What did you get for Christmas?

[snowy]

Just wondering if anyone got any good Meat pressies yeaterday?

Amazingly, from my father-in-law, I got 'The Salton Sea' on DVD
It's been on my Amazon wish list for a while and when he asked me what I wanted, I pointed him in the direction of the wish list. (For a 69 year old, he is quite apt with a PC and ordering online - unlike my father, the technophobe).

I know very little about the film other than the cast and what it says on the back of the case.
Has anyone seen it?

Now I just need some quality 'me time' to sit and watch it!!

[Monstro]

Ok, not Meaty but I got it for Christmas.

Signed by Shearer and the rest of last years squad (including Owen).

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Cheers hun XXX

[SW31]

thats an expensive duster for your bike sis --- lol

[Blackkat13]

Well today I got 3 gift cards 2 for Walmart and 1 for Sears. The cards are for 20 and 25 from Walmart and the Sears is for 50. Got a General Lee t-shirt, Chip & Dale fleece Pants (my sister even wrote a note saying Sorry we didn't get to see the chip and dales so here you got your own chip and dales ). She even got me the garth brooks hits/dvd, her boyfriend got me Sims 2 but I'm going to have to take it back since it will put my computer's drive close to compacticy. I got Nightmare on elm street dvd from my aunt and 10 bucks. My grandma gave me 50 bucks and she gave money to everyone. Got a Avenged 7fold dvd, Stewie fleence pants, a polar bear that craps jelly beans, peeps and other candy's and other stuff. No ml stuff but I'm happy with what I got.

[MeatGrl1]

I got lots of chocolate
Pirates Of The Caribbian: At World's End
Hairspray
Couple of cheques
Perfume and body lotion set
web cam
Suede Boots
slippers with a kitten and puppy on them to name but a few.

:cool:

[Hypnobabe]

I got a white gold and diamond necklace, a track day round Silverstone in a Ferrari, Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, House Season 3, a new Sony Cybershot camera, a Nintendo DS Lite, and that was all just from hubby!!

Mother excelled herself again this year, a box of liqueur chocolates (which I hate) and B&Q giftcard - at least Richard's happy!!

[RadioMaster]

got an ipod! :D

also some high quality booze; and chocolates and a very sweet letter from somebody ;)

[Ageing Bat]

I got lots of euros, which I asked for as spending money for my Rhein river cruise this week....... only the travel company went into liquidation on Friday, so we've not gone (I should be there now).

Story of my life that really!!

[allrevvedup]

A lot of vouchers...a calendar of Michelle Marsh (i didn't know who she was but i'm sure i'll be learning a lot more about her over the next 12 months :twisted: )

Fifa 08, vouchers, clothes and more vouchers and a Tom Petty documentary concert dvd thing

[allrevvedup]

Ok, not Meaty but I got it for Christmas.

Signed by Shearer and the rest of last years squad (including Owen).

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Cheers hun XXX



Cool

[SamCat]

I got to spend a lovely day with my Mum, my step father and my nephew we had lovely meal with good wine and watched rubbish tv it was great!!

[mszee]

I was at Universal Studios in Florida...riding stupid Mummy ride and yelling my face off...it was the best Christmas yet!!! And I got so much jewlery, watches, STUFF...that I can't even remember it all...

[Pudding]

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Northern Rock :lmao:


I got a trip back to the UK for 5 weeks. I didn't actually get it AT Christmas, but it was my Christmas present.

Pud :twisted:

[Monstro]

Northern Rock :lmao:




Pud :twisted:

Why laugh????? Not every football team that's sponsored by a government lol

[LucyK!]

I got a car :))

[duke knooby]

i got drunk

[RadioMaster]

I got herpes

(just kidding)

[Pudding]

Can you catch herpes from kissing a mirror? :lmao:

Pud :twisted:

[RadioMaster]

oooooh mean

[Skeleton]

I got chocolate, two books, mug, 100 euros gift token to cosmetology, dvd, lubricious luminous badge.. :D

[Hypnobabe]

I got jewellery, a tv for my office with built in freeview, dvd player and i-pod dock, a really cool memory foam pillow that plugs into my i-pod and acts like my own personal little speaker, cds, (Nickelback, g 'n' r, Keane) dvds (House Season 4, Derren Brown specials, Stephen King collection) and books...

I'm a very happy bunny this year!

