Present haul thread

I got two bottles of wine - my kids know me so well!

I got

a WII

some perfume

a hand bag and purse

socks

pj's

makeup (loads)

friends dvd box set

chocolate

baileys

books

and.... erm.... ash trays (joke present from friend)

I am a very lucky girl, but i think my best present is a nest box with a video camera in from Dr L, oh and the pink tub trug it was hidden in.

Merry Christmas everyone!

We've hardly opened any presents as my little boy was sick today so wasn't interested in his own presents and we didn't have the heart to sit there opening our own in front of him.

So far though I've opened:

L'Occitane precious cream

Nigella's Christmas

Zoe Heller's new book

Scarf from Monsoon

Necklace + bracelet set

A good haul so far!

I've had some lovely gifts.

H bought me a digital camera and a gold chain. He had the spare link from the bracelet he bought me a couple of years ago made into a pendant for it, which is gorgeous.

I had a lovely pair of Kurt Geiger shoes from C (thanks to H)

Mum and Dad gave us some money, a hamper of wine and chocs between us and for me there was a nightie.

PIL gave me a lovely leather purse with some cash, some awful PJs and a "sexy" nightie that my boobies will never fit into.

I also got some smellies, you rebel light, a recipe book, some mugs, family guy dvds, gift vouchers, choccies and a digital photo frame keyring.

Well I'm bored enough to update now I've opened my presents and the small people are asleep:

OH gave me bracelet, ck perfume, nightie, White Tiger book,

Parents gave me cheques.

I'm happy.

I was also very lucky, H gave me some fab Chanel products including gorgeous nail polish, various gardening books (that I'd asked for), beautiful leather gloves and lots of other lovely bits. Lots of M&S vouchers from my Mum. Gorgeous brown leather bag, chocolate and smellies from BIL and his girlfriend and from my fab inlaws a gorgeous black leather handbag, Chanel Allure, silk scarf, silver charm brcaelet, diary, smellies and other pretty things :-)

I got a pair of New Rock knee high boots

Nigella's Christmas

Pierre et Gilles photo book

A fab comic book

Grollies

Tights

A Tennis Racket

A diary

Industrual quantities of jelly beans and chocolate

(and a trip to A&E with Boy2)

My favourite present has to be the 'Make your own Morph' kit (I love Morph, well, I love CHaz)... includes a DVD I can't wait to watch!

Is that not a block of orange plasticine?

I have done very well too I got

White gold chain to put my engagement ring on when Im at work

DS and 2 games

Make up

Ghost Cherish gift set

Trudi Canavan trilogy

David Eddings Trilogy

all from Mr FB I also have some Robert Jordan books to come but they did not arrived in time

Earings from the children

A Bra and chocolates from my Mum

Hope everyone else got what they wanted

Merry Christmas everyone

Seeing the inlaws tomorrow so will exchange gifts with them then

And seeing my Dad on sunday who will have got me the traditional bottle of JD

Oops my post got all mixed up but you get the idea ?

I got a Bose Ipod docking station and a gorgeous Sekonda watch (silver strap with pink face and tiny diamonds instead of numbers) and a red Radley briefcase bag (which I got last week) from my husband. My mum bought a joint present of a deep frying pad (asked for) and a jewellery roll with necklace. My children bought me a lovely smelly candle which they chose on their own at school - this actaully means the most to me because it a scent which I love (spices instead of florals), in a lovely deep red colour, so they put some thought into the purchase instead of just a random buy.

Tomorrow is my birthday so I still have some more presents under the tree waiting me to unwrap.

From H - I got a 4GB memory stick for my school work, a build-a-bear dog and a mr men model with Little Miss Sunshine and Mr Grumpy ( I got H a cuddly Mr Grumpy!)

From my Mum and Dad we got a coat/hat stand - which I managed to split some of the wood putting it together (Dad has taken it home to fix for me!), a DIY book (i do the DIY in our house and I think dad is fed up with me asking for help!) and a digital photo frame.

We are seeing my brother and sisters today so more present exchanging. PIL sent nothing but they live in South Africa and don't seem to do presents also MIL hasn't spoken to us since our wedding anyway!

I got a few bits and bobs like jammas and a nightie , bit of make up and a few other things as we went on hols and preferred to spend the money on the kids rather than ourselves

so in reality my main pressie was a suntan ?

So far I've got:

From H: Harlequins one-off shirt that they're going to wear on Saturday in aid of Cancer Research

Fat Face scarf

Fat Face bag

Take That and Coldplay CDs

Couple of silly books (one of which I'd also bought for him, oops)

Cute bookmarky things

From PIL:

Make up set

Roses

Pen with my name on it - H got one as well, they appear to think we are 5 years old. MIL definitely does gifts by the numbers, for example H always gets something Simpsons related and a chocolate orange ?

