Last week I talked about how I no longer get that excited anticipation for Christmas as I did in childhood, but I still always love the actual day. This year was no exception. Christmas morning I got to watch my two 3 year old nephews tear through wrapping paper as fast as their tiny hands could rip it open and squeal in delight at what they uncovered. My husband and I then got to spend the rest of the day with my family members. It was a day full of good food and lots of laughter.
This year, for the first time in ages, I was really excited about the gifts we had gotten for everyone. We had a little more money than we usually do, so we were able to get some really nice things that we knew our friends and family really wanted. Watching all of them open their gifts was just as thrilling as I had hoped. Everyone was so pleased (and surprised) with what we were able to give them. It felt amazing to be able to give back a little something to the people who give us so much throughout the year.
And then it was my turn.
I must have been a really good girl this year because, let me tell ya, Santa got me some good stuff. I know it’s not supposed to be about what you get from others, but it would be wrong of me not to brag on the things they got me. Right?
As usual my mom went overboard and got me boxes and boxes of fabulous clothes (even after all these years she does most of my clothes shopping). My sister got me some clothes and a super fun Glee bag (pictured above). From my in laws I got a Glee board game, some boots, the entire DVD set of the BBC Robin Hood series, and some other goodies. My dad got me some groovy pajamas and a Kindle (woot woot!).
One of the funnest things I got was from two of my really good friends. They got me a wand, but not just any wand. This wand can be programmed to be a remote control for the TV. With 13 different wand movements I can adjust the volume, change channels, and all kinds of other stuff. How fun is that??
Then there are the gifts from my husband. He outdid himself this year. He got us a two night stay at this really nice bed and breakfast that is on a ranch. Included in this stay are four 2-hour horseback riding sessions. I am beyond excited. I’ve only ridden a horse once and I loved it. Gah! I can’t wait!
But not even that was my favorite gift. My husband also got me a recurve bow and some arrows. I can now live out my fantasy of being Robin Hood (or the bad ass version of Maid Marian from the BBC series).
Thank you for indulging my need to gush over my fantastic Christmas gifts. I am sure that the two gifts from my husband will make for some fun blog posts in the future. Especially when you take into account my extreme klutziness.
What about you? Any especially awesome gifts you got this year? Any other holiday stories you would like to share? Let me know in the comments.
First, oh my gosh that wand is awesome! I love it. Second, the BBC Robin Hood was so good. It is my favorite show to watch while I am working out.
I have the opposite problem, my mom cannot buy clothes for me. They are always questionable, but she does a good job with jewelry.
The wand really is awesome. Isn’t that Robin Hood the best?! I couldn’t stop crying after the season 1 & 2 finales for several hours. And cry every time I rewatch. Soooooo good!! My mom is great with jewelry, too
had a boring awkward christmas, didn’t receive anything, but im not complaining. christmas in taiwan rather than canada is weird. really weird.
Oh wow!! Why are you in Taiwan?
i must’ve been a horrible girl this year!
well it was pretty spontaneous, i needed some dental work done (i eat too much candy) and getting it done in canada was way too expensive, and in taiwan its virtually free cuz i have a taiwanese passport. plus i love it here. i posted a picture of me listening to gleechat in taiwan on twitter, natalie and the gleechat account retweeted it, i don’t know if you saw it
That’s quite a trip for dental work! I did see the tweet, but didn’t get a chance to look at the picture. And I’m sure you weren’t a bad girl
I love the two day ranch holiday your hubby gave you. Can’t wait till you share Pictures with us all.
I received an iPad, something I’ve been coveting since they came out.
I’m so excited!! And way to go on your iPad! So fun
So glad you had a blast giving and receiving gifts this year, Jessica! Sounds like you were rightfully spoiled.
I got great gifts as well, topping the list were an iPhone from my hubby and a bracelet made out of one of my grandmother’s spoons and pearls and my mother’s jewelry. The iPhone is something I use a lot and would never have bought for myself… and the bracelet is huge in sentimental value. Hope your New Year is fabulous, too!
Oh wow!! That is so special. I’m glad that you had a wonderful Christmas too, August. Thank you for sharing what you got!
A wand and a bow and arrows? You hit the jack pot! I can see you frolicking around in the woods in your pretty new clothes, on your horse, bow poised and ready to take out some bad outlaw dudes from Nottingham’s nemesis. If the arrows don’t severely maim them, wave your magic wand and zap them into another time zone and power up the Kindle. How fun!
Good stuff, Jessica!
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
This may be my favorite comment ever. I seriously loved this!! It’s pretty much exactly what goes on in my head.
I am so jealous about your wand. I didn’t even know they existed! And that bow is awesome – Makes me miss shooting!
I first read about the wand on Mugglenet, but I never thought I would actually have one. It’s amazing!! That’s so cool that you used to shoot. It is something that I have always been interested in. I’m so excited that I can do it now.
It’s something we used to do as far back as middle school. (We had an awesome PE system.) I was surprisingly good at it — hope you have arm guards, though…that’s where it always got me!
You definitely need to give props to the people who got you such cool gifts. I think that bow is absolutely awesome. I want one now. And I’d really love to know more about the BBC Robin Hood series–maybe in a future blog post?
Oooo, good idea. For now I will tell you that it lasted 3 seasons as is one of my all time favorite shows. If you have Netflix it is available for streaming on there. Also, I have a major crush on the guy who plays Robin
We don’t have Netflix yet, but my husband is definitely angling for it, so you just helped support his case
Hahaha, that’s awesome!!
What a haul! And that pic with the bow cracks me up. You’re a hoot. It was a big Christmas for me too. You know why. But I really think you hit the jackpot with that husband of yours.
Just wait until you see pictures (and video) of me shooting on the target range he spent all day yesterday building for me!
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