Christmas 2011

[Kiara]

It took me a long time to find the present I wanted to buy, but yesterday I finally bought it. My SO will receive a nice white sweater (an Italian brand, as I'm italian). I also bought some shoes for him. Not sure if I'll give them to him on Christams or on January 15th, our first anniversary. I thought of putting inside the shoes a little package with something like a jewellery. It's 1 year together, I feel like celebrate a lot!!!

[goalie_girl34]

Got him a t-shirt and hat from his favorite sports team. A little video game knick knack, and planning on getting something nice for me to wear for him. Looking for one more thing for him on thinkgeek or a similar website, cause were two goofballs in love.

[DarkStarrx]

He won't tell me anything he wants. It's infuriating! He's fairly busy with work, so I know that's a factor. I keep telling him he's going to get 400 pink polos if he doesn't shape up hehe

[HollzHeartsChris]

I have an idea of what I'm gonna get my SO. Gonna send him something and buy him something. Though what it'll be is beyond me lol

[nicole]

For my SO:
- Tickets to go up the Eiffel Tower, plus dinner reservations in the restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Tower.
- A $5 stainless steel ring so I can reverse-propose to him when we are up there
- A stocking with his name on it- we made a list of 5 Scavenger hunt items and each of us have been to the dollar/pound store for the stocking fillers
- A calender from Vistaprint.com, made from photos of us
- Then some random stuff, underwear, socks and a scarf

For our families we have both been buying bits and pieces for joint presents:

My Mum: I got her a vistaprint calender of old family photos I have scanned, and a canvas of her favourite photo of our dog. My SO got her a Professor Layton DS game

My Dad: I got him a crate of wine with a Groupon for Virgin wines lol, my SO got him a COD DS game

His Parents: My SO has converted all their old home videos onto digital file, I've bought them some nice chocolates from my favourite chocolate store which they love, and we need to get them some other stuff when we go shopping here and in Paris. Maybe an English History book for his dad. No idea for his Mom

His little Sister: I have bought her chocolates too, her Bridesmaid dress, and a passport cover and luggage tag. I need to get her something from Paris also. Maybe some perfume or a painting/drawing for her dorm room...

My Sister: didn't want to get her anything, but I thought it would cause a fuss if I didn't so she's got a box of chocolates and her boyfriend has an amazon gift card.

[iloveacarpenter]

Ahhhh Christmas! Last year, I couldn't stop buying my SO presents. There were so many good things! This year, I am having such a hard time! I was thinking of maybe getting him tickets to a hockey game so we can go on a date when I'm there for winter break. When I asked him what he wanted, he did say I could take him on a date so I figured this would work. That's the idea I'm leaning towards now probably along with some nice sweaters or shirts. I am totally counting on the days right before the holiday to pull this all together!

[nomnom_elf]

i have got all of my SO prezzies he's asked for.. however i finally came up with a idea for a suprise prezzie.

its a pie tin/ dish filled with all his fav sweets, wrapped up and labeld "sweeti pie". lol. my BF has a thing for pies but also has a sweet tooth, and hes from the 70-80s era, when penny sweets were decent. plus i've managd to find a shop that'll sell em. yay!!

[BLUE SMILEY]

Did send her for the first time a package, with a few presents in it. I'll give you later an update, wouldn't want her to read it. First of all I hope the package get there safe, it has to travel a long distance, from Belgium to Brazil, so fingers crossed right now.

[Riyko]

My dad: I got him a wallet and i'm making him a T-shirt with his favorite college football teams logo on the front

My mom: A t-shirt with something on it (not sure what yet) and an electric blanket

My brother: a hat of his favorite football team and a t-shirt with his favorite football teams logo on the front and the team name on the back

My sister in law: Some bath salts/body washes and a homemade recipe book

My nephews: I'm making all of them t-shirts with their names on the back and some type of picture on the front and i'm also getting each of them their own cup from the disney store

My dog: I'm making her homemade healthy dog treats and buying her a new toy and a bone.