Off to my parents today so more gifts then, for the first time in I can't think how many years I don't really know what my mum's bought for me, normally I'm with her when she buys it! Think it may be a pasta machine.

I love reading about what everyone else has got, I'm so nosey ?

I did very well, I got:

From H - a Bill Bailey boxed set, some Clinique goodies, a t-shirt, an alarm clock and a recipe book

From parents - Jo Malone perfume, music DVDs, Bodyshop stuff, cookbook, a bathrobe, chocs.

From inlaws - huge spice rack, salt and pepper grinders, cookbook.

Siblings - some posh shampoo, Jo Malone bath oil, a lovely calendar with family pictures.

Aunts and uncles - some cow shaped bath bombs ?, a lovely Christmas cake plate and server.

Friends - an Edward Monkton book and a Le Creseut pan, toiletries from Next.

Grandparents - more Body Shop stuff, embroidered handkerchiefs (!?) from H's nan.

SIL - photo frame

BIL - best unmentioned ?

I got a fab haul ?

mr c got me a camera (the box showed 4 colours and i so hoped it would be pink and it was. ?) plus a little lalique giraffe (i collect lalique and love 'raffes, heaven only knows where he found it.) and a couple of stocking filler things including another percy pig moneybox. ?

my mum went crackers as usual and bought loads of stuff, including a nice bag, 2 tops, some costume jewelleryand a jamie oliver box thing with oil and balsamic vinegar

sister made a hamper for us with some extra presents for me including a jamie oliver 'best sister' mug (although i am actually her only sister ?)

ILs bought me various DVDs/CDs including mamma mia, sleeping beauty, cinderella 3 ?, the shield series 4 (bit of a contrast there), and the justin timerlake and razorlight CDs i never got around to buying

friends got me the magnolia baking book, (apprently this is the bakery carrie and miranda buy cupcakes from in SATC) a necklace with a crystal fish pendant (sounds awful but is lovely) white company goodies and ashes to ashes on DVD.

secret santa at work got me a jamie oliver kilner jar with rock salt. they know me so well there, how many other people would be made up with a jar of salt?

i've been a very very lucky girl ?

Best pressie = a mini keg of Summer Lightning ale! What with being upduffed and all I spent most of the year whinging every time I had to drink lime and soda of an evening while everyone else had pints of tasty ale so lovely lovely H got me 12 pints all to myself ? BIL sent me a pound of Cropwell Bishop which is likewise absolutely fab ?

Daughter did by far the best, especially considering the only thing we gave her was the gift of life ? - lots of pink clothes from in laws and friends and godparents including a really quite fab Jackie O style jacket, baby clothes are pretty cool these days!

Indeed it is!!! ?

Well, there is some white and yellow as well... and some 'props' such as a skateboard and party hat.... cannot wait to watch the DVD tho!

My main pressie was from my h - a sigma 70 - 300 lens which is very cool. I also got a bike from my parents (it was my mums but she only used it once before deciding she didn't like it as she can't balance properly) and a high vis vest, ravin rabbids tv party, a nail varnish gift set (I never use nail varnish), one of those 3 bottles in one liquor things and lots of little bits and chocolate. I'm also getting a new alarm clock with money from my mum.

I had some lovely stuff: a bracelet and some clothes to fit my hideous post-baby body from H. Clinique stuff from parents, a lovely diary * address book, fabulous PJs, a digital photo frame, books, wine & chocs galore from assorted siblings

The baby (5 weeks old) had the biggest pile of presents by a country mile, which is just as well because we gave her only the gift of milk and clean nappies. Luckily the grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins came though and she has a huge haul of cuddly toys, books, clothes and most importantly an Aston Villa dress, hat and bootees (my brother was devasted that they didn't do a replica kit small enough for her)

Saadly the baby did not give us the gift of sleep

We were supposed to be on a £50 limit ...the H ignored this completely saying that I have had a tough month and he wanted to see a smile on my face, I felt bad though as I did stick to the £50 limit!

I got from H:

Per Una slippers and matching fleecy dressing gown
Jo Lo Live Perfume
Silver Sequin Evening Bag for NYE
Shampoo Set
Cashmere Pashmina
and finally the Dualit Food Processor that I have been lusting after for months http://www.johnlewis.com/230440135/Product.aspx

I did much better than I expected, Santa brought me:

Take That Calendar
Rihanna CD
Champneys smellies set
Silicone muffin trays/cake tin/measuring wotsits
Two bottles of Veuve
Digital photo frame
Pink (yaaaaay) Sony DAB radio (which is coming on Monday)
Mum is also paying for us to have a digital aerial installed on our roof so we can get rid of Sky.

