Give them all socks.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Dec 20, 2011 10:17:51 am PST #4431 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
SuziQ - Dec 20, 2011 10:17:59 am PST #4432 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
ISTG, people, next year I'm doing the cards and all the Christmas stuff in AUGUST. I can't deal.
I finished shopping early this year and I have to say it is annoying me. I can't stop looking and adding little things here and there for the kids (they don't need MORE). I'm also going a bit nuts waiting for them to open their presents. I'm tired of keeping the secrets. Heck, I even bought K-Bug's birthday present already and that is over 3 months away. Gahhhhhhhhh.
Zenkitty - Dec 20, 2011 10:22:13 am PST #4433 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Socks, gift cards, and a goat from Heifer.
amyth - Dec 20, 2011 10:28:04 am PST #4434 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Socks, gift cards, and a goat from Heifer.
The trifecta of perfect gifts for the hard-to-buy for.
lisah - Dec 20, 2011 10:37:27 am PST #4435 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I am so ready to go but it's too early!
erikaj - Dec 20, 2011 10:44:03 am PST #4436 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think my mom did buy Bro some socks.
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2011 10:54:17 am PST #4437 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also, when someone asks you what you want for Christmas/birthday/whatever, (and someone is me and you is my sister), and you say, oh, I don't want anything! or oh, I don't care, anything is fine... that's not actually helpful, okay?
Next year my bro and SiL get a goat from Heifer. Because they do the "I don't know...anything I want I just go ahead and buy...just get me whatever" thing. And so then I do get them whatever, and then feel like my love/worth as a sister is measured in the fact that I bought my bro a water bottle with Cthulhu on it instead of, I don't know, an iPad.
Toddson - Dec 20, 2011 11:11:12 am PST #4438 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The first year I heard about Heifer I was discussing presents for our mother with my sister. I proudly announced, "I got her half a sheep" ... and, after a long silence during which I KNEW my sister was thinking, "do we have room in the freezer?" "we don't like mutton, or even lamb, that much" and, generally, "WTF?", I explained that it was Heifer and how it worked. She was relieved to find out it wasn't going to be something she'd have to find room for.
Kate P. - Dec 20, 2011 11:17:30 am PST #4439 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Socks, gift cards, and a goat from Heifer.
The trifecta of perfect gifts for the hard-to-buy for.
And the perfect trifecta of gifts for me! Seriously, I would be totally thrilled to get some cool socks, a little gift card for books (or whatever), and a charitable contribution in my name. Sounds just right.
brenda m - Dec 20, 2011 11:31:09 am PST #4440 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hah. Now I'm remembering my family drama from a couple of years ago when my brother was being a complete jackass and I ended up sponsoring a polar bear in his name so that I could vent my spleen without lasting familial damage.
ETA: looking back, that was two years ago today. brenda m "Natter 64: Yes, we still need you" Dec 20, 2009 6:40:54 pm PST . And I recall that was the year he made my sister cry on the phone and then hung up on her on actual X-mas day, so my pettiness was totally vindicated!