Aspies For Freedom

A good quality digital camera, and an 8th of skunk

A microwave oven
Four CDs: Ali Farka Touré, Savane; Gordon Beck Trio, Gyroscope; Anne Sofie von Otter et al, Theresienstadt Project; Sonic Youth, The Destroyed Room
Two books: Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks and Careers Un-ltd by Jonathan Robinson
A £20 Boots gift voucher

Here, in Western Canada, it is Christmas morning and no one is up yet to open presents. (Except for my cat and me) It's peaceful and quiet.

So I am just having coffee and reading posts for Christmas so far.
There are some books under that tree, though, for me

A bar of chocolate, a package of coffea, a mango soap, a binder made in Madagascar, a small pepper mill with spice & herbs from South Africa - these items came from "the house of fair trade". A Ruth Rendell detective story. A book of cartoon comics. Two pair of socks + two pair of shorts. A leash for the cat + a toy for her. Shower gel + Shampoo.

I gave away 13 books.

I also got a box of Green & Blacks (organic) mini chocolate bars, and two Flower Fairies miniature serving platters. The latter were a present to the whole family from the cleaning lady, but my parents couldn't find a use for them so I'll take them back home with me.

Parker Pen set, brushed stainless steel (seemingly)

Shirt, Dark blue with lighter blue pinstripe, Burtons Menswear ;p

Random chocolates

Freeview Digital Television set top box.

Soap and Brush set.

Dvd of "The Fifth Element"

Very flirty texts from my Girlfriend

I did get a nice pre-Christmas gift; a bauble to hang on the tree...with my name on it.

On Christmas day itself I got…

Two scary jumpers…too small.
Four pairs of underpants…too big.
This tie.

And this lovely rubber ducky.

Mmmm CHOOOCCOOLLATTTEE!!!!!!!

I don't like milk chocolate or white 'chocolate' much, but I love the high-coaco dark chocolate, very good for you  too, so long as one doesn't pig out, which usually ends up happening when I get my hands on any.

Or melted with cream and milk and sugar, and some instant hot chocolate mix, with finely powdered hashish cooked in, to make space-hot chocolate

Yum!

Are you not bothered by the pornographic connection?
It seems weird to me, to see Playboy branded stationery kits in WHSmith next to the all the other themes aimed at young girls (Bratz, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter etc). What next, are Readers' Wives, Big Ones Monthly, Asian Babes and Barely Legal going to launch their own ranges?

Trivial Pursuits game, flip ultra vidcam,  digital camera, 10 CD's, box set of complete series "Arrested Development", a book on gay artists, chocolates, an excellent book on world travel, and for the first time in years, no teddy bear!

... which I spent on an Avene facial spa kit, which happened to come in 30s-style vanity case, which will look good in my Art Deco flat.

Also received:
A cashmere sweater
Another book: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Badger sleep balm
Fig-scented body butter
Pepper salami and olive oil (both from Barcelona)

What could that be then?lol

A pair of silver figure-of-eight ear-rings.

Also brought back some leftover turkey and venison from our family's Christmas dinners. I used the turkey in a savoury rice dish and the venison in a salad with watercress, orange segments and toasted flaked almonds.

It looks as though, if I plug a flip ultra into my laptop, I can send everyone pictures of the ceiling or my nasal hair...

NO TEDDY BEAR?!!!!

I got a lovely unexpected late present in the post!

Got some other stuff aswell but the things on top of my head is a PDA palm and Final Fantasy X for PS2.