[SamCat]

I got to spend a lovely day with my Mum, my step father and my nephew we had lovely meal with good wine and watched rubbish tv it was great!!

Same again this year but i did get a calender of my godson from my godson lol!!

[Monstro]

I got a Tardis!!!!

[~Helen~]

Ace footie shirt :-)

I got part of a washing machine (the rest is in hand, don't worry, I (hopefully) shalln't be having half a washer sitting in my kitchen!) :-D

Plus other bits and bobs I shalln't bore you with - which obviously included the essential chocolates - which naturally I have to eat before any form or health kick or fitness regime can (re)commence ;)

[Heli]

I got Take That, Stephen Fry, Mr Big (in the form of Sex and the City boxset), new girl essentials (bag, purse, earrings, necklace, scarf, purfume), pj's, socks, and a couple of stocking fillers.

Best christmas ever though. It was just so lovely and chilled out. Very disappointed about Dr Who though! :O


Lucy: What car did you get?! :D

[allrevvedup]

A scanner printer combo thing, which is badly needed, A Punching bag (to help with the workouts and will probably mean doing more at home then in the gym) complete series of father ted on dvd, jamie carragher's book, a blender for a crazy workout protein shakes.

My Dad got the family the nintendo wii for christmas night, which had all the sports games and also mario kart...i'm slightly better at mariokart then i was when i started...pretty good at the tennis and bowling though:D

far too addictive

[RadioMaster]

an external HD (500GB) and a new suitcase

[Heli]

an external HD (500GB)

Haha, snap! I got one too!

[allrevvedup]

you mean rj stole it from you?

[Heli]

you mean rj stole it from you?

Probably...tbh I haven't looked at it since christmas day.....:shock:

[snowy]

Wishcraft DVD - haven't watched it yet

Some jewellery, books and a new Filofax

[sexyeyes_jo]

i didn't get much this year only some sweets, booze, bath stuff, perfume, handbag, clothes, digital photo frame and money

[Wario]

The Ansbury M&G package (Early Xmas Gift)
Ipod 120 GB
Headphones
Roxio 2009 Music Editor
Paul Williams: A Little Bit Of Love CD
Paul Williams: A Little On The Windy Side CD
Box of Twix PB from Sam's Club
Peanut Butter M&Ms Large Pack
Wario Land: Shake It! (For the Wii)
Photoshop 2009
Star Trek: TNG (Seasons 1 - 9)
King Kong Escapes (DVD)

[duke knooby]

banned :twisted:

[mszee]

I don't want to talk about this...lol...

[Wario]

banned :twisted:

i know what that's like ;)

[SW31]

ya better watch out , & ya better run & hide ,cause sw31 is now learning on four wheels,road kill comes to mind,lol

[MeatGrl1]

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* Jewellrey box
* Cat calendar
* Heart necklace from Ash
* Little red stone necklace and Indian scent thing from my mate Jen
* Musical's iPod thing
* Perfume gift set
* The Complete Friends & Family Card Planner
* Cat handbag diary
* Digital photo key ring
* Take That The Circus CD
* Elvis 68' Comeback Special white suit mug and Elvis coasters from my brother
* Mug and Thornton toffee's from Uncle Mike and Auntie Les
* World's biggest mug, Funny cat stickers and cuddly toy and bath/shower gel from my sister
* Cat purse and keyring plus Spiced mug mat and tea thing from Auntie Linda and Uncle Ian (The tea thing was disappointing and I see no point in it :nuts: but it's the thought that counts !)
* Smoothies, jucies and shakes (If dad knew me at all well he'd know that I do not like either of these...)
* Three bars of Green & Blacks white chocolate
* Massive white chocolate tolberone thing
* White chocolate snowmen
* Cheque for £100
* Another gorgeous necklace
* Beaded bookmark
* Little compact shopping bag
* Diet Coke phone holder

[RadioMaster]

no Meat? tut tut

[~Helen~]

You like white chocolate then Emma?! And cats! ;)

I'm still wading through my tonne of chocolate and loving every guilt-free minute of it (can't be healthy with chocolate around therefore must be eaten in order for health-kick to start).

