The best gift I got this year was:

Me:

50 inch flat screen, plasma, HD TV......in love

You?

Juicy Couture 2008 Limited edition charm bracelet! I was so surprised cause I only talked about it once in front of my mom back in November O_O

A trip to Jamaica!!! :) I love my boyfriend!

a Kitchen Aid mixer..... YAY!!

ooooh babyd - that is a goooooood gift.  Your bf deserves an extra present tonight for that one.

Time with my family.

a book on fitness, or i should say another one lol... ^_^;;

Material things... my Rainbow flip flops!! But the best gift definitely has been spending quality time with my family, and being healthy and happy. Cheesy I know but after a death in my family in October, I find myself a lot more appreciative this holiday season.

A fancy Revlon eyelash curler to make my eyes look all bright-eyed and beautiful, just like my soul.  Or at least that's how Alex explained it.

I haven't gotten my other presents.  Alex's were lost in the mail and I'm waiting for re-shipment to arrive, and I don't get mine until his gets here.

A plane ticket to California!!!  :) I wanted sooo much to see my boyfriend in March, well...my room mate bought my  plane ticket! :) :) :) :)

 

The husband bought me a pink vacuum. I'm one of those freaks that loves practical gifts, especially when they're also CUTE.

i got the polar F11!! and i used it already! jeff also got me a pair of ski's. he was an instructor for many years and when we were up in the mts i had mentioned that i had never skied and had always wanted to. well, apparently i got my wish!! i also got some pretty smelling lotion and a nice warm fuzzy pink robe. i worked out after dinner, burned 300 calories of it, took a nice hot shower, put on the smelly stuff and i am wrapped in that fuzzy robe right now life is good!

I got new jeans....which in my case was the best gift. Thats only because in october, I was a 28" waist, and now, im a 24" waist. Go me!

From my parents, a new computer!

Intel core2 quad 2.4ghz, 2 500gb harddrives, nvidia geforce 8800 gtx, 4 gig ram, with 2 widescreen monitors. hehe im in nerd heaven :D Can even run crysis on full settings mu haa haa

a print of "beethoven pink book" by andy warhol, soon to be on my wall.

you can not run crysis with full settings on that...  that rig is decent not the best by  far and the BEST rigs are getting 32 fps on full settings...

I got to spend Christmas with my best friend's family. It was just like my family, but without the fighting!

Original Post by giggle_puppy:

you can not run crysis with full settings on that... that rig is decent not the best by far and the BEST rigs are getting 32 fps on full settings...

 Dude, the "best rigs" are not worth the price of admission. He got a very nice setup that exceeds the recommended system for Crysis (crysis? seriously?) and you got a fitness book. Cry in your cornflakes more.

I am very happy with  my microplane grater. It is nifty.

Hate to admit it, but I am jealous of Moody! >.< I don't need a K.A. mixer, but I want one.

you can not run crysis with full settings on that...  that rig is decent not the best by  far and the BEST rigs are getting 32 fps on full settings...

Its a big game... but no where near that bad.

The best gift I got was the gift I gave myself of not overeating at Christmas Dinner.  I haven't overeaten since I've joined CC.  I really did some smart things, one poster described this as "Non-conformist eating" - when you do what you need to do to eat what you need to eat in order to avoid unhealthy eating.  I brought a bag of lettuce and a pot of spinach with 1/4 cup of millet in order to supplement the food served.  My sister and brother in law were very uncomfortable with it, and people were staring at me when I ate.  I am so glad I didn't overeat.  I took around 5 ounces of turkey and supplemented it with the lettuce I brought.  They had a salad, but it was the size of one of my salads, to be shared with a whole table of people.  I brought enough lettuce to make myself 2 salads.  So, I ate my lettuce with the turkey, just a small amount of stuffing, just a small amount of candied yams, which were disgustingly oversugared, and a ton of my own lettuce.  I did a fabulous job.  I avoided dessert by drinking coffee, on top of which I put a little bit of whipped cream.

My wonderful DH bought me a set of three art posters ("The Art of the Dog") from the Carmel Art Festival ... and hung them for me in our family room!

MY NEW PRINTS!

=^..^= MOLLY