Sooooo, what did you get?

[Chocolate Lover]

I got to move.  The kids got a few things and I got a candy bar and some small stuff the kids got me. Yes, I did tell DH not to buy me anything for Christmas that wasn't made of chocolate.

[giramomma]

I got a bunch of stuff for my stitching stash, a bottle of alcohol, money for clothes, and DH bought DS and I scout uniforms. The uniforms are my absolute favorite gift.

BTW, I never did find my DH's gift card. Oh well, it doesn't expire, so there's always next year. And I did get him a new card, just not as much.

[lexxy703]

I got 2 books & a gift card to Barnes & Noble.  I also got two Visa gift cards.

[Deleted]

$100 from MIL
Bottle of rum and some candy from my sister

DH refuses to leave the house unless I drive him and he also refuses to learn how to use a computer so I get nothing from him unless I go out and buy it. Not really something to get excited about when I have to pick it out and pay for it though. At least he got his frickin'"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" dvd. Geez.

[Wisconsin Beth]

One of my goddaughters got me a tea rex - it's a silicon tea infuser (tea ball) shaped like a green T Rex.  I adore it.  I don't think I'll use it for tea though - he won't stay nice and shiny very long if I do. 

[Deleted]

I was going to say I didn't get anything (my preference), but in retrospect I did.

DH and I went to the outlet mall in Myrtle Beach and I picked up a few tops for my new casual (retired) lifestyle. I checked my favorite pawn shop for charms from Europe for my charm bracelet but they didn't have any. (My bracelet is travel-themed and I've picked up some charms in our travels and a few on e-Bay.) Oh, well, not spending money is good, too.

My mother has been slowly parceling out things to my 4 siblings and me because they're in their 80s and she wants to make sure that items with sentimental value will go to people who will appreciate them.  A couple of years ago she gave me their Warther steak knives. They're made in Ohio at a place I once visited on a school field trip.  The family had given my Ex and me a set as a wedding present but he absconded with them when we divorced. This set belonged to my grandparents, making it that much more special.

This year I got a couple of my paternal grandmother's cookie cutters and an antique silver sugar spoon I'd bought at a shop in London for them in 1977. I remember choosing that one in particular because it was made in 1798- it was one of the oldest. My SIL will be getting the rest of Mom's sterling (the rest of us have our own or don't want a set) but she wanted me to have the spoon I'd given them. She'd even saved the box and the tag with the manufacturer details. I guess that's a re-gift!

ETA:  Just looked it up; the spoon's manufacturer, "E. Morley", is actually Elizabeth Morley.  Does my feminist heart good to have a piece by a female silversmith from that far back!  Like Hester Bateman, she took over after her husband died.  My guess is it's worth $2-$300, but that's one item I'm not selling on e-Bay.

[Ombud]

I scored!!

DIL & DS framed their pics (1 of DS & GS, 1 of their whole family at May wedding (DS, DIL, GS, GD2), 1 of DIL / DS / me from wedding)

DD - $50 GC to Macy's

GD1 - made me a rubber band bracelet

Starbucks from exchange

[t-dog]

I bought myself a new kindle which my dad then decided to pay for. I got a Macy's gift card from father in law (yes, still close to him even though DH died 5 years ago next week) and father in law paid for DS to give me a target gift card.

My DS scored and I claim the assist - my mom is friendly with a woman who is the grandma of a SF Giants player - she got her grandson to autograph a baseball, minor league card and photo for DS. He was over the moon.