Xmas 2013 - what loot did you get

Coal

 

*invests coal*

  On 12/28/2013 at 5:30 PM, MIXL2 said:

Three used AA batteries.

 

I was looking for this exactly today, I shit you negative.

  On 12/28/2013 at 7:32 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

 

  On 12/28/2013 at 5:43 PM, eugene said:

nothing

 

lol

 

high five eugene, I got a big bag full of nothing as well. Though my Christmas-ignorant wife later ordered me a glass to replace my favorite glass that our kid had broken (however she only ordered it after I specifically requested it).

D&D stuff

4 DS games

Pokemon Y

Warm Bodies DVD

Sound of the Cosmos 12"s

Amorphous Androgynous - Cartel CD box set

PF Chang's gift card

GameStop gift card

Meat Beat Manifesto flexi discs

Cash

Candy

Calendar of my 7 yr old nephew

Girlfriend bought some nice trashy lingerie

Bonus check from work

Christmas edition Chespin - from Tokyo Pokemon Center

Thor Dark World Heroclix set

Various RPG miniatures

you guys get a ridiculous amount of presents for grown men. i dunno why it seems weird to me though.

Edited December 29, 2013 by messiaen

Keep in mind the age variation for some of us on this forum. Many still live with their parents, others are parents themselves.

 

I got a trip to Taiwan to visit my rents and then to this beach south of where my parents live in Taiwan (also a two night layover with my friend in LA)

itunes gift card $15

a bunch of cooking shit from ikea (garlic press, grill pan, cutting board, potato peeler, couple other things; this is all very exciting to me)

a 40 dollar full print t-shirt

plenty of other things not technically for Christmas but still free from my parents

 

Another question: what did you get for others this Christmas? I got my mother an iPhone case from charity: water, my sister makeup, my dad scotch

Edited December 29, 2013 by gmanyo

some nice Tea and Coffer

$ to buy le records

camping pad

warm socksss

nice chocolates

i am a happy lad

Oh, I got Cadbury and 40 bucks from my grandmother who also came to visit Taiwan this year from Scotland. Also an unopened gift from her, we're still gonna open them, but probably just something small.

  On 12/29/2013 at 8:02 AM, messiaen said:

you guys get a ridiculous amount of presents for grown men. i dunno why it seems weird to me though.

 

I'm a 27 year old who went of my way to tell my loved ones that I didn't need or want anything that wasn't practical. It worked, my gifts were:

 

New tires for my car

Beard trimmer

Book about historical US land surveys

DVD player with HDMI cable

Sweat resistant USSF sanctioned undershirt

Socks

White v-neck shirts

 

Oh...and a lot of chocolate

Nice. Manfrottos are supposed to be the best.

 

Does that thing have pedestal action, fluid head, and the tilt head thing?

pedestal action? It's a pretty excellent tripod. collapses super compactly, fluid head, tilt head, all that business.

  On 12/29/2013 at 8:16 AM, gmanyo said:

what did you get for others this Christmas?

 

Things I got my Girlfriend:

 

6 cup Moka Pot (an upgrade from the 3 cup one I got her for her birthday)

Some freshly ground fancy coffee from an Algerian tea & coffee specialist shop I chanced upon in town

Pair of Converse low tops (fluorescent orange)

2 CDs: Belle & Sebastian BBC Sessions & God Help The Girl (a musical side-project by Stuart Murdoch)

3 DVDs: El Bulli: Cooking In Progress, Rare Exports and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Lady Rainicorn scarf

^ Deserves a pic. I feel loved.

Nikon DSLR.

Golf bag.

Golf glove.

Few games inc. Would I Lie To You, Pub Quiz and chilli chocolate challenge.

Socks, boxers and sweets.

Squeezy nose that dispenses shower gel.

 

Also went to Ikea yesterday and bought myself new furniture to put my turntable and amp on top of, and my records inside.

 

Very lucky.

new water heater

  On 12/29/2013 at 3:48 AM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 12/28/2013 at 5:30 PM, MIXL2 said:

Three used AA batteries.

 

I was looking for this exactly today, I shit you negative.

I mean is not a bad gift.

 

I will buy the new Ceephax EP too, so I'm quite happy.

  On 12/29/2013 at 8:02 AM, messiaen said:

you guys get a ridiculous amount of presents for grown men. i dunno why it seems weird to me though.

I'm lucky enough to have a large family, a number of household celebrations due to divorce (an American tradition sadly) and my girlfriend is from a large Vietnamese family, so we both did well this year. I spent 99% of my gift purchases on the kids and her though.

gave and received nadda.

 

It would make more sense were you to get involved in this christmas gift giving thing to give the people money so that they can use it when things are cheaper after christmas rather than wasting 15-20% more by buying it in the lead up to christmas.

Sorry, i'm not trolling your thread. sorry. back to your fun. [-;

I got a couple of robots

 

 

 

Received: a nice hat, a pair of snowboard pants

Gave: a pair of earrings and a stuffed snoopy

 

All in all - a good christmas

  On 12/29/2013 at 12:07 PM, spratters said:

Squeezy nose that dispenses shower gel.

more info pls!

 

 

wife got me apple tv, pretty psyched even though I know next to nothing about it.

Slippers

Socks

Remington male groomer thing

Book of Greek myths and legends

Hugo Boss aftershave

Savile Row Company tie & cufflinks set

Glue gun

Big pepper grinder

£50 cheque from my Gran

T-shirt

Woolly button up winter jacket thing

Dressing gown

Chocolate

Marks and Spencer hamper

Apron and chef hat

Spud gun

A broken VHS camera

Oh wait shit, I didn't get my sister makeup, that was the original plan. Ended up getting her a full-print london bus belly shirt and some pendant thing.

 

  On 12/29/2013 at 1:34 PM, delet... said:

gave and received nadda.

 

It would make more sense were you to get involved in this christmas gift giving thing to give the people money so that they can use it when things are cheaper after christmas rather than wasting 15-20% more by buying it in the lead up to christmas.

Sorry, i'm not trolling your thread. sorry. back to your fun. [-;

 

I've thought this too, and often I do end up getting money which is great, but there is the idea that you can buy shit for people that they would never buy themselves even if they wanted to. Just stuff that you're like "aw man, I have to be a responsible adult so I guess I'll just have to use this on gas even though I would MUCH rather have a Volca." Additionally, it means they don't have to do the shopping, and maybe you'll get them something that they wouldn't have thought of buying but they actually really wanted (for me: my mom bought me cooking supplies and I was like "oh shit yeah! I didn't think of that!"; it's p cheap in Taiwan so I'm also going to go out and get more, wouldn't have thought of it without that). I've changed my opinions on gift giving: there are many advantages to it compared to money, although money is nice too.