What have you bought yourself for Christmas so far.

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18 Dec 2019, 10:01 am

I've only been doing this for a few years but I find it helps and takes a some of the pressure off the pressies I get from other people.

I've been generous to myself this year, two are history books.

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A lipstick from The Body Shop (£8), and a book bag from Waterstones (bookshop)

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19 Dec 2019, 10:37 pm

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/xb ... 0/12607883

An XBox Wireless adapter for Windows 10 so I can play Steam games with a controller on my PC.



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19 Dec 2019, 10:55 pm

I was at a used bookstore earlier today to look for a present for my mom. I didn't find anything she would have liked, but I happened upon a copy of a book called Lincoln's Bodyguard which asks the question; the question being: What would post-Civil War America could have been like had Lincoln survived his assassination?

The book was only two dollars, so I bought it.


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20 Dec 2019, 1:15 pm

Nothing, but I brought my beloved old teddy bear a tiny Santa suit to keep him warm. :heart:


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20 Dec 2019, 1:57 pm

I’ve bought a copy of the John Waters film Polyester on blu-ray and two books: Death In Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff.



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21 Dec 2019, 12:33 am

Nothing, but there's this novel series of four books that I've really wanted for a while now. Mentioned it to my sister so she'll probably get it for me for Christmas.



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21 Dec 2019, 4:38 am

I bought myself an agreement with the family for two days alone before Christmas.


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22 Dec 2019, 3:44 am

A new power supply for my PC, as my old one died the other day.


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23 Dec 2019, 4:15 am

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A new power supply for my PC, as my old one died the other day.
That sux. Mine cr@pped out a couple years ago & I had to buy a new power supply. Thankfully it only cost me around $50 for a used one on eBay & my parents gave me a check for $50 cuz they felt sorry for me & I buy things for them online that they pay me for cuz they don't feel comfortable making online purchases themselves.
I need to buy a new phone this year. My phone fell the day before Thanxgiving & it doesn't work now. It was pretty old anyways thou. I was still using a Droid 4 cuz I liked having the physical keypad but lots of things didn't work well with it so I've really been needing to buy a new one anyways. I'll just have to bite the bullet so to speak & settle for not having a physical keypad. I'm not sure what phone to get thou. I definitely want another android phone but not sure after that.


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23 Dec 2019, 5:45 pm

I didn’t buy anything for myself but my mom let me unwrap my presents early.


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23 Dec 2019, 5:48 pm

No presents for me this year, but maybe I’ll buy some art supplies and books in a couple months.


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23 Dec 2019, 6:06 pm

aside from some music CDs [all used/discounted heavily], i splurged on 2[!] turkey and dressing/gravy tv dinners :mrgreen: :chef: so i will have some semi-proper xmas food to eat on the big day.



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27 Dec 2019, 2:38 pm

I haven't bought myself anything but I did win some things in contests that I consider to be my Christmas presents - books, computer games and the Mirror's Edge game collectible edition (this time without the very game):)



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27 Dec 2019, 2:55 pm

I was very nice to me this year:

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28 Dec 2019, 9:57 am

Halberd and gun-belt.


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28 Dec 2019, 6:44 pm

I bought a few work lights & cords etc at a Boxing Day sale at a tool store. Paid $100 or so for what would have been about $270 at regular prices.

That’s about it - the only other thing I could say I bought myself are the priceless reactions to the gifts I gave.. which were nothing short of awesome this year. Absolutely nailed it with so many gifts big & small, from the $ for a camera for my friend to my neighbour’s favourite bottle of rum. (coincidence, if I knew it I’d forgotten - I just picked out what I felt was right.)

Although, I do get to buy myself a new window and trim for my car since some crackhead woman smashed it and broke in very early Christmas Eve morning around 1am just before I got back to my car. Cops were called, they’ll check cameras and possibly charge her, but I highly doubt the insurance company will be able to recover my $300 deductible from her and chances are I’m just out that money.


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