buy really nice Christmas presents for my friends and family

I used Oxfam unwrapped who offer a ‘gift’ which goes to charity but you can also add a small gift for the recipient (Chocolates, calendar, etc). The site is: http://www.OxfamUnwrapped.com

Buy everything from ebay!! I got all my presents, bar a few, from ebay and they are lurvly.

presents for my brother, not-sister, not-aunt, step-father and cousin’s husband. And for a few friends.
I might also buy A Song of Ice and Fire for J., and send D. something nice.
Which means that I’m not going to give La Horde du Contrevent to anyone. Weird.

I tried to get really good gifts for my friends and family.

The gift I loved the most was good.

a Princess Ring for my sister, a beeeeep for Beeeeep, and the Secret House for my father. My sister agreed to find something for our mother and stepfather’s new country house. I have to buy the beeeeep I’m going to give L. I also need a present for my not-aunt, all the more so since she’s helping me prepare for my new job as a teacher. Oh, and I bought a very pretty purple leather pouch for my mother (just have to put latex gloves and mouth-to-mouth mask inside).

buy the (very expensive) Secret House for our father with me.

Still no idea for my mother. Since she just bought a beautiful house in the South of France, there must be something she’ll need / want / be pleased to receive for her new home.

I found today a very nice books for Eva. It’s about Santa being bored to always wear red… or ‘ouge, as Eva would say in her delicious style. So he tries others colours, and on each page, the new color stuff is made of (false) fur or another sweet material. And at the end, guess which color Santa finally decides to wear this year ? ‘ouge ! of course… :-)

I bought a painting for my SIL. We saw it, she loved it, I bought it ! (I saw another one I liked, too, but if I want to buy a new computer, I have to make choices…).

I also bought a few little things for some bookcrossing friends… but you won’t know about it. (mwa haha)

to the Secret House.
Happy me.

Also, I spotted a nice Kirikou for my mum. I’m afraid it’s plastic though.

was somehow deceiving… I would have liked to see more demonstration of new things… if it’s to find the same things than in the shop around the corner, I don’t see the point in paying a 5 € fee just to enter what was finally only a big shop !
Anyway I bought an embossing system for my sister, a little more expensive than what I first intended… but I think she’ll really be pleased with it. Didn’t find anything for my SIL. For myself I bought a kit to do a “guirlande lumineuse” and some stuff to make cards with tiny 2006 calendars and 3D flower fairies (not really goth-ish ;-) ...). I’ll offer them as extra presents to my mother, my sister, my SIL and her mother for our first all-together Xmas Eve. And tomorrow I’ll go and buy myself 2 ou 3 Rosina Wachtmeister items as my brother and his wife offered to share that buy with me as my birthday present.