Here's this year's prezzie conundrum for ya...
My friend Anna and I like to set a 'target' (not limit; target - the idea is to spend as close to the target as possible without going over - going over the target is cheating!) for our Christmas presents to each other which over the years have varied from £1 (that was last year and she bought me moose shaped pasta from Ikea - very cool!) to £10 (I know look at us being the world's greatest spenders...but the idea really is to hve a bit of fun trying to get a particular value and also show that we are thinking about each other at Christmas without spending a tonne of money - and we've been doing this for about 8 years now!)
This year Anna requested a £3-challenge. And a challenge for me it was, as I had already found (and bought) a rather cool grow-your-own christmas tree (actual soil, seeds, and packet, to grow it in!) to go towards Anna's gifts which cost the pricey sum of... something like 39p leaving me a £2.61 challenge. Thanks to tax being knocked off things at the tills I was 3p short of the target and mentioned this to Anna (ok ok I'm getting to the point, bear with me) who said she rekoned that was close enough as she had only guessed the value for mine and I would see when I opened it. So I was expecting something along the lines of Anna's infamous baking or cross stitches. The gift was... a rather lovely off white pashmina (70% cashmere, 30% something else)...how is that £3? and how does one come to be guestimating its value?

(if anyone is interested, for the £2.97, Anna received...a grow-your-own christmas tree, a chocolate recipes calendar, some christmas cookie/biscuit cookers (she's a keen and very skilled baker, and either of these might encourage her to do yet more baking next time I am visiting), and a fancy patterned emery board - I was quite proud to keep all that under £3!)

[samurai7]

I got a Scarlets rugby jersey, some socks, and some money from my Dad, cos he's really imaginitive lol.

[~Helen~]

having posted it, that now just looks like a big post of waffle. so I won't be offended if no one reads it!

as people seem to be posting lists of what they received, here's the highlights of mine:-

* No less than 7 different types of chocolate, plus jelly tots :-?
* From friends / relations, amongst other things - aforementioned pashmina, clutch bag, Gordon Ramsay cookbook, money which will treat me to a new kettle and almost a new toaster :-D
* An Ikea voucher (wooo!) from parents AND promise of contribution towards my as yet non-existent washing machine :-D
* Special Kay DVD and a book entitled "how to do just about everything" :lol:

Feeling very lucky and spoilt (but not quite fat just yet!)

[Heli]

I got a Scarlets rugby jersey, some socks, and some money from my Dad, cos he's really imaginitive lol.


Dont complain, he could have been really imaginitive and given you monopoly money "as a laugh". (Happened once on my birthday......never quite as good as getting real money!) :p

[~Helen~]

Dont complain, he could have been really imaginitive and given you monopoly money "as a laugh". (Happened once on my birthday......never quite as good as getting real money!) :p

Could have given you a head-start in a monopoly game though! Could've challenged people for real money ;-)

[MeatGrl1]

Wishcraft DVD - haven't watched it yet

If you don't handle Horror very well like me, don't watch this late at night and with the lights out !!! Yes I made that mistake and it took me ages to get settled afterwards!!
Meat is great in this one though :cool:.

no Meat? tut tut
Sadly no, and also I have every CD and DVD available so not much that can be bought in that stakes anyway.

You like white chocolate then Emma?! And cats! ;)

How on earth did you guess ?! LOL I know I absolutely adore all cats and kittens though not keen on the naked kind, and love white chocolate and hate the milk/dark kind !!!

[Pudding]

A new house.

Here's the view from the top garden.

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And here's the view from the bottom garden with the orchard :))

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It beats getting socks and undies, which I had to buy myself in the Boxing Day sales :roll:

Pud :twisted:

[vrg]

A new house.

Here's the view from the top garden.

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And here's the view from the bottom garden with the orchard :))

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It beats getting socks and undies, which I had to buy myself in the Boxing Day sales :roll:

Pud :twisted:



Now that's what I call some Christmas gift! That's fabulous! Hope you had a great housewarming!

[RadioMaster]

A new house.
It beats getting socks and undies, which I had to buy myself in the Boxing Day sales :roll:

Pud :twisted:

no Meat? tut tut

[daveake]

I got a couple of days away in hospital, wrists that look like star constellations, and a course of Amoxicillin and Doxycycline capsules.

Buggars didn't wrap them nicely though.

Dave

[Monstro]

I got a couple of days away in hospital, wrists that look like star constellations, and a course of Amoxicillin and Doxycycline capsules.

Buggars didn't wrap them nicely though.

Dave

On the plus side you didn't have to cook!!!!

