 15 of us at my grandmother's house on Christmas day--all family and extended family, with the oldest being my grandmother at 81, and my baby cousin who is 11 months old. We had a family picture taken in front of the fireplace, and I can't wait to see how it turns out once we get it blown up to an 8x10 size.

On to the goodies:

$$ from grandmother--who paid for our trip out there

Giftcards from family members, scrapbook materials, ornaments, family photos,

From mr. trojangal: Macy's money ; computer stuff for the laptop, a pair of gold earrings, and a new cell phone to replace my dinosaur, a video I have been wanting forever

From my daughter ( with my mom's help a white gold snowflake necklace

From the parents:a beatiful sweater, some computer stuff, and some joint gifts for me and mr. trojangal--things like a Sirius satellite radio system..

AND THE SHOCKER--

From my DAD (!!) who gets the Coolest Dad of the Year Award--I got a special gift, that shocked me so much, I started crying when I realized what it was. He had wrapped it in several boxes, and down in the last box was....

.....


.....

MY EMERALD AND PEARL KAPPA DELTA BADGE.

Apparently Dad had heard me talking to Mom at Thanksgiving asked her "what is all this Kappa Delta stuff?" --on his own, without even telling mom he found the website for the jeweler, looked at the different badges, and ordered it for me. No one had a clue that he had done it until the badge came to the house right before they left to travel to Colorado.

Definitely a memorable Christmas...