Christmas Shopping

20'' flat screen + dvd player for only $100?

no shit? really?

gift certificates are OK to give to strangers ... otherwise try to give some thought into what people are into ... there are hints everywhere ;)

one thing I hate is shit like my friend always gives me, he loves to give people gifts of shit HE likes.

no shit ... last year for my birthday, he bought me these HUUUUUGE fucking movie posters and spent a fortune framing them ... of course it was movies that I couldn't give two shits about ... took the frames and bought different posters for them ... sucks as when he first came over had to explain it to him.

then for xmas last year he buys me this fucking ... i think it was .. 6XXL ... John Gotti Tee ... even at my height is was down to my knees ... promplty given away in 2 days.

this Bday ... he gives me a set of aftermarket taillights for my Mini ... really ricer Japanese style ... shit i would never put on the car ... he is still buggin me when I will install them?

basically don't buy gifts and expect people to use them :loco:
 
my mom's belief is that gift certificates are impersonal because they require no thought or consideration toward the person receiving them, while an actual gift pondered on and selected shows a personal touch. Personally, I would be glad to get more of them :lol:

snow2fall said:
I sent parcels with German Christmas goodies to a few UM'ers in the US. Apart from that, my best friend will be the only person who'll get a present.

past tense, "sent"???? jumps up and down with giddy excitement.:blush:
 
i do all my shopping online. well, 98% of it at least. usually one day a year my mom cons me into taking her to the god damn mall where i stand by the santa thing for an hour checking out the hot elf assistant bints.
 
dill_the_devil said:
Had all my done by the end of November. I booked a week off work, spent one day Christmas shopping and the rest of the week drinking and smoking as much as possible before I had to go back to work. :)

:lol:
 
Decided that once I pay my tuition i'm gonna by myself stuff from The End as a christmas present. Theres 2 DVDs and some CDs on special I want, plus a few other CDs I want. Then theres some other CDs i need to order... hehe. Yay for self-indulgence.
 
i absolutely loathe buying xmas gifts as a married person. theres really no point. its like, "im gonna take our money and buy you some shit that you tell me to buy." i was in sears getting a tape measure yesterday IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY and it was filled with all these housewife types saying things like, "he said to be sure to get *insert specific tool here*". i wanted to gag.


man, im a grinch.
 
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.


You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.


You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.


I wouldn't touch you, with a
thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.


You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
Mr. Grinch.


Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crockodile.


You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
Mr. Grinch.


The three words that best describe you,
are, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk."


You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch.
You're the king of sinful sots.
Your heart's a dead tomato splot
With moldy purple spots,
Mr. Grinch.


Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
rubbish imaginable,
Mangled up in tangled up knots.


You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You're a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked horse.
Mr. Grinch.


You're a three decker saurkraut and toadstool
sandwich
With arsenic sauce.
 
I'm almost done, just got to order stuff for my brother and figure out what to get my mom.

Getting presents for your spouse isn't all that exciting, as mentioned by dorian. I just ordered her a new computer and told her that was Christmas for her. But I also got a couple small things so she has something to open on the day. She just picked stuff off my amazon wishlist and threw in a few surprises, too. I guess it's just a nice excuse to buy all the stuff I was holding off on buying because of money.
 
going to pick an ealry morning the week before and head to the mall ... still do not know what to buy most people. trying really hard to stay away from gift certificates.
 
tomorow i'm going to the mall with my cousin. We're both tall, have leather jackets and are intimidatingly large. Should work great for scattering the swarms of annoying asian teenagers shopping.