In my family, grownups still get stockings. This means I have to stuff my own, but so be it! So far I am getting Raven Red nail polish and Lindor dark chocolate mint truffles.

New Orleans Bread Pudding w/Whisky Sauce

Molasses Spice Cake w/Orange Buttercream Frosting

These seem the most holiday to me.

I must say that, although I'll miss being with family on Christmas Day, I am loving the presents coming to me thing: having the UPS guy leave packages for me (for once), seeing the presents under the tree and wondering what they are, resisting opening them (because I'm all alone so who would know?). Also, not having to come up with stocking stuffers is an extra bonus.

ETA: In keeping with the Christmas insanity that is my family, stockings get crazy packed.

Oh, thanks Ginger - those stains look cool.

Of course, in lieu of staining, I could just paint it pink and put some unicorn and rainbow stickers on it....

Raven Red is a good color choice, Flea. It is red, but a deep, classy, evening wear kind of red.

Unlike the red I put on and took off in short order the other day because it made me look like I should be hanging out on the strip, looking for clients.

Incredibly freakish poodle grooming! Get Ready For An Audiovisual Assault On Your Mind. And Your Poodle.

WTF × ∞

I like dark reds. I have been wearing Cherry Crush but the bottle is almost gone, and I wanted something less sparkly.

In my family, grownups still get stockings. This means I have to stuff my own, but so be it!

Grownups get stockings in my family too. Once we acknowledged that my mother was acting in loco Santa, we wrapped little gifts and put them in her stocking before we went to bed.

One thing I remember getting was silly erasers.

One warning about silly putty: do not leave a blob of it on the carpet. The evidence that I had done that at about 6 lingered for years.

I think Raven Red is the only polish that's survived over two decades of my nail whims to become a staple item in my collection.

I rarely wear reds, but that one is just gorgeous.

I don't wear polish on my fingernails because it's a fruitless endeavor-- but when I do pedis, I love beautiful reds. Chanel's got a new collection that was just released-- Paris Moscou, and the three colors are absolutely gorgeous, especially the red.

I'd almost go through the hell of applying acrylics for those colors.

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I never do fingers - only toes. Fingernail polish and me are non-mixy - it feels weird and chips immediately.