Speaking of gifts though, I tried out the Amazon wishlist thing this year with family and it was...kind of a success? Ended up with a lot of duplication, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I got three different vegetarian cookbooks. And I actually needed two or maybe three doormats and ended up getting this from my brother.

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And, also from my sister. (I knew she was getting it, and we were laughing about it for like three days ahead of xmas and then I opened his box and...) Oh well.

My mother bought Abby a gold locket with a rose & the words "I Love You" engraved on it for Christmas.

She doesn't wear necklaces. And certainly not one more appropriate for a six-year-old, rather than a teenaged girl. Poor kid just looked at me, bewildered and I just nodded and mouthed "I know. Just say thank you."

And in a memorable two-fer, she got ME a sheer, nylon top, embroidered with purple beads in a particularly fetching shade somewhere between olive & chartreuse. Saying all the while, "I know how much you love that color!"

Dude-- I like green. A lot. Can't wear most shades without turning a lovely shade of jaundiced. Even Lewis looked at it and said, "Has she seen your complexion?"

yes, my mother was waxing poetic about how much I will love it @@

The hoodie was actually part two of a gift...though its relevance to part one eludes me. It arrived late and she made SUCH a big deal of it. The final result was...well, possibly the hardest time I've ever had either not laughing in my mom's face or saying "WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK FUCKERY?" out loud.

Not that I'm ungrateful to receive a gift. But the build up and then the whole "I KNEW you'd LOVE this" was...what the fucking fuck fuckery?

My mom is pretty good, but the rest of my family has no idea what to get me or TCG.

Not that I'm ungrateful to receive a gift. But the build up and then the whole "I KNEW you'd LOVE this" was...what the fucking fuck fuckery?

This is my entire gift history with my mother.

WS - you did good. I hope you're warm now.

Go Nate!

that's all I've got.

My mother bought me a hooded sweatshirt (wear them rarely) with the phrase "Michigan isn't for sissies" on it. Said phrase being next to a pretty pretty snowflake.

Can you wear it ironically?

...yeah, I got nothing.

My mother bought Abby a gold locket with a rose & the words "I Love You" engraved on it for Christmas.

In an effort to not live the cliche, I made sure to tell Tim early (and often) that I don't like heart-shaped jewelry, so please just get me something Batman- or grammar-related. I see no point in being one of those couples where the woman whines to her friends about how it's been YEARS, and he STILL doesn't KNOW what kind of jewelry to BUY me, OH MY GOD.

This is said sweathshirt: [link]

Which, isn't even pictorially grammatically correct. What is actually says is, "Isn't for sissies Michigan."

WHERE IS THE EFFING COMMA? Stupid sweatshirt.

just get me something Batman- or grammar-related.

Someone should make a Batman necklace with this (Adam West) Batman quote: "Good grammar is essential, Robin."