Gimme!
Dec 26th 2007
Karen HawkinsMy Life As A Plebe
Sure, I love giving gifts. There’s nothing like seeing my kids’ happy faces when they see those cuddly little ipods under the tree.
But I like getting gifts, too. I like big gifts, small gifts, glittery gifts, wrapped gifts, surprise gifts, expensive gifts, hand-made gifts, and about any other gift you can imagine.
The only gift I’m not crazy about? Large, gilt-edged ceramic pigs. They’re nice, but . . . where would I put one?
Just for fun, I thought we could do a little Goddess Gift Quiz. Here goes!
A quiz for our goddesses:
1. Favorite gift you’ve given?
2. Favorite gift you’ve received?
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow?
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy?
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows?
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it?
That’s it! Com’n and answer the Goddess Gift Quiz!
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38 Responses to “Gimme!”
Tracy Kay on 27 Dec 2007 at 1:27 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? I got my mother a Nintendo DS and she loves it! It was great to see her so happy about it!
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? My new boots – it was love at first sight
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow?
Paper and bows be damned.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? Nopers
) I was good about that this year.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? Definitely paper wrapping and bows
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it? My 1400 dollar camera that I want SO badly.
pri.r. on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:10 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given?
hm..probably the painted teddy i gave to my dad right after his father passed away, it’s not really an occassion to give gifts, but in my 5yr old brain i just wanted to make him feel good like how that teddy made me feel good..:P
2. Favorite gift you’ve received?
ESPECIALLY to borders *drools*
definetly bookstore vouchers
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow?
i always thought i was the type of person to tear into my pressies..but recently my friend got frustrated at me for picking apart the packaging…go figure
cont…
pri.r. on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:15 am #
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy?
yesh, i bought 3 books from borders using a voucher i had got for my birthday, so i guess it was more a birthday present…i bought fellow goddess Julia London’s ‘Highlander in Love’ because that’s a book that i love to read over and over, thus a must have on my bookshelf. also got a book from Carly Phillips and Susan Elizabeth Phillips
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows?
hmm probably paper wrapping and bows, so i get to tear into them
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it
a biiiiggg voucher for Amazon.com… OR Border’s …*drools* i dunno.. i always think that i just want a book voucher coz i love to read, but maybe subconciously i want something else…
Kim on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:58 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given?
A quilt I made a friend. Each square was a copy of one of her book covers. I was so excited to give it to her that I made her call me and open it on the phone.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received?
This year: George Foreman rotiserrie.
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow?
I politely unwrap.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy?
Nope. Never ever buy myself a gift.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows?
paper and bows. I lurve to wrap gifts up all pretty. My step mom is the only one to appreciate it but I still do it.
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it?
Realistically; the industrial KitchenAid mixer with all attachments *drool*.
Kim on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:59 am #
6. continued.
Unrealistically; a house. Nothing fancy, just something solid and mine.
PJ on 27 Dec 2007 at 7:41 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? – A trip to Italy for my niece. It was her college graduation gift. I started saving for it when she was about eight.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? – A blog written about me by the same niece this November.
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? – I’m polite.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? – Well, of course! I’m not married and don’t have children so who else is going to buy those goodies I’ve had my eye on? LOL! Santa (with help from moi) brought me a Nintendo DS Lite and an MP3 player.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? – paper wrapping and bows.
PJ on 27 Dec 2007 at 7:41 am #
Continued…..
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it? – A person with cash in hand who wants to buy my house.
Cookiedough on 27 Dec 2007 at 7:55 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? This year, a home made dvd collection of my great nephew Hunter’s videos and pictures of his first two years. To his parents..also to his grandparents, and Auntie Amy.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Money to get my pc outfitted for dvd business
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? Rip rip rip!
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? An ice cream scoop for dropping cookiedough in equal amts. I’m easy to please
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? both are great..gimme the gift inside!lol
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it
A house, so I could bring in foster kids.
Cookiedough on 27 Dec 2007 at 7:57 am #
oh an unexpected gift came to my door last night… my next door neighbour left their kitty out and went home for the week. bad kitty parents!.So I have a guest purring at my feet.
ladydawgfan on 27 Dec 2007 at 8:30 am #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? I gave my mother a digital photo frame this year. She loved it!!
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? The down comforter that I got this year, and the crocheted shawl that my mother made for me last year. I’m toasty warm with both.
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? Let’m RIP!!!
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? Yuppers!! I got myself an MP3 player on Black Friday, since I knew that it wouldn’t happen otherwise.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? Paper and Bows.
6. What would be your fantasy gift? A new car that doesn’t break down every other day with some ultra expensive repair necessary to get it running again.
Karen Hawkins on 27 Dec 2007 at 8:51 am #
What terrific gifts you’ve given and received! I’m making a list of Great Ideas for next year and for birthdays.
