Christmas!! :-D

So, apparently, the thing to do still is to post what we got for Christmas.

Oddly, I have found it difficult to do this as I have gotten older. I take pleasure and joy in what I was given, and like my gifts very much, but since people keep asking me, I guess I shall post it lol.

Not saying that posting this stuff is bad!!!! I just find it harder to do lol.

Before I left for Canada, my dad sent me a lovely check. Most of which has been spent on luggage to and from Canada. The rest shall combine with my lovely amazon.com gift certificate from my work to purchase something - or somethings - shiny and Harry Potter-related. (at least I am honest. Cannot decide if I desire a poster more, or a Snape figure. Or a Gambit from XMen figure. Seriously. Fangirling left and right lol.)

So, I shall list gifts here. :) I have many cards from lovely people, though! :-D I love getting mail <3 One of the nice ones was (I'm sorry, Anastasia, too tired to remember your lj name. I am a terrible, horrible, no-good-very-bad person.) from Anastasia here on lj! --> she is star_healer .She gave me a drawing of Makoto offering a cupcake to Snape. It's adorable. Also, a pretty star ornament, and some stickers! Very glittery, and currently living in the envelope so I do not lose any pieces before I get fully unpacked from my trip. :)

My mom also gave me a super-absorbent hair towel (yay!), and my sister gave me a turtle necklace that I am worried I will break on it's long fragile chain....that, or my boobs will eat it, lol.

pagenfox was very awesome and sent me a Sailor Jupiter cell phone charm! :-D I have set it to dangling prettily from my nintendo DS. <3

I suppose I have had two Christmases, so let me start with Canada! Also, I am tired, please forgive me if I have forgotten something.

Canada:

*Candice & Ray (Bobby's brother and his wife) gave me the Barbie Perfect Christmas movie (It looks awful, I am so excited to see it I love these movies!), and some awesome and adorable tokidoki makeup brushes!!
*Jeff (Bobby's dad) gave me a very nice card and a little cash. :)
*Annie (Bobby's mom) gave me a shoebox containing chocolate, bulk pencils, 4 packs of gum, a toothbrush, a bar of soap, and a box of tissues. Utterly hysterical. Apparently, Annie's gifts are a source of legendary amusement.
*Bobby gave me some lovely gifts <3 I have an amazing boyfriend ;). The day I arrived, he handed me a copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic (hereafter referred to as TOR or SW:TOR). Nerd win~! On Christmas he gave me 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, as well as Journey to the Center of the Earth (by Jules Verne. My copy of Leagues is long missing, and I enjoyed borrowing Journey from the library repeatedly.) He also gave me the three volumes of Absolute Boyfriend that I had been missing (yaaaaay!), AND the amazing amazing man ALSO replaced one of my favorite books, The Empty Crown, in new condition in hardcover!!! My copy (hardcover) is literally read to pieces. I am so thrilled!!! I read the whole thing in about four hours <3

So, I flew home on Wednesday. :) Discovered two boxes awaiting me. One was filled with wrapped presents, which we placed under the tree, the other....I believe the term was "box of deplorable rubbish". I am not digging out my cell phone to see for sure what goddessastra called it.

Oh lord, it was HYSTERICAL. I was glad I was sitting on the floor, I was laughing so hard I may have fallen right off the couch!!!! She sent me one of my photo boxes that I had left in her house (because I am a terribly friend who left crap there. Sorry.), and she added a coinpurse (complete with loose change), a bracelet, a cell phone charm, (all three from the Phillipines.), some candy (also from the Philipines), a money toy, a wooden bead, a wire cage with foil from a champagne bottle (oh god, I died laughing), a figure of a man in a barrel (and when you lift the barrel, his massive penis pops up. He is amazing and I love him.), a walnut (which my cat has taken to batting around), some neat cooking papers (called COOK THIS lol), and a card-sized advert (in full color) for sexy call girls from Vegas...oh lord. I was laughing for hours. STILL laughing, actually. Astra, I love you, don't ever change. You are INSANE and I love it. Can't wait for my birthday!!!!! Keep in mind, I'll be in Canada so it may have to go through customs. Have fun with that lol.

And now I am home!!! :-D

Tonight, we celebrated Christmas - dragged all of the bloody gifts to Grinnie's (grandmother) house.

Grinnie gave me some embroidery floss, hoops, and needles (yay!!!!), a pattern kit, and a gift card to JoAnn's!!! Yay!  :-D I have missed embroidery, and look forward to getting some shinies. She also gave me a piece of yummy chocolate. :)

Allie gave me some Corningware (SO happy!!!! I shall have to wait to open it until Canada lol). and a super awesome Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 blu ray (one of 5500!!!)!! :-D  (Tomorrow I am going to Best Buy. Oops, I don't own Part 1. Bad fangirl. Go to Professor Snape's room.)

I opened a box from my dad containing delicious tea!!! :-D I love PG Tips :)

My other grandmother, Nammy, gave me a check. :)

My awesome Cloney gave me a pez dispenser, a train charm with a tag that reads "One Way Ticket London to Hogwarts", some FUCKING AWESOME envelopes she made, a radical bracelet she braided (in black and green, quite lovely!!! I want to do something special with it!!), a large book of manga (In Japanese lol), a book on Japanese, and an awesome new address book! :-D I also received a Christmas ornament in the shape of a teacup and saucer. Really cute ^__^.

From my mom I got an AWESOME Maleficent figure. It's a cute chibi-ish thing. It's frakking adorable and I can't wait to display her on my bookshelf!!!! XD I also got a Rapunzel (Tangled) ornament, a watch I can wear (it's on a thin chain, and doesn't bother me. Ever since my car accident, I've found it very difficult to wear most bracelets, even. I freak out. This I can wear and it is cute!!! Yaaaay!), uh.... so tired, can't think.... the Harry Potter FILM WIZARDRY book! YAY!!! :-D (I decided that work/Nammy is buying me Film to Screen and have subsequently ordered it lol), um.... honestly cannot recall.

I am tired and my eye is twitching. I'm still mentally 3 hours ahead, so it is 5:30 am for me and I am dead on my bum.

So, goodnight, happy wonderful livejournal people!!

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!! :-D