Post Christmas wrap-up...er down...er...PRESENTS!

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Another whirlwind holiday, Christmas come and gone already. Wow. This month just flew by. Taking a road trip in the middle of December really hurries it along. Now I just wish I had taken leave for the least week too...I don't want to go to work tomorrow!!!

Anyway, got very spoiled this year, as usual:

andy_wolverton got me a copy of Habibi by Craig Thompson which you will hear so much more about when I do my "best reads in 2011" post this week. The short version - OMG THIS BOOK IS GORGEOUS AND THE STORY IS EPIC - JUST BEAUTIFUL!

maybedeadcat got me an AWESOME new Rock Band guitar, which I was desperately in need of. But not only is it a RB guitar, it's one of the Fender replica guitars so it looks like a real guitar, has some heft to it, and something tells me, can withstand the ROCK a bit more than those plastic ones that came with the game.

My brother got me a cute little clutch purse and BONUS he made me a mix CD!!! Can't wait to hear what bands he has put on there. Our tastes in music overlap in certain places and he already played me some songs last night that I was like "WHO IS THIS??!?!"

My parents really came through with things I had asked for and several surprises
- Star Wars Blu-Ray boxed set
- Muppets OPI nail polish collection
- Agloves (gloves that work on a iPhone screen so I don't have to expose my digits to the cold to text while I am out and about)
- Audio-Technica noise cancelling headphones (my mom let me try her's awhile ago, so comfy and they do cancel out excess noise)
- Soda Stream home soda maker (I can make my own fizzy water and so much more)
- Lightsaber chopsticks, yoda style
- Star Wars ice-trays (R2 and Han in Carbonite...testing them out now)
- Wind-up Dalek
- Sonic Screwdriver keychain/flashlight
- Gift cards to Dunkin Donuts, Chipotle and Panera Bread
- Kinect Sports 1 & 2 and Dance Central 2 (still in-transit, should have them this week!)

Yep, another awesome Christmas. Had a great time with my family yesterday, talked so much my throat was raw this morning LOL! Watched the new Doctor Who together and ate a lot of food. Seriously, from 12-9, all I did was eat. Entire thing of bean dip? Gone. Carrots? Heck yes. Olives? OF COURSE! And now I have left overs in the fridge which I'm seriously thinking of attacking soon. And when I say "soon" I mean right now!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!