Ok, let me answer now!
1) Fave gift I’ve given: Trip to Italy to my kids for Christmas. We went over Thanksgiving Break.
2) Fave gift I’ve received? Photo album from my daughter of said trip to Italy. Makes me tear up looking at my kids wandering by the Trevi Fountain.
3) Rip or carefully open: Rip, rip, RIP!
4) Did I buy myself a gift this year? YES! A t-shirt that says IN FAVRE WE TRUST! I even wrapped it up and pretended to be surprised when I opened it. GO PACKERS!
5) Paper or Bags? Either! Just put something cool in them!
6) Fantasy gift? I would love someone to plan a surprise trip for me. Just tell me to pack and have everything all worked out. That would be so romantic!
Ok, who is next????
doglady on 27 Dec 2007 at 9:28 am #
1) Favorite gift I’ve given – Beautifully framed enlarged photo of the small snapshot that serves as my parents’ wedding photo. I gave it to my Mom last year. They did not have a big wedding or photos taken. So I found a photo of them on their honeymoon trip to New Jersey to meet his parents. Him in his uniform, her in her pretty 1950s silk dress on the roof of his parents’ apartment building in each others’ arms looking SO YOUNG. Dad died 10 years ago so it meant a lot to her. It is hanging in the dining room.
2) Favorite gift I’ve received – Tough one. The doberman/shepherd mix puppy my husband gave me the year before we married. I had Sasha for 17 years which was 3 more years than I had my darling DH. Also the autographed copy of Cerulean Sins by Laurell K Hamilton from my BFF
3) Carefully open. Makes my family and friends nuts!
4) Did I buy myself a gift? Yes, BOOKS!!! Romance novels, of course!
5) Paper and ribbon. More suspense.
6) Fantasy gift? 3 month trip to England
Buffie on 27 Dec 2007 at 10:11 am #
1) a scrapbook I made for my mother with pictures from all stages of her life.
2) my not-real-diamond diamond earrings from my 9 year old son because he wanted his mom to have diamond earrings.
3) I like to rip open the paper.
4) Nope, don’t buy myself gifts.
5) I love the paper and ribbons.
6) A trip to Europe and REAL diamond earrings!
Lisa H on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:04 am #
1. Favorite gift given – a four wheeler for my son when he was eight. He just about fainted.
2. Best gift received – I found out I was pregnant twice, before Christmas!
Also, a white leather jacket from my husband a couple of years ago!
3. I carefully unwrap and immediately put the paper in the garbage bag.
4. I always buy myself gifts, books and clothes mainly.
5. I love the pretty gift bags, because then I have them for next year! I also like getting gifts in baskets!
6. I would love any or all—a. A trip to Europe where I would visit museums, shop, be pampered in spas and stay in a castle. b. An addition on my house, giving us another bathroom and family room. c. A full body makeover complete with lipo, boob lifts and tummy tuck. d. A publishing contract with Avon books where they would promptly proclaim me the next Kathleen E. Woodiwiss!
(Do I dream big or what?!)
Lisa H on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:09 am #
Doglady, I wish I could give you the gift that keeps on giving…a certain FRO’s model! (I’d probably regift him, as I’m sure I’d use him first!)
Mia Rose on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:16 am #
Aww, cute questionare Karen. I Hope everyone had a safe & happy holiday!
1. Tickets for my now husband & I to a Sac Kings game sitting 3 rows from the court. Good Times.
2. We bought our first house a couple months ago and deemed that our present to ourselves this year. By far the best gift ever. Although last year, I did get taken to see Brett Favre play in San Francisco with pretty close seats… which means I got lots of great bending over pics I can drool over.
3. I’m somewhere in the middle… I don’t go at the paper like I’m the tasmanian devil but I also can’t help at ripping the paper and doing some bow mashing either.
4. I bought myself Jude Deveraux’s new book, and the new Pirates DVD set.
5. Gift Bags w/ Curly Bows are most definitely my favorite. Paper is such a hassle…it may look prettier, but it’s a bigger pain.
6. My biggest fantasy gift? A Long (no weekend trip for me) Surprise trip to all the places in the world I want to see most. A truly grand adventure.
zambonigirl on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:35 am #
1. gnome pajamas for my bff. long backstory, won’t bore you with it.
2. a digital camera that can go up to 33 feet under water.
3. normally i’m very careful. i often re-use bows and ribbons, particularly if they’re of fine quality.
4. yes! i went to kauai!
5. i like them both.
6. a house with a backyard so i can have dogs and turtles. i might have to buy that one for myself…
Ellen on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:37 am #
The best gift I ever gave was Phil, our dog. My Mom had just passed away and nobody was really in the mood to celebrate. I had a huge wrapped crate with a false bottom in the middle of my living room for a week. My son kept guessing what could possibly be in that big box. Two minutes before my entire family showed up, I transferred the puppy into the box.
