What did you buy this holiday?

[abhijit]

For myself: I bought a Thermawrap jacket. This is filled with a synthetic material that lets me stay warm in freezing temperatures.

For friends: I bought a home depot gift card.

For mom: I bought a solid gold coin.

Lets hear about your shopping list.

[GaryMazzone]

Wife --- Tickets for diner and play in Boston (Dirty Dancing ugh!)

[kleinma]

you had to buy tickets for a diner???

[GaryMazzone]

Play and diner combination. Dinner is with the cast members there.

[kleinma]

wait.. so its dinner at a diner? kleinma = confused

[GaryMazzone]

No the Hard Rock..... I want out of it though maybe I can convince her sister to go instead of me. me not so good at spelling as you can tell

[kleinma]

I always remember it as words like dinner and dessert always have the double letters, versus diner and desert.

I had an english teacher from like 4th or 5th grade say something like "what do you want more of, dessert, or to be in a desert? well the one you want more of has the double letters". It was probably because I was young, but for some reason it just stuck, and I can't forget that if I wanted to. These days I am hard pressed to remember what I had for breakfast...

[oceanebelle]

For Me: a phone that's not here yet. :sad:

[kleinma]

I am not a big fan of the holidays... or buying stuff at least..

I have not done any shopping yet. My usual xmas shopping day is december 24th

[CoachBarker]

My wife and I bought ourselves a 42 inch flat screen HD tv. We are going to put a tag on it that says "To Mom and Dad from your Favorite Child" and then sit back and watch the confusion.LOL

[GaryMazzone]

We have been toying with the same on 40 inch LCD Sony XBR

[mendhak]

For myself: Nothing
For anyone else: Nothing

[dclamp]

I always remember it as words like dinner and dessert always have the double letters, versus diner and desert.

I had an english teacher from like 4th or 5th grade say something like "what do you want more of, dessert, or to be in a desert? well the one you want more of has the double letters". It was probably because I was young, but for some reason it just stuck, and I can't forget that if I wanted to. These days I am hard pressed to remember what I had for breakfast...

dessert is twice as good as desert.

[dclamp]

i am getting Starbucks gift cards for my really close friends, and then homemade cards for the rest of 'em

[Jim Davis]

For myself: Nothing
For anyone else: Nothing

Yeah, holidays are bad

Ppl goes to shopping, spending the hard bucks for things they can buy all the day in the whole year, but no, its a Holi-day not a simple day, lets buy a twice that big TV, and eat twice as much cookies at granny then say "wow its a nice holiday". But its a simple day just like all others.

However, grannys cookies are the best! Maybe this one is the only exception i love in holidays.

What did you buy this holiday?

Nothing. (Can i buy a new life?)

[mendhak]

Yeah, holidays are bad

Ppl goes to shopping, spending the hard bucks for things they can buy all the day in the whole year, but no, its a Holi-day not a simple day, lets buy a twice that big TV, and eat twice as much cookies at granny then say "wow its a nice holiday". But its a simple day just like all others.

However, grannys cookies are the best! Maybe this one is the only exception i love in holidays.



Nothing. (Can i buy a new life?)

Eeeevvva? Shouldn't you have a Garfield avatar?

[kregg]

Nothing for nobody.

[zaza]

i am getting Starbucks gift cards for my really close friends, and then homemade cards for the rest of 'em

Maybe for that really special person you could push the boat out and get a Burger King gift voucher too. Dinner and coffee. The lucky lady will proper dig it, word?

[Jim Davis]

Eeeevvva? Shouldn't you have a Garfield avatar?

What is your problem to my avy. Eva is a cute robot , and i made my avy in corel a few weeks ago...

[JPicasso]

Coach

Wifey and I are looking at a 40-42 inch lcd too.
We like the Samsung 550 series. What kind did you get?

For the kid we are getting him an awful lot of molded plastic
in the shape of various "action" figures and unidentifiable things from Japan.

[koolprasad2003]

For me: A GOOD Shoes...
and FOR my GirlFriend: A Computer Game CD...

[thegreatone]

For me: Nothing
For her: I dunno, she said a load of crap i'd rather not purchase...
For the family: Was going to make a DVD wishing them Merry Xmas etc... But i haven't got a Video Recording device

[CoachBarker]

We got the Sharp 42 LC42SB45U 1080p LCD HDTV from Dell, we happened to be looking and it was available on Cyber Monday for almost half price.

[abhijit]

i am getting Starbucks gift cards for my really close friends, and then homemade cards for the rest of 'em

If you go to Costco, you can buy 100 dollars worth of cards for 80 dollars.

[abhijit]

For myself: Nothing
For anyone else: Nothing

You could give hugs to everybody.

[mendhak]

Hugs aren't free

[Jim Davis]

Hugs aren't free

Hehe yes they are. Also, the purpose of holidays, are not to massive shopping, but to be nice to everyone else, around you.

[mar_zim]

Hugs aren't free

I hope this is enough for you.

[dclamp]

If you go to Costco, you can buy 100 dollars worth of cards for 80 dollars.

thats what i am doing i <3 costco!

[oceanebelle]

I bought a winter jacket, I am not going to buy anything over christmas and after probably for up 3 months as everything is too expensive. way expensive.

[Shaggy Hiker]

How cold does it get in the Philipines? I wouldn't think a jacket was ever necessary.

[abhijit]

I bought a winter jacket, I am not going to buy anything over christmas and after probably for up 3 months as everything is too expensive. way expensive.

What kind of jacket? How much did you pay?

[oceanebelle]

How cold does it get in the Philipines? I wouldn't think a jacket was ever necessary.

In the Philippines, I never had any need for clothes thicker than 1/4 cm(those were the days). However, I'm not there right now and it's 3C as of the moment gets lower in the evenings. Freezing cold outside so I had to buy a 2-inch thick long winter jacket with a hood that can accomodate my big head.

Paid £88 for it.

I'm really really sad about these spendings.

[mendhak]

Hehe yes they are. Also, the purpose of holidays, are not to massive shopping, but to be nice to everyone else, around you.

Hugs involve a considerable expenditure of energy. Energy expenditure is what causes global warming. We'd all be better off without hugs.

[Quasar6]

Bah, Humbug.

Alien Santa will provide.

And Mendhak: I shudder to think what type of hug requires "a considerable expenditure of energy". But I'm glad to see you're being Green. And amphibious.

[Valleysboy1978]

bah humbug!

[Shaggy Hiker]

'Hugs' from frogs DO involve a considerable expenditure of energy, and can even jepordize the survival of the frog because of the sizeable cost.

[Valleysboy1978]

I have not bought anything for anyone but myself. I bought myself a new liver in preparation for the vast amounts of alcohol to be consumed soon

[abhijit]

I am off to test the thermawrap this weekend. Going backpacking. I hope it snows.