whats your best pressie so far..?

[BeadsbyLili]

well what made you grin like a kid this christmas ..?!:mf:

[Apple Tree Crafts]

well what made you grin like a kid this christmas ..?!:mf:
Got to be my secret santa gifts - it's been years since I had a real surprise gift. I was thrilled with both of them.

I did get some lovely things from the family and my friends, but I knew what most were before opening them. I'm awaiting my Nintendo DS so I can start my Brain Training game.....

So, oppositely, what was the worst gift you got?

Ours was a tin of chocolate biscuits, for two reasons. The sender knew Himself hasn't touched chocolate (a great love) since before his op so that was cruel, and they'd already been opened, there were biscuits missing.......:o

Jules

[icecreamgirl]

My fav was an ipod from hubbie... our computer isn't up to putting music on so he had been in cahoots with my niece, filtering lots of cds to her so it's full of all my music!! I love it!!

My sister bought me the DVD of Footloose, one of my all time fav films
Fantastic, watched it christmas day, my feet were going i can tell you!

[swirlyarts]

I got lots of lovely pressies! Matt and I set a limit of what we can spend on each other and this year it was £20 - makes you think carefully about what you buy when you only have a limited amount of money. Matt bought me some lovely old maps - some of which I am allowed to cut up :D - and made me a mix tape of some very special songs! Anya and Tara bought me some gorgeous handmade necklaces and my sister made me some very cute crocheted flower badges. So lots of lovely things.
Oh and I did get a fab present this morning but I can't tell you what it is yet :D When we get back from France I should be able to let you all know!!!!

[JBJB]

If you're asking which present made me grin like a kid ......

It was the David Tennant calender my hubbie bought for me!

I also got a lovely pink keyboard and mouse set for the pooter.

I got a pink Beetle car cd-player to go in my workroom. He'd bought it on behalf of my in-laws to give me. I said "I suppose this is really meant for teenagers isn't it?" They all looked at the box and said "Erm, it's got an Angelina Ballerina cd on the photo" Haha! I don't care, it's really funky and pink! :D

I got some snuggly pyjamas, slippers, gloves and some funky flower wellies ... all in pink! Even my christmas wrapping paper was pink with silver snowflakes!

I also got the box set of "Rome" so I can drool over Titus Pullo to my heart's content! :p

I got Richard Hammond's book, which I've nearly finished reading.

Toby woke up at midnight on Christmas Eve needing the loo. It was about 3 minutes after I'd put his sack in his room, and I'd only just finished walking up the stairs in my flour and glitter wellies, so he saw his stocking and Santa's footprints when he went to the loo. Luckily he went straight back to sleep, but I thought he was going to set the record for being the earliest riser on Christmas morning! As it turned out, he didn't wake til 9:00 so we had a lovely lie-in which was a nice treat.

His favourite present was the scooter we got him. All the big boys at school ride them into school, so now I've got to park away from the school so that he can do the same. He also loved the blue "croc" shoes I got for him. He's forever putting my pink ones on and asking if he can have his own pair in blue, so I got him some and he squealed "blue shoes" when he opened them! My hubby was a bit non-plussed because he didn't know I'd got him some and is now worried I'm teaching him bad habits about having too many pairs of shoes - as if you can ever have too many pairs of shoes!

Anyway, can you tell I've missed chatting on the forum? I better leave some space for somebody else to post something!

[beadsbydesign]

I got a great big triangle pillow. it is so comfy. I know it's not very glam but I must be getting old!!!
I also got a gorgeous handbag, some scarves, wraps etc and some beautiful chinese silk shoes.
I don't think I got anything grisly at all this year!!

[Teddy(wantumwabbit)]

:playball:
the 1p Christmaas tree my mum purchased at Sainburies on Christmas Eve!
Its over 6ft and it smells soooooooooooooooooo nice. She got it as a joke but it was trimmed on Christmas day and we all had fun doing that!
A cheap but VERY big Christmas pressie!:)

[Delta]

Best had to be the chocolate fountain and loads of choc and marshmallows for it. but not had chance to try it yet due to the worst present............. flu

[BeadsbyLili]

the worst present............. flu

Oh no - poor you !! :nopity:

Hope you have a few days off now to rest and watch the rest of the cheesy films on TV (we've just all settled down to watch ET - classic!)

.

[Tip Top]

My first best was the ipod shuffle from my brother which makes a change from the cds he's already listened to (and copied)!!

