Hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve! Will and I did what we usually do... nothing! Well, usually we're working til midnight so it's no surprise we do nothing. Will actually finished at 6:30pm last night but I was asleep by 10:30pm! That's what it's like with a baby I guess, I couldn't keep my eyes open {yawn!} Luckily we had already popped our bottle of Champagne at 7pm and had some with dinner cos we didn't make it til midnight.
Anywho... As is my little personal tradition (as a child we used to always lay out our presents on the bed and Dad would take a pic, I still do it!), here is a pic of what I got for Christmas..As you can see I got TOTALLY spoilt! My family LOVE giving and receiving presents, and we always get cool stuff (not just a gift card or voucher, though they are useful too). I was sooo stoked to get some vintage homewares off Willy and Yvette! Yep, Willy snuck off to the Op-Shops without me knowing and got me a set of Orange Kelco cups and saucers that we saw in there together, and he also got me a set of 3 Pyrex casserole dishes with daisy lids, which I saw in there and described to him. He told me he was going to the bank one morning which, at Christmas, he confessed was actually a cover for nipping off to the Salvos at Chester Hill to pick them up! He said 2 ladies were looking at them and commenting on them, and when they walked away Will grabbed them and when they saw him with them they lamented that they hadn't gotten them after all! Sorry ladies, you snooze you lose! He also visited the North Ryde Vinnies and picked up some Pyrex ramikins for me, which he chose all on his own. So sweet!
Yvette also got me some awesome Pyrex for Christmas- the 2 big white casserole dishes. One is matches the Friendship pattern bowls I already have and one is a totally new pattern for me, but matches in with my colour scheme. Awesome! The Op Shops actually did really well out of our whole family this Christmas, cos I bought Will paintings, Yvette Pyrex, a doily and vintage sheets and Mum a pavlova plate and small dish all from the Op Shops; Will bought me stuff and Yvette bought Will a painting and me some pyrex and made all of us a gorgeous necklace out of a Typewriter Key! and I think maybe she got Mum something from the Op Shops too? It was a Charity Christmas!
Other awesome gifts you might be able to pick out from the pic were: the big Canvas photo from Willy, a gorgeous blue striped summer dress from Mum and Dad, 2 pairs of gold sandals from Mum (one pair by default, cos they didn't fit Yvette, but I love them!), a beautiful Hot Air Balloon necklace from Fliss, a cool tie-dye effect top with cut out sleeves and an awesome collection of jewellry from Alicia, the new Diana Gabaldon book {cheering!}, heaps of owl stuff like a notepad, pencil case, journal, mirror, some scrapbooking supplies and vintage trims off Yvette etc etc... Wow! Too Spoilt!
And cos he shouldn't be left out... here's what Jaimeson got! I'm totally keeping this tradition for him too. I look back on my previous years and think- "Oh wow, I've had that for so long!" or, "I wonder what happened to that?" LOL!
Jai got spoilt too! Yvette cross stitched him a gorgeous Christmas Stocking, so much time and effort Yvette, THANK YOU {hugs!} He got lots of cool books to read, some ones with sounds off Granny and Papa, a gorgeous book about a Fox and a homeless dog off Aunty Fliss and some board books off Will & I, a Fisher Price walker off Will and I, sweet Skip Hop backpack and lunch bag off Aunty Alicia (which I have been admiring in David Jones, YAY!!), a ride-on bike off Aunty Lil, a giant Teddy Bear off Uncle Vincent (you know Asians LOVE the giant bears, have you ever been to a Morning Glory shop? Oh man, they love them big! And it took Jaimeson 7 months to get one. That's a record! I thought someone would have bought him one by now, LOL!) Some toys including a fleecy Farm off Aunty Fliss, complete with extra Little Lamb for Our Little Lam!, a musical hammer which he loves already and a Dorothy the Dinosaur hand puppet. Some clothes off Alicia, Felicity and Mum and a bouncy cow off Will and I, the same one that he bounced on at the Teddy Bear's Picnic. I loved them!
What a Christmas!! I'm looking forward to using all my presents now!! Thank you Family!! xoxoxo {smoochies and hugs!}
:) C
2 comments:
WOW! You did get spoiled!! I love the thought of a recycled Christmas - in my family we do a handmade Christmas!! Xavier got so many toys though that I think we could open a toy shop - not even over exaggerating.....half of the toys are going in the cupboard as he got so much stuff!!
Yes I did get mum something from the op shop. The Kenwood Chef bowl! I also gave her a book from the oppie cos I bought it for myself but later realised I already had it.
Oh - I see the O Come All Ye Faithful ornament from mum and remember mine didn't make it into my bags! I wonder if it went back on mum's tree cos we didn't find it around the house.
Hey - it looks like you've laid everything out on a ginormous school uniform! What is that?
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