I cannot tell you the joy he brought to everyone that night, and every day since.
Sabrina Jeffries on 27 Dec 2007 at 12:16 pm #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given?
This year? A smart clock to my dh, who is always complaining about having to set clocks. It sets itself when you plug it in. Isn’t that cool?
2. Favorite gift you’ve received?
My electric throw. I get cold!
3. Do you rip open the packages…
I rip packages because I don’t care about the paper, but I do it AFTER I carefully remove the bow. Yes, I re-use bows and gift bags. It’s environmentally sound. It has nothing to do with being frugal. Nothing, I tell you.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy?
Why would I buy myself a gift?
I do order things, but I don’t consider them “gifts.”
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows?
Don’t care. Whatever’s prettiest. A nice gift bag ensemble is better than ugly wrapping paper any day. I just like pretty (and shiny).
6. What would be your fantasy gift?
I’m with doglady–a three month visit to England, altho I’ll expand it to include the entire UK.
darkshire007 on 27 Dec 2007 at 12:41 pm #
1. Favorite gift given: air hockey table for my husband
2. Favorite gift received: Barnes and Noble gift card
3. Opening technique: rip, tear and otherwise destroy
4. Gift for myself: Tully’s coffee
5. Wrap style: I like paper without bows
6. Fantasy gift: kitchen overhaul
Meg on 27 Dec 2007 at 12:53 pm #
1-Gift Given: I am not sure if I have one, but I love giving gifts to my mon and sisters.
2-Gift Received: My dog Monty. He was my Christmas present from my husband for our first married Christmas.
3-To rip or not to rip: I like to rip.
4-Buy myself a gift: Yes. This year I got myself a 46 inch LCD flat panel TV. >:-) Hey, who else was going to get it for me?
5-Wrapping or bags: I like the paper wrappiong and bows.
6-Fantasy Gift: I would say an all expences paid vacation to the destination of my choice and the money to pay the bills for how ever long I was gone.
Karen Hawkins on 27 Dec 2007 at 1:11 pm #
I’m with you guys — puppies and gift cards are in the Top Ten Gifts I Love to Give and Get. Both of them keep giving long after the holidays are over.
And boy, am I getting some new ideas for a fantasy gift — kitchen overhaul? YESSSS! All expenses paid vacation? YESSSSS! Becoming the next Kathleen Woodiwiss? WOOHOOO!
Karen Rose on 27 Dec 2007 at 1:36 pm #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? Christmas Eve, 1993 – the news that DH and I were going to have a second child – it had been a very hard year for the family and this news made everyone smile.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Christmas, 1999 – DH gave me a new diamond engagement ring set – he’d sold his Wayne Gretzky rookie card to afford it. Aww
3. RIP! What bow? We don’t do bows in our household.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? A puppy! For me, all for me. Okay, I’ll share with the family.
5. Paper wrapping – more fun to rip.
6. Fantasy gift – ooh. Hard one. I think I have to go with travel for the family, maybe to Italy for Pompei or to Greece for the ruins. Or Australia. Or Japan. Or Norway. So many countries, so little fantasy gift time.
Marie Conley on 27 Dec 2007 at 3:23 pm #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? A pair of baby boots to my cousin’s new baby
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Money I’m not big on gifts, but money is always good
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? RIP!
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? Nope
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? gift bags leave off the bows
What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it? A all paid trip to California where my honey is
KariE on 27 Dec 2007 at 4:30 pm #
I am going with this year for all my answers. I have slept since last Christmas
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? I took my best friend to see Jim Brickman as a surprise. She didn’t know who/what we were seeing untill we were in the elevator on the way to the mezanine. T’was awesome.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Stationary Bike
3. Do you rip open the packages, ……..? All of the above, depending on who it is from.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? Oh yeah!! A new Nikon to replace the one that died shortly before Thanksgiving. And I HAD to get the photo printer with the $50 MIR. Was foolish not to.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? Paper wrapping.
6. What would be your fantasy gift? A trip to Ireland or England. I want to see the places I read about. I want to drink in an Irish pub. I want to explore and Irish cave. I want to walk in Hyde Park or even race a horse through it.
Suzanne Enoch on 27 Dec 2007 at 4:38 pm #
Can I say I’d just like to return the cold that some secret Santa gave me? I know it’s the thought that counts, but sheesh. *g*
Georgie Lee on 27 Dec 2007 at 4:44 pm #
1) There have been too many I’ve enjoyed giving to pick a favorite.
3) I tear the wrapping paper off.
4) I bought myself jewelry.
5) I like wrapping paper for Christmas. The rest of they ear I use gift bags.