[daveake]

True, and the food was actually quite good. I think I eat better than Mrs Dave back home (she really really doesn't like to cook!).

Dave

[RadioMaster]

I got a couple of days away in hospital, wrists that look like star constellations, and a course of Amoxicillin and Doxycycline capsules.

Buggars didn't wrap them nicely though.

Dave

whats happened??

[daveake]

I have pneumonia. I can tell you that this one thing you really don't want to get.

[allrevvedup]

unfortunately it's one of those gifts that keeps on giving

[RadioMaster]

I have pneumonia. I can tell you that this one thing you really don't want to get.

told you not to go out without your scarf :yep: :p


get well soon mate!

[Hypnobabe]

I have pneumonia. I can tell you that this one thing you really don't want to get.

You have my deepest sympathies Dave, I was once misdiagnosed with a bit of a cough, nothing we can do, sorry, when in actuality I had double pneumonia....

Not much fun...

[daveake]

You have my deepest sympathies Dave, I was once misdiagnosed with a bit of a cough, nothing we can do, sorry, when in actuality I had double pneumonia....

Not much fun...

Nope. Actually it's the second time - I had double pneumonia 5 years ago. It was kinda double-double in that it was 2 separate types of pneumonia as well as both lungs. It made me so tired that even cleaning my teeth was something like:

Get out of bed
Sit on bed to rest for 5 minutes and persuade myself I'm not done yet
Walk to bathroom
Sit on bath for 10 minutes to recover
Pick up toothbrush
Persuade myself that I still need to do something with it
Clean teeth
Stagger back and collapse on bed

The feeling of complete lethargy was just incredible, and was by far the worst part of the experience.

This time (so far) that part isn't anywhere near so bad. The worst thing had been the lack of sleep. For some reason within minutes of falling asleep I wake up with a coughing fit, meaning that I've managed just a couple of hours in the last week, I'd guess. Didn't sleep at all in hospital.

Dave

[The Flying Mouse]

:twisted: Would a "get well soon" thread make you feel any better Dave? :bleh:


Hope you're fighting fit again soon though :up:

[daveake]

:twisted: Would a "get well soon" thread make you feel any better Dave? :bleh:

Well, it would make me feel better than getting a mod-slap for changing the thread subject ;-)

Dave

[Pudding]

Now that's what I call some Christmas gift! That's fabulous! Hope you had a great housewarming!

We only signed the contracts on 23rd Dec, so an house warming will be sometime early Feb, as most people are on their Summer holidays here till middle of Jan. It's a fantastic time to buy since the arse has fallen out of the housing market :D

no Meat? tut tut

I was tempted to treat myself to one of them Meaty calendars, but my tits and bums calendar came through and saved the day ;)

You have my deepest sympathies Dave, I was once misdiagnosed with a bit of a cough, nothing we can do, sorry, when in actuality I had double pneumonia....

A man went to see his doctor because he was suffering from a miserable cold. His doctor prescribed some pills, but they didn't help.
On his next visit the doctor gave him an injection, but that didn't do any good.
On his third visit the doctor told the man, "Go home and take a hot bath. As soon as you finish bathing, throw open all the windows and stand in the draft."
"But doc," protested the patient, "if I do that, I'll get pneumonia."
"I know," said the doctor, "I can cure pneumonia." :lmao:

Pud :twisted:

[RadioMaster]

I was tempted to treat myself to one of them Meaty calendars, but my tits and bums calendar came through and saved the day ;)

well, you could have photoshop'd youself a tits and bum calender of Meat, I'm suer you wouldnt be the only one ;)

[mszee]

Don't care if I take this off-topic...Dave, get well soon!!! And oh yeah...I've had misdiagnosed pneumonia too (spelled originally as pnemouninia - jetleg rules)...so yeah...medicine sucks equally everywhere...

Pud, post pics of the house and lots of happiness and health there!!!

I got the bestest gift of all for Christmas! To go to England to see most of my great friends!!! And some nifty gifts from those same friends!!! All of you guys are superstars!!!

[mszee]

well, you could have photoshop'd youself a tits and bum calender of Meat, I'm suer you wouldnt be the only one ;)

:barf:

You're one hell of a sick puppy...should have come to London - we would have set you straight!!!

[~Helen~]

I sort of missed the latter part of this thread somehow, so apologies for coming along belatedly...Dave I really hope you are better now? And Pud congratulations - the views are stunning!