Very Merry, part one.

[japanesedream_72]

Hi. Back. Miss me?

Here's a run-down of my weekend...

Got off a tad early Thurs. night, so I spent a good deal of time getting things ready, & beginning a major project (thank you, insomnia) - rearranging my videotape collection. That's still a work in progress.

Left a little later on Friday (Xmas) morning, 'cuz it was s'posed to icy-rain early on, & I wasn't about to drive on slippery roads. Fortunately, the roads were clear, & traffic wasn't a problem. The one drawback was that there was still quite a bit of snow in the road, & my mom doesn't have a driveway, so there was no parking on her street. I had to park about a block & a half away.

We sat & chatted for a bit, then opened gifts. Here are some of the goodies I got!

A hippie-disco t-shirt!



I call this "Kanji Camo" 'cuz of the camouflage colouring & Chinese-style writing that's part of the design. It's a sort of light blazer-type garment. I wore it to work today, so I took this shot at home afterwards, in one of my many needs-to-be-cleaned mirrors.



Thanks to my grandmother, whose name was Betty, & who was quite a looker in her day, my mom & I have a thing for Betty Boop.



el_jefe59, I knew as soon as I saw this that you'd be envious! I joked with Johnathan that I'm wearing it to the next VAMPS concert.





Additional gifts included a pink Snuggie (I got one, my mom got one, Mattie's girlfriend, Bridget, got one, & Danielle got one - plus, the twins got zebra-striped ones...can you say 'slumber party'?), electric blanket, travel-size flat-iron, little light-up teddy bear with flowers that plays "Fur Elise", another shirt (http://pics.livejournal.com/japanesedream/pic/0002ad1g/), & a pair of black jeans. Whew! I think that's everything.

Had lots of yummy food for dinner/dessert & watched bucket-loads of movies & junk. I'd brought a few 'holiday horror' videos with me, so we gawked at "Don't Open 'Till Xmas" & "Silent Night, Bloody Night". Flitted around on tv for a bit, catching pieces of "A Christmas Story" (naturally), & some other stuff I can't remember right now.

There are a few more details from Friday that I must omit, because they're VERY adult. I'll do a separate, Friends-Only post for that. But it's quite humourous!

I think we clunked out pretty early Friday night; Saturday was a bit more memorable. Mark, Danielle, & Anthony were set to come that day, so we had Xmas again!


clockwise from left: Johnathan, Mark, Bridget & Mattie (looking possessed), Danielle, Anthony, & my mom

A set of Amy Brown faerie lights & a Mystical Creations faerie statue!


Oh yeah, & Bridget gave us all lottery tickets! My mom & Johnathan each won $2. ^_^


I'm kinda tired, as this has taken me AGES to put up 'cuz it's Mercury Retrograde & nothing will load the way it should (I thought embedding from the LJ scrapbook would be easier/faster than Photobucket, but I keep getting server errors). Stay tuned, I'll finish this soon!

Comments

[japanesedream.livejournal.com]

That's neat that they have one! I'm not sure I've even seen anything like that in any 'regular' stores, at least not around here. Pity it's kinda messed up, though. People need to take care of the good stuff! :P