AND

A teeny weeny Acer Aspire One from Mr Hole, which I am SUPER chuffed with. Written down it all looks so much, I'm a spoilt madam.

I got one of those from my ma & pa! Mega cool and I am chuffed to bits. I also got a couple of jumpers, two bottles of champagne (one from MIL and one from kids), the new Take That cd and theatre vouchers and lots of vino! I have been a very lucky girl! lol

? Very happy with my lot, I got

D&G watch silver, large bling very me lol

Radley make up bag

Escada perfume and an additional Escada perfume gift set

Silver dimontee earings

Gavin and Satcey box set

Baileys

Black satin night waer ?

photo frame with pic of my children in it

Chocalate and small bottle od champagne gift set complete with champagne flute

And numerous other little bits, not a bad xmas and the main bit was it was a happy one ( apart from work related issues ) xxxxx

I am super chuffed with everything I got, I am very spoiled.

From H - A 2ft Superlambanana, yay! Anyone who hasn't visted Liverpool this summer probably won't understand my obsession but I am thrilled. ? It's the most impractical present in the world but it's made my Christmas.

I also got smellies, Nigella's Christmas, Green and Black cook book, Cecila Aherne's new book ?, yellow submarine bath radio (I've been after one I can have in the bath with me), Superlambananas book, a jumper and chocolate oranges.

From my mum - a Radley bus pass holder, Mamma Mia DVD, knee high boots (which I got in October), Only Men Aloud CD (my table present), a skirt and L'Occitaine lavender bubble bath.

From MiL - a small china Superlambanana

From my cousin and friends - a box of biscuits, Thorntons chocolate share bowl and Aussie shampoo/conditioner/ hair repair gift set.

From internet weirdies - Green and Blacks chocolate from Lumpy, a hat box filled with beautiful things from Monkey Fingers (a dreams and wishes book, a oven glove tree decoration, heart silicone muffin cases, a necklace and lip balm plus a painted heart trinket box and coaster from Ned) and a heart necklace from Magenta.

Embarrasinly, we still have more gifts (from B&SiL and my friend) to come!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. ?

Benefit Maybe Baby perfume. Benefit B Spot gift set. Echo woman perfume. Lots of perfume!I think i must smell bad and people are trying to give me a silent hint ?

A couple of cardigans and a jumper.

Tinkerbell and Peter Pan DVD.

Soap and Glory smellies.

Haven't been to the inlaws so haven't seen MIL, SIL and BIL yet. That will be in the new year when we're free of illness.

I did very well this year.

From my H and the kids I got:

An Animal Bag

Animal Belt

Top

Nightdress

Famiyl Guy Boxset

Sean Lock DVD

Family Organiser Calender

Then as a joint present to each other we got a Wii Fit and game.

My parents bought us as a joint present a 32 inch flast screen telly and a Dvd Player - then also Mum gave me some money from her redundancy package to put towards my new camera.

My brother bought me a Wedding Photography Book.

I got a jumper from my Nan and a framed photo from my best friend.

Oh - and some random presents from my FIL - a pair of curtains (no idea why, he has no idea of the colour of our rooms or the size of our windows as neither he or my BILs have been to my house), a set of knives and then some weird drill kit - he seems to think we need tools as he gave my H a load of power tools for his birthday one year. Then he also gave me a necklace which although I am grateful, it is hideous! lol

I got a Advent netbook from H too! its a cool 10inch one

Currently surfing with 3G connection as we travel to parents on the M4......such a good thing!!

Batterydying though and not yet used to smaller keys....dark not helping too!

Mrs M, what on earth is a superlambanana?! ?

I got a dress from Zara and a pair of patent leather ankle boots from H, as well as the promise of a new bag in the sales.

Lots of clothes from parents.

A lovely 5-pic column frame with photos from wedding, and a professional (but scary-looking) hair curling tool from bro and his gf.

A hat (that fits - yay!), gloves and scarf and a lovely top from sis.

Money from in-laws and grandparents.

Very pleased. Hope everyone had a great day ?

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http://www.superlambbanana.com/home.php?/WHAT?

It started life as an 17ft tall art installation and this year for the Capital of Culture of year, they made 125+ smaller 5ft ones.

The original:

(crutches for scale ?)

and all the others I managed to visit in 3 months this summer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsmagic/sets/72157606329158704/