I finished my Mums stocking today

[GirlinContempt]

whew

What'd you accomplish?

[GirlinContempt]

1. Really? Nothing?

Wow.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I baked three batches of cookies.

[GirlinContempt]

3. What kind?

[KitchenWitch]

4. One batch of M&M

One batch of pecan/cherry sandies

One batch of Mexican Wedding Cakes.

[GirlinContempt]

5. Sounds delish

[crim son]

6. What do you mean, your Mum's stocking?

First, are you Canadian or something? What's this "Mum" stuff? :7

Seriously, are you doing her darning or it it something else? Either way, you've accomplished more than I have, although I did resolve a huge disagreement with my significant other and am in a disgustingly chipper mood.

[GirlinContempt]

10. You know, a Christmas stocking

that you put little gifts in.

For example, I got her:
A murano glass magnifying glass
A hand painted ceramic Art Nouveau nightlight
A leather bound notebook embossed with a replica of a 17th century silk pattern
Thrills chewing gum, the gum that tastes like soap!
A leopard print eyeglass cleaning cloth
Blown glass shoe and purse shaped ornaments
A mini cribbage board, foldable for easy transportation
Some funky cocktail napkins
A cute silver and enamel necklace in the shape of an eye mask
a purse hook ( http://www.cwdesignllc.com/servlet/StoreFront?gclid=CJ6EjsOuwJACFQ2nGgodTCH8Wg )
Some cranberry tea
A carved pen with a pirate on it
A really cute magnetic notepad for lists
Bejeweled pens from the Bombay company
A set of funky bookmarks and reusable stickers for marking pages
Some fun printed purse tissues
A teal purse mirror with a glass mosaic pattern on the back
A little slim flashlight printed with a 1920s woman

...I could go on, but you get the idea? And you stuff it in a 'stocking'.. :P

Technically it's my Dads job to do her stocking, so ever since I was old enough to shop on my own I've done it :P I did pretty damn good for only going out shopping 3 times, and once was at the hospital.

[crim son]

22. Oh my dear, you put me to shame.

Also, you make me wish you were my daughter. :P

I have to fill three kids' stockings and I am utterly numb when it comes to thinking of what works. You are gifted and dammit, I may steal a couple of your idea. That is, if I can find a mini cribbage board tomorrow between the hours of 11:00 and 1:00.

Wishing you and your family the very best of Christmases, GirlinContempt. :hug:

[GirlinContempt]

30. haha well my Dad still foots the bill

:P At least mostly. My Mum does everyone elses, and she works really hard on them. Our stockings are pretty great, so I always try to do something really fab and a little over the top for her, because she works so hard on everyones. Thanks for the compliments, I will conceitedly admit that I am pretty good at finding gifts for people. It's a 'gift' :P

For her actual present, she's just getting an electronic sudoku game and a voucher for us to go get manicures and pedicures together from me.

Well, and I found these really adorable coffee mugs with fishes on them that I'm going to wrap up, but they're from the cats ;)


Apparently today everything is 'fun' or 'cute' or 'adorable'...

[Solon]

7. Ah shit, I forgot to clean the Kitchen, guess I'll do it now...

dishes and scrubbing, real fun stuff. :eyes:

[GirlinContempt]

11. Ick

Sorry :(

[Solon]

19. Not that bad, I finished...

Just unload and reload the dishwasher, and then scrub the counter and glasstop stove, which aren't nearly as dirty as I was afraid they were.

[GirlinContempt]

20. Sounds pretty easy

You tricked me, here I was feeling bad for you :P ;)

[Solon]

21. Aww, don't worry, I don't feel sorry about it.

:D

[GirlinContempt]

24. Pshaw!

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. I cleaned up the wiring in my RV (it should be safe now)

Put up some trim in the same RV and started taping it up for painting.

And right now I am putting a new hard drive in my sisters computer and installing Windows 2000 Pro. And getting drunk.

edit :: grammar

[GirlinContempt]

Awesome

[bridgit]

9. "today"?

Just back in from a trip. Into town early, coffee with friends, messing around. And then exchanging gifts this evening with the coffee friends, and other friends :)

[GirlinContempt]

13. Neato

How've you been? I miss ya girlie

[bridgit]

15. miss you too, been just crazy busy...

seen your wardrobe thread...i like it!! :bounce:

[GirlinContempt]

17. Huhwha?

[bridgit]

32. Then good-morning it is?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7253375 :donut:

[GirlinContempt]

33. Ahhhh

heh I'm dumb :\

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear GirlinContempt...

Well....

I'm still decorating my tree...

I've wrapped a bunch of gifts...

Made various meals...

Done some laundry...

Made my husband happy...

Posted a bunch...

And I'm not done yet!


I'll bet your Mum will be thrilled at your beautiful gift...

Merry Christmas, sweetie...:hug:

[GirlinContempt]

14. Wow, you're very productive

:D She better like the gifts! grrr ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Well, if I were your Mum...

I'd be thrilled at all those gifts!

I'm not all that productive...

This is all day, after all...

But, thanks...:hug:

[GirlinContempt]

18. Hey, I just did a little stocking shopping

and some grocery shopping. That's it. After all that shopping I could barely walk, so I just sat around for the rest of the day. Trust me, you were productive :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. Couple of things.

Finished Fight Club (the novel), created a soundtrack for my novel and watched a movie.

[GirlinContempt]

25. What movie?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

26. The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

I saw Knocked Up yesterday, so I was kind of doing a Judd Apatow mini-marathon.

[GirlinContempt]

27. I really like Seth Rogen

Every time I see him in something, I feel like I know him. It's like he reminds me of someone very strongly, but I don't actually know anyone he could remind me of. Weird.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. Dupe, delete.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Yep, he's great.

I don't think I ever stopped laughing during Knocked Up.

[Godhumor]

31. I watched 8 hours of football

I would have watched 8 and a half hours of footbal but I had to turn off the TV during buffalo's epic collapse against the Giants. Just too painful.

[GirlinContempt]

34. You must really like football.