Boxing Day
Santa was pretty good to the Smug Family this Christmas.
For instance, Santa was able to find a Nintendo Wii at the Anchorage midtown Wal-mart, with the assistance of power-shopping friend Brandy. This was a gift to all the guys in my family, and they are very, very pleased. Game recommendations are welcome – Bryan likes sports games, Ben likes RPGs and Zach is a first-person shooter fan. I want games that take advantage of the Wii’s unique controllers and social aspects – we don’t want to use this cool new system just like we’ve used all other game consoles.
The Smug Husband was also very, very good to me, getting me the perfect jewelry gift. As a jewelry maker and newbie metalsmith, I like interesting pieces and unusual finishes – and he scored. This one is sterling silver, 14K gold with a raw diamond centerpiece.
And speaking of husband, he got perhaps the coolest gift of all… but I’ll leave that story for him to tell. ☺
I hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas too!
December 27th, 2007
Jeri, that’s definately a cool piece of jewelry! Nice job, Santa!
December 27th, 2007
Very nice. I like it. It has a Diana/WonderWoman quality. I wonder if it deflects bullets. Diamonds, you know…
December 27th, 2007
gorgeous ring – and you scored a Wii!
I found out our local Target got 200 in the Sunday before we left – they had them all day and sold the last one just before closing – of course, I was in the next morning inquiring. Oh well, like the Smug Family, we wanted it to be a family purchase so no one person (ahemmm….like Holy Son) would claim complete possession of it.
He got a Nintendo DS instead – probably the only kid his age not to own one yet.
Sounds like your Xmas was nice though. We’ve had a busy Xmas season in Canada – three family birthdays all spread within three days pre and post of Xmas – makes for a busy time. Plus we’ve run around a fair bit so Boxing Day was pretty lazy.
Check out my gift from Holy Hub – http://www.1stincoffee.com/jura-capresso-j5.htm
Pretty sweet – next best thing to my own personal barista. So I say the next SSBM Seattle area coffee date better be at the Schmidt haus, jah, das ist true.
December 27th, 2007
Beautiful Ring!
I got Tiffany style mission lamps for our living room and Mitch got a Nikon D40x with all the bells and whistles!
I think that we all did pretty well this year.
December 27th, 2007
Janiece, isn’t it great when Santa knocks it out of the park?
BM, I could use the Wonder Woman bit with two teen boys in the house. Does it deflect arguments and excuses?
Holy, maybe you can find a Wii in Feb or Mar, and stockpile it. Great gift you found for Holy Hub – my sis has a similar one and they use it constantly.
Becca, a Nikon D40 is a GREAT toy – and I bet the Tiffany lamps are gorgeous too!
Merry Christmas, all!