And the second best was the laminator and 200 sheets of laminator plastic wallets from my mum and dad!! I had asked for it but was surprised I got it!:D

[caketopper]

I got a BIG camera fujifilm S9600 and its brill, I got £100 from my other half, a new polymer book, some clay, beads. A moleskine diary, perfume, cookery book and my dad made me a clock, lamp and vase from wood which he had turned. :)

[littlesnuggler]

I got Kylie's new CD - it's brill !

[incywincy]

My secret santa pressie from beadsbydesign was my bestest on xmas day.
...Plus my hub brought me some gorgeous chutney (http://www.chutneybeads.co.uk/) jewellery :D:D:D

And today BIL/glasskanvas has given me some gorgeous crafty books. THANKS BIL x x

[incywincy]

I got Kylie's new CD - it's brill !

Oh wow... I'm out to buy that tomorrow ;)

[beadsbydesign]

My secret santa pressie from beadsbydesign was my bestest on xmas day.



that is such a lovely lovely thing to say!!!!!! ( you just made me very happy!!!!):mf:

[Jo W]

My best present was the one that made me feel most guilty. I told everyone my partner had not bought me any presents as he had been too busy. So he went out Christmas eve to buy sonething.

He gave me a few small gifts to open then a big box which had a travel bag in it. Inside the travel bag were details of a hotel at loch Rannoch and details of our flights. It's only a few days in January but it was definately the best present.

We haven't been away anywhere for about 4 years and I have never been on a plane. I'm so excited, glad it's only a short flight though. I might not like it.

My daughter bought me a makeover too which I will do later in the year. She got one for herself too so we can go together. Girlie day out.

[nattynetty]

Jo that's a lovely romantic pressie from your hubby, made me go awwwwww as I read it :)

Best pressies I got were 2 books, How to Look Good Naked by Gok Wan and one about running a speciality retail shop - admittedly I did ask for both.

[Jo W]

Jo that's a lovely romantic pressie from your hubby, made me go awwwwww as I read it :)

He's not my hubby yet but who knows what might happen on a romantic weekend perhaps pressies will keep on coming. Nice diamond ring maybe!! I will have to let you now.

[heavenlygirl]

My best present was a pair of saphire earrings that my hubby bought me to match the ring he bought me for my birthday. They were a big surprise as I only asked him for the tudors dvd box set as I had missed it on the tv ( I watched it all on boxing day it was quite a marathon session of tv watching but I am determined to have a totally relaxing break from workl).

The most anticipated gift was my secret santa gift, and also a gift from one of my customers in the shop which was a lovely clip on white bird with a lovely long feathery tail ( I am going through a white feather faze in my crafting at the moment).

Craziest gift was a hole in the wall money box from my sister. Its very cool. you have a credit card that you have to put in the slot and you haveto enter a pin number too so that no one can pinch your goodies, it even keeps track of how much you pay in and take out.

I got a £20 boots gift voucher from my brother wich was great cause it meant I could buy a couple of the No7 make up gift sets at half price that I had been looking at before christmas. It beats the nutty chocolates he bought between us last year ( My husband is fataly allergic to nuts?)


Didnt get any bad prezzies this year. the only dissapointment was the martina cole book that my mum and dad bought me which they cant find, so i am still in anticipation of that one, I am a big fan of Martina Ive read and reread everything of hers.

Happy New Year
Heather

[Pebbles]

Well where do I start? Under the tree for at least 2 weeks before christmas were presents marked #1, #2 and #3 from my boyfriend. I could not for the life of me figure out what they were...... a skype phone so I can make really cheap calls to my parents in Australia via the internet, a tomtom sat nav and the bestest of them all....... A massive box of beads! I was so surprised! As I have been away since christmas, I spent all day today sorting all my beads into boxes and labelling them all... it was great!

Plus loads of other stuff, a trip to iceland from my aunt (and a hairdyer, I love the randomness), TK Maxx vouchers.... shoes! (Yeah, already bought the most magnificent handbag I have ever seen and a pair of red high heels to add to my ever growing collection of red high heels)

All of my pressies were fantastic, but I feel I got a little spoilt, everyone must have been trying to make up for the rubbish year I have just had...... it worked!

[indri]

My hubby bought me a card game called Killer Bunnies which had the whole family in tears/stitches/impatience for over an hour on Christmas day as we sat round trying to make sense of the instructions (that took over half an hour) and then we ended up killing lots of bunnies. My mum and dad had a vendetta against each other, and then only 1 bunny was left at the end so that person had to win.
:)