We opened gifts here last night with Colette and afterward I started thinking about how gift ideas change as we age. When I was younger I only wanted personal gift items. Jewelry for the win — clothes, perfume, and even candles were great too. If I’d have gotten a vacuum sweeper, I’d have been incredibly disappointed.
Ole’ Dharma girl wanted a personal gift and was thrilled with her new monkey. 🐵
But I’m thinking about buying a skillet!
I did get a jewelry item but with my Amazon gift card I’m seriously looking at buying a skillet. 20 years ago I’d have gotten the cheapest one Walmart had for sale and bought something else with gift money. See what aging will do to ya??
I did have one gift that was sort of a fail. I bought Colette a Fahlo bracelet. I thought they were relatively new and pretty darned awesome. You pick an animal and can track it online while part of the proceeds from the sales support wildlife missions — the one I bought her was a shark. Come to find out, someone else got her one for Christmas and now she has 5. At least it’s the only shark one she has.
So I think I might just buy a skillet AND a Fhalo bracelet.
Our photos were again a fail.
I’ll still share a few anyway just so I can look back on them in a few years…
In the U.S., most people take down their Christmas tree between January 1 and January 6. According how I feel tomorrow, I may not be in the status quo.
When do you un-decorate after Christmas?
Now you know: Dr. Seuss’ widow had stringent terms when she sold the film rights to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They included $5m upfront, 4% of the box-office, 50% of merchandising & 70% of book tie-in profits. Also, only directors & writers who’d earned at least $1m on a previous project were eligible.