My guy (not dating): I'm making him some reese's pieces cheesecake cookies and 2 reese's pieces cheesecakes (like 6"), i'm also making him some banana and chocolate chip cookies, I'm getting him 3 t-shirts, 2 pairs of pants and a pair of shoes. I'm also getting him a $50 visa gift card and a $50 sizzler gift card. Then i'll be getting him a new 360 with my gift cards from amazon (he actually won't get it until after Christmas though), I'm getting him a used car (he'll just have to pay the car payments, but insurance will be covered by me for the first year along with gas) and finally i will either add him to my cellphone plan and make it a family plan which would mean we both get cellphone upgrades for free or i'll get him a $20 prepaid voucher and use my free cellphone upgrade to get him a new phone.

[kiara_silver]

i made him a personalized calander, and then a poster. And then I sent him a shirt, with a picture that made me think of him. And then a letter. I wish I could have donw a huge care package, but im crunched for money.... But I tried to put meaning into each gift.

[DollOnAMusicBox]

My SO is really big into Sherlock Holmes right now, and has always liked oldy-worldy sorts of things. He doesn't have a strong box (in fact he had no idea what one was when I told him) for valuables. Sooooo I found a book safe. That is...a safe, (with keys) that is shaped like a book. Hangs out on your book shelf with all your other favorites.

Inside it, I put two candy canes shaped like a heart inside the safe, with a little note from me. The extra joke is that the book is an "English Dictionary." This is funny because we always joke about how Americans bastardized English and he, being the Brit, is obligated to defend his language for the rest of his life. xD

Second thing I got him was a "special effects snow kit" Its some sort of powder that when you add water it turns into snow somehow. Just a little fun thing for his inner mad scientist. He loves the snow and they don't get a lot in Wales...so since he could no longer come and enjoy the New England blizzards...I thought I'd send him some snow of his own.

Also, as a tradition of ours, I always hide a little piece of wrapping paper with 143 written in a heart SOMEWHERE among his gifts. This year I taped it to the keys of the safe.

Shipping was through the roof compared to other years. I guess now I know shipping a SAFE isn't really the most economical choice LOL!

[OceanBlue]

Did send her for the first time a package, with a few presents in it. I'll give you later an update, wouldn't want her to read it. First of all I hope the package get there safe, it has to travel a long distance, from Belgium to Brazil, so fingers crossed right now.

have you sent it with bpost? or something else? If you sent it with bpost it may take like 6 weeks or something, that was the case with me. and it was a little package so maybe it'll take longer with a big package. Next time im going to use track&trace so I can see where the package is.

[Trethsparr]

My SO is really big into Sherlock Holmes right now, and has always liked oldy-worldy sorts of things. He doesn't have a strong box (in fact he had no idea what one was when I told him) for valuables. Sooooo I found a book safe. That is...a safe, (with keys) that is shaped like a book. Hangs out on your book shelf with all your other favorites.

That book-shaped safe is amazing! What a neat idea!

This Christmas, I got him a flame-less candle with some pumpkin spice scent to go with it. He saw it in a catalogue and really wanted to get it - it's going to look great in our living room.

[BLUE SMILEY]

Did send her for the first time a package, with a few presents in it. I'll give you later an update, wouldn't want her to read it. First of all I hope the package get there safe, it has to travel a long distance, from Belgium to Brazil, so fingers crossed right now.

And i think the package is totally lost. Maybe it will pop up somewhere alive n kickin. But obviously the idea of "Christmas present" is kinda gone. Bye cute teddybear :x

[Michelle]

And i think the package is totally lost. Maybe it will pop up somewhere alive n kickin. But obviously the idea of "Christmas present" is kinda gone. Bye cute teddybear :x

Brazil's postal service is notorious for very long delays and losing packages. :/ I don't like shipping there.