Salamander
Fire Walking

Ingrate
Sun Jan 02 2011

My first entry of 2011 and I'm already bitching. Life as we know it continues.

Things that I got for Christmas that I might be able to regift:

●4 Gorham “Festive Holly” votives

●Lenox “Just Jingles” tree ornament (which I note with amusement has “American by Design” printed on the box but “Made in China” printed on the sticker underneath the box)

●Red French Style Beret

Things I got for Christmas that I have to keep because it will be expected that I actually be seen using them:

●One leather backpack style purse purchased in Italy

●Tea Pot with Far Eastern calligraphy printed on it and a bamboo handle with matching cups with no handles

Things I got for Chrismas that I can’t believe someone who knew me as a child would ever think I’d want, much less have fond memories of:

●Tin of Les Anis de Flavigny Violette flavored candy drops (As a five-year-old I once held one in the side of my mouth for nearly an hour, too polite to spit it out in front of the old ladies who gave me one as a treat and too revulsed to actually swallow it. It was like taking a mouthful of purfume.)

Things I got for Christmas that you will have to pry out of my rigor-mortis frozen hands to get away from me

●Fish Hat (OK, technically not a Christmas gift, but it was a gift that arrived right before Christmas so I’m counting it)

●A new Garmin GPS unit for my car to replace the Cobra GPS that is in its final death spasms

●Several checks that when pooled together almost cover my next year’s AVMA membership (Actually, those are all already cashed. The gift-givers couldn't retrieve those if they wanted to.)

3 Comments
  • From:
    SitsWithAnAddingMachine (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jan 03 2011
    Well, you got more gifts than I did....
  • From:
    JustPeachy (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jan 03 2011
    LOL! I love this entry!
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jan 05 2011
    your pics seem to be showing up fine and I can see them after clicking onto other entries, unlike a couple of months ago. The fish hat is very cool!

    The donut shop closed for good unexpectedly NYE for good so I'm doomed to use the library until I actually get a new router *rolls eyes*.