Gifts

So the family gift-giving-extravaganza was New Years Eve day... from 10a-5p to be exact. If it can be such, it was a stressful but pleasant 7 hours.

For the first time, #s 1 & 2 bought gifts with their own money for each of their relatives. It was wonderful directing people's attention to them instead of thanking me. They gave me an awesome visor CD holder for my new car. Gave Him two adorable rubber duckies and a Family Guy DVD. Gave their dad a trash can for his car (HINT!) Both Aunts got cool gifts, and even Pops and Grandma did well with them! Ok, i'm a proud mom. :)

Oh - what did He give me that made me so delighted a few posts back? He gave me a white gold and diamond circle pendant on a white gold chain. Simple, elegant and gorgeous. A new collar. No, we're not fans of the "O" story. The circle (life, Earth, Universe, cycle, completeness...) holds great significance to us and therefore is a very appropriate symbol.

It surprised me how deeply connected i'd grown to the old one. Even Him taking it off me felt "wrong", or as though, for one irrational second, that i had done something to lose it. i was smiling ear to ear as He placed this new one on me. It's beautiful.

What else did i get? A black sweater, the body wash and hand soap i'd asked for, a AAA membership, a pretty shirt, note paper for my planner, an Andrea Boccelli CD and a few other odds and ends - all from my mom and sisters.

From T? Nothing. Such is life.