thank dog my family does wishlists. and then I fill out with charity things.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Nov 29, 2009 5:43:30 pm PST #21940 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse - Nov 29, 2009 5:45:55 pm PST #21941 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I kinda don't want to buy any gifts this year. Not from a scroogey bah humbugy place. But from a I'm exhausted and can't imagine what to get you place. I don't have a lot of people to buy for (my parents, my brother, my SiL, K, and various members of K's family -- dad, sister, brother mainly) but I have No Idea What to Get.
That's almost always the place I'm at, and I'm not even exhausted!
At dinner tonight, my grandmother was trying to say that books were hard to buy for other people. I was like, Dude. I would way rather have a book I don't like than jewelry I don't like!
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2009 5:47:03 pm PST #21942 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We only usually give gifts to the family members we see on Christmas Day, which means I'm shopping for my sister this year. Probably jewelry from Etsy, since she's already bought half of Amazon and B&N and had them shipped to my apartment.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2009 5:50:44 pm PST #21943 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why would you rather have a book you don't want than jewelry you don't want?
Jesse - Nov 29, 2009 5:52:03 pm PST #21944 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Less guilt about exchanging, and also, I'll read just about anything. I will not wear that rhinestone holiday pin, but also feel bad about getting rid of it.
I just winterized my bed with flannel sheets and electric blanket, and I can't wait to get in!
Trudy Booth - Nov 29, 2009 5:55:00 pm PST #21945 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
To me unsalted butter tastes like vaseline. I can't get the butter flavor at all unless its salted.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2009 6:04:04 pm PST #21946 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A book I'll read isn't one I truly didn't want. It's good enough. There are jewelry gifts equivalent to that. I'd rather store unwanted jewelry than an unwanted book. No one has ever given me the choice of exchange.
Salted butter tastes like salt. Unsalted butter is when I taste butter.
Jesse - Nov 29, 2009 6:05:11 pm PST #21947 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No one has ever given me the choice of exchange.
You can always exchange a book!
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2009 6:11:49 pm PST #21948 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can take a book to where it wasn't bought and get money back for it? That's not a sound business model.
Cashmere - Nov 29, 2009 6:23:13 pm PST #21949 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I love baked/roasted sweet potato fries with cinnamon and brown sugar.
I'm sooooo glad my family had the adults stop exchanging gifts. My sisters and I just pool our money and buy an outfit and a toy for each kid under 18. I'm wracking my brains for my in-laws, though. They are HARD to buy for. We have the kids stuff planned but not purchased yet.