[quote author="peteruk"]
Hello Father Christmas, where's me Flippin' Bike?
I opened all me Presents and there's nothing that I like
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( that was the clean version)[/quote]
Phew* Almost done with the shopping. After being on a retail diet in summer, I freaked out this holiday season with Amazon and Costco. Bought pearls, diamonds and everything that shined right from the day after thanksgiving to Christmas eve before the Amazon outage.
On Christmas eve no packages came in mail, but we assembled the little one's Princess scooter. The sisters got a pearl pendant each and they love it! The package had come last week and they had already seen them, but I told them that they were for my best friend's daughters- they were a little disappointed then. Older one also got a hundred dollar bill in an envelope. That will be her spending money, no questions asked, although I have sent the link to
www.kiva.org to her. Bought both the new Disney Princess Tiana's T shirts, and a Tiana doll for the little one.
Took everyone to Cloudy with the chances of meatballs at Starplex. Watched Imagine that on DVD and trying to work the blanket magic ever since. The children and their blankets will be put to test on Monday morning when the market opens.
*Will duck and run to India before the bills come in mail*
This year we did debate a lot on the idea of putting up a tree, and letting children enjoy the same things as their friends, but I didn't feel like it. I am not religious at all, and even the only Hindu festival (Diwali) I celebrate is all about food and shopping for me. So told everyone to enjoy that part and move on. And enjoy they did..
Oh, I watched It's a wonderful life for the first time. Enjoyed the movie. Usually after the first five minutes, I get bored and walk out, but this time started watching after the first twenty minutes.
The party isn't over yet! Monday is out eleventh marriage anniversary.. can't believe we spent eleven years living together. Seems like forever! Winter is filled with celebrations in my family- all major events like marriage/ children have happened around this time.