Well my Christmas is officially over… what did I get over all? And their grades!
My brother thus far has only given me snacks for Christmas, though I do not think that is all he intends to give. He called on X-mas day and told me he had more coming so I await the final grade on him…. Incomplete.
My sister gave me some weird flag thingy for tables or something and a DVD to manage photos from my camera plus 20 free pictures from Creative Memories (She is a consultant). My friend looked online and saw that the DVD is worth $40 which is way too much for it, though I doubt she paid for it. I wonder if she makes money if I get photos printed off past the 20 free ones since she is a consultant. I am dubious of the idea. If I need photos printed I can go to Target and I already have a bunch of software for photo management and don’t feel I need any of it. Grade: D, bumpin up from F on the free photos which I may use and the apparant cost of the DVD.
My mom gave me a 5-piece suitcase set which is what I asked for (well a suitcase is what I asked for, didn’t specify number). The baggage is really nice, they have a ton of compartments and a zipper that allows the main compartment to expand if you have a lot in it. Just excellent suit casses. I also got a new pair of winter gloves, which I really needed and think are good. She also gave me a badger sweatshirt which I will never wear because I don’t like sweatshirts or badgers, and a ton of smaller stuff. Grade A-, bump down for the sweatshirt.
My best friend gave me a Star Wars Transformer which I’ve been eyeing for quite some time, not major but it was fun. She also gave me a backpack with a water bladder for geocaching which I love and was very surprised to get! Grade: A
My Aunt & Uncle gave me a $50 gift card to best buy with a pack of candy. I am a big fan of gift cards, especially if you don’t know the person well which they don’t, so I think this was nice. $50 is a lot i think too. So I will give this gift a grade of B+.
My Best Friend’s family gave me a gift card for $30 at Best Buy as well as a Stardragons book. The book doesn’t look great and I probably won’t read it for quite some time but I give them credit for trying. Even though the gift card was much less I will match my Aunt’s grade of B+ for the added effort.
I think that was it. Overall not a great christmas, but not horrible. I was more than a little disappointed by my sister. In fact, I felt ripped off because I bought her husband a $100 GPS for his x-mas/birthday present and that alone cost more than what they as a unit got for me and that doesn’t even include the presents I got for her or her two kids. Next year I’m definitely going to get a family present cause I’m more than a little irked.