6) My fantasy gift would be a vacation to England or any destination in Europe.
Karen Hawkins on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:03 pm #
Oh uh, Suzanne, that would be me. I brought it from me from Italy and well, you SAID to bring you ’something’ from Italy, so . . . !!!
darla on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:07 pm #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? Sock…yes socks. I didn’t know it at the time! My granddaughter (2 at the time) got so very excited about the socks and it just bowled me over how excited she was. Even six months later she still shook with excitement when every anyone said…”Savannah? SOCKS”! and She’d say SOCKS!
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Was when my husband survived both a heart attack and cardiac arrest 4 months apart in the same year.
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? RIP, but not so frantically as most children do.
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? YES! What did you buy? Kitchen Aid stand mixer…it will be her in a few days! Can’t wait!
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? I use both all the time.
darla on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:07 pm #
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it? An Alaskan Cruise with my family
Karen Rose on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:17 pm #
Darla – cute about your granddaugher and the socks. I remember when oldest was two or three she loved SPAM and a can cream of broccholi soup. Not sure where she got those likes – not from me, for sure. Anyway, she insisted we leave SPAM and C of Broc soup for Santa. We wrapped up a few cans and put them under the tree – she was so thrilled.
And we so stupidly bought her all those “real” presents. Who knew?
Judy F on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:18 pm #
1. Favorite gift you’ve given? Barking little dog to my great niece. She loved it.
2. Favorite gift you’ve received? Gift card to a used bookstore. Found books I had been looking for for ages.
3. Do you rip open the packages, paper and bows be damned, or do you carefully pick them apart, careful not to tear the paper or mash the bow? RIP
4. Did you buy yourself a gift this year? What did you buy? Bought some sparkly christmas jewelry. Always buy some new Christmas cds.
5. Do you like paper wrapping and bows or gift bags and bows? wrapping and bows
6. What would be your fantasy gift — the one gift you’d love someone to give you, providing you don’t have to pay for it or live with someone who might be grumpy because they have to pay for it?
Someone to come clean my apartment.
Kim on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:25 pm #
Do you guys really like gift cards? While I love the thought of a gift card when I get one I end up feeling guilty and spending it on my husband or son.
Darla–I’m positively green with envy! You were very very good to yourself this year
Ann in IL on 27 Dec 2007 at 6:39 pm #
1. Fave gift given – Button wreaths. My Mother and Grandmother were seamstresses and saved buttons from garments over the years. I glued them to grapevine wreaths and wrote a poem about all the significant garments they adorned. I made a large one for my sister and small ones for all my Mom’s grandkids.
2. Fave gift received – a first grade rendition of Baby Jesus from my little niece (now 16). I never take it down.
4. Yup. Bought myself a Wedge light for reading at night. It’s recommended for reading at night when you can’t sleep. Turning on lights wakes you more, and this allows you to read til sleepy. Love it.
5. Paper/paper and bows. Doesn’t matter
Fantasy gift – A first class ticket to Scotland with a native tour guide for a month.
SuzyQ on 27 Dec 2007 at 8:41 pm #
1. A photo book for my dad I created for him with pictures of me and my sister growing up.
2. A Christmas ornament my DH made me after we were married.
3. Rip them open!!!
4. I buy myself something every year. I just can’t help myself while shopping for others. This year it was a set of Lancome juicy lip glosses.
5. paper or gift bags? I doesn’t really matter to me, I’d take either one.
6. An emerald and diamond necklace with matching earrings.
doglady on 27 Dec 2007 at 9:17 pm #
Lisa H – REGIFT ME!!! REGIFT ME!!! That certain FROS model would be the perfect Christmas gift for years to come!
evlqn on 28 Dec 2007 at 2:25 am #
1: White ceramic statue of Quan Yin for my sister this year.
2:Display case for my dragons from my sons 25 years ago. And a handcarved ivory dragon to go in it, also from my sons.
3: Carefully unwrap.
4:Don’t buy for myself, there is just so much I want to get for others first. Besides after January everyone is on thier own!
5: As long as it’s wrapped, especially by a child, I’m good.
6: A month in Scotland and Ireland with my sister, she’s my best friend. I love spending time with her.
MarthaH on 28 Dec 2007 at 2:02 pm #
Great blog topic! Oohhh it made it difficult for me to chose my favorites.
Fav gift given? I had a star named after a friend who recently passed away for her family.
Fav gift received? An eternity ring from my DH
Gift opening? Rip, Rip & rip some more
Buy my own gift? Absolutely – one year it was a string of pearls. This year is was a large flat screen TV for the bedroom.
I love to wrap gifts using ribbon and bows.
My fantasy gift would be a one month trip to either Scotland or Ireland and staying in a castle and having a local as a tour guide.