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newnumber6Well, Xmas is over (and yet some stations are STILL PLAYING XMAS PROGRAMMING. THIS IS NOT OK. WE ARE DONE WITH THIS. IT'S BEEN THE CHRISTMAS SEASON SINCE OCTOBER).
I normally post a 'haul' list, but so far it's not been much, in terms of numbers. In fact, for the first year in recent memory I think I gave more actual gifts than I got (in terms of value though, I still received more).
I got:
A gift card (Wendy's)
A bag of white-chocolate-peppermint covered pretzels
A pair of gloves
And all the rest has been money, not even gift cards, just money.
There are still a bit of outstanding people who might get me something.
I'm not disappointed, anything's nice to get.
Gave:
A digital photo frame for my grand mother, with some pictures of family and stuff preloaded into it.
A small pampering-gift for stepmother
Booze for the Dad
A 'go out to dinner' give card for both of them together
A Future Shop gift card for my brother, HMV for his wife.
Couple people I was debating whether or not to get anything for and decided against it, unfortunately... because they did give me something (the Wendy's card). It's not like I'm hurting for money it's just I didn't know if they were going to get anything and didn't want to make them feel awkward about it, so instead I get that feeling. Oh well, I'll remember for next year.
On Christmas Eve, we went the party room in the apartment building of one of the Stepsiblings, had a good turkey and ham and mash potatoes, pumpkin pie, cookies, candies... good food, and good to see them all (we don't get together too often), though I didn't talk much, not great in crowds.
On Xmas day (after I finished watching the Doctor Who special, which I liked in general but saw the end coming and thought it was a bit too... cute in some ways, to the detriment of believability, and I'm afraid, continuity), we went to see my grandmother (and Dad and Stepmother again), and one of my aunts was also there. We had tacos, along with Greek sausages and of course bunches of cookies and cheesecake.
Today I had work in the morning, but after work, I walked down to the Eaton Center area to check out stores... Best Buy, Future Shop, World's Biggest Bookstore, Silver Snail, and of course, the used bookstores, but, didn't wind up getting anything at all. It was still pretty early in the morning (before their normal opening hours, but since it was Boxing Day sales many of them were open early), so I probably could have gotten some of the good deals, but I just didn't see anything that grabbed me. The only thing I spent half a second considering was a Kobo Vox ereader for about $100 I think, $80 off. But... I think $50 is about all I'm willing to spend on something designed mainly as an e-reader, no matter what fancy other features it has. Black Friday they had one discounted for that price and I put it off, but this time that model didn't go on sale at all, so I decided to pass... as I said, $50 is about my limit for that. If I'm going to go much higher, I might as well spring for a couple hundred more and just get an all out Android phone (which I've been thinking about for a while and I might have got today, but all of the sales were "cheap if you get a phone contract" deals, and I just want the phone itself, pretty much for the WiFi. Nobody ever calls me, or would text me so a phone contract (particularly one that is onerous enough that they feel the need to give you a really cheap phone to lure you in) feels like wasted money... if I ever get a life or some other need for a temporary phone I can get a contract or pay-as-you-go later).
I did however find a $5 bill on the ground. Nobody was around, so, yoink! And since I didn't purchase anything, somehow I left boxing day shopping with more money than I started.
I normally post a 'haul' list, but so far it's not been much, in terms of numbers. In fact, for the first year in recent memory I think I gave more actual gifts than I got (in terms of value though, I still received more).
I got:
A gift card (Wendy's)
A bag of white-chocolate-peppermint covered pretzels
A pair of gloves
And all the rest has been money, not even gift cards, just money.
There are still a bit of outstanding people who might get me something.
I'm not disappointed, anything's nice to get.
Gave:
A digital photo frame for my grand mother, with some pictures of family and stuff preloaded into it.
A small pampering-gift for stepmother
Booze for the Dad
A 'go out to dinner' give card for both of them together
A Future Shop gift card for my brother, HMV for his wife.
Couple people I was debating whether or not to get anything for and decided against it, unfortunately... because they did give me something (the Wendy's card). It's not like I'm hurting for money it's just I didn't know if they were going to get anything and didn't want to make them feel awkward about it, so instead I get that feeling. Oh well, I'll remember for next year.
On Christmas Eve, we went the party room in the apartment building of one of the Stepsiblings, had a good turkey and ham and mash potatoes, pumpkin pie, cookies, candies... good food, and good to see them all (we don't get together too often), though I didn't talk much, not great in crowds.
On Xmas day (after I finished watching the Doctor Who special, which I liked in general but saw the end coming and thought it was a bit too... cute in some ways, to the detriment of believability, and I'm afraid, continuity), we went to see my grandmother (and Dad and Stepmother again), and one of my aunts was also there. We had tacos, along with Greek sausages and of course bunches of cookies and cheesecake.
Today I had work in the morning, but after work, I walked down to the Eaton Center area to check out stores... Best Buy, Future Shop, World's Biggest Bookstore, Silver Snail, and of course, the used bookstores, but, didn't wind up getting anything at all. It was still pretty early in the morning (before their normal opening hours, but since it was Boxing Day sales many of them were open early), so I probably could have gotten some of the good deals, but I just didn't see anything that grabbed me. The only thing I spent half a second considering was a Kobo Vox ereader for about $100 I think, $80 off. But... I think $50 is about all I'm willing to spend on something designed mainly as an e-reader, no matter what fancy other features it has. Black Friday they had one discounted for that price and I put it off, but this time that model didn't go on sale at all, so I decided to pass... as I said, $50 is about my limit for that. If I'm going to go much higher, I might as well spring for a couple hundred more and just get an all out Android phone (which I've been thinking about for a while and I might have got today, but all of the sales were "cheap if you get a phone contract" deals, and I just want the phone itself, pretty much for the WiFi. Nobody ever calls me, or would text me so a phone contract (particularly one that is onerous enough that they feel the need to give you a really cheap phone to lure you in) feels like wasted money... if I ever get a life or some other need for a temporary phone I can get a contract or pay-as-you-go later).
I did however find a $5 bill on the ground. Nobody was around, so, yoink! And since I didn't purchase anything, somehow I left boxing day shopping with more money than I started.
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Date: 2012-12-27 06:24 am (UTC)YAY! That's not bad!
My mum declared this a Christmas with no presents, since we're all grown up now, but I have to admit, although it was convenient, it felt a bit hollow.