Title: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 09, 2012, 01:31:06 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 09, 2012, 01:31:06 AM
I am going to start this weekend for presents and new decorations.
My kids are giving this Santa subtle hints.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Pinay on November 09, 2012, 01:36:30 AM
Post by: Pinay on November 09, 2012, 01:36:30 AM
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Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 09, 2012, 06:22:01 AM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 09, 2012, 06:22:01 AM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 09, 2012, 07:13:44 AM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 09, 2012, 07:13:44 AM
Have a great day, everyone! I am off to work!
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:08:52 PM
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:08:52 PM
Still have to figure out what to get a few others, bot sure what.
I have a gift to get an older Japanese woman with diabetes, so no candy :?: :?: :?:
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:18:26 PM
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:18:26 PM
If we had a snow storm shopping online would be a perfect thing to keep from getting bored :)
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 02:18:40 PM
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 02:18:40 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:27:05 PM
Post by: Frost on November 09, 2012, 02:27:05 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 03:46:26 PM
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 03:46:26 PM
This year I'll be starting my shopping on Dec. 22nd. Last minute, baby! It's a Christmas tradition of mine.Quote from: "Romero"
OMIGOD?? I'd have heart failure if I did that. Do you decorate at home or do you go out for the holiday?
Christmas used to be a huge deal but it got to be too much. Nothing but shopping, decorating and running around all over the place. No decorating now and minimal presents. It's so much nicer to just relax and be with family.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 04:33:28 PM
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 04:33:28 PM
I work in the office of a logistics company downtown. I'm 45 and I was born in Vancouver. I have a sister who lives in New Zealand working in the tv/film industry.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 04:43:19 PM
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2012, 04:43:19 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Securious on November 10, 2012, 11:40:06 AM
Post by: Securious on November 10, 2012, 11:40:06 AM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 11, 2012, 04:29:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 11, 2012, 04:29:04 PM
Sorry, had to do some work!Quote from: "Romero"
I work in the office of a logistics company downtown. I'm 45 and I was born in Vancouver. I have a sister who lives in New Zealand working in the tv/film industry.
I am a provincial civil servant. I'm 35 and I was born in Calgary.
My parents emigrated from Taiwan a year before I was born.
I'm married and I have a 7 year old son and an 11 year old daughter.
I have one younger brother who is a policeman in Manitoba.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 03:59:20 AM
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 03:59:20 AM
when the kids were small xmas was a huge deal.....we always watched
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 04:03:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 04:03:39 AM
My/our kids are all grown up, scattered across western canada and Korea so it's just the dragon and me......we really don't do any decorating or much of anything on christmas these days...it's not a big deal in Korea so she never really got into it and i don't care anymore either...so to us it's just another dayQuote from: "Obvious Li"
when the kids were small xmas was a huge deal.....we always watchedA Christmas Story(the one with ralphie in it) on christmas eve...i still love that movie...... opened presents early christmas morning
I try to create that atmosphere for my children too..
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 04:45:39 AM
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 04:45:39 AM
i am semi retired now and work a seasonal job at a golf course. I spent the last 25 years in the financial industry. In 1984 i helped start a securities firm (one of the founding partners) in Alberta that became very successful and was bought out by TD Bank in 1991....i then started a tech company in Burnaby, developing remote credit/debit card reader and POS technology and sold it to a US firm in 1997...at the same time we were developing real estate projects across western canada and after i sold the tech company i went into real estate full time ....eventually i wound up living in asia (2000-2008) and developing projects there......i loved every minute of my career, but the most fulfilling thing in my life is the fact that all (6) of my kids are very successful and turned out as normal as can be....
Son...........Calgary...manages a home depot store
Daughter...Edmonton...doctor
Daughter...Vancouver....web designer
Son.....world traveller(Vegas).....Master Brewer, Professional Poker Player
Son(step)......Seoul.....Restaurant owner
Daughter(step)...Seoul....Dental Technician
worst night of my life......after one particularly bad market correction i had to stand up in front of 300 investors (some very close friends as well) and tell them they had lost all their money.......thankfully it was early in my career so it shaped my dealings with people for the duration.......just never ever wanted to have to do that again
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 09:19:48 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 09:19:48 AM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 12, 2012, 10:54:12 AM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 12, 2012, 10:54:12 AM
My/our kids are all grown up, scattered across western canada and Korea so it's just the dragon and me......we really don't do any decorating or much of anything on christmas these days...it's not a big deal in Korea so she never really got into it and i don't care anymore either...so to us it's just another dayQuote from: "Obvious Li"
when the kids were small xmas was a huge deal.....we always watchedA Christmas Story(the one with ralphie in it) on christmas eve...i still love that movie...... opened presents early christmas morning
Hi, buddy! We love this movie too. My husband has an older brother and they both swear the story is almost their youth. They grew up around that time as well.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 12:35:57 PM
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 12:35:57 PM
My/our kids are all grown up, scattered across western canada and Korea so it's just the dragon and me......we really don't do any decorating or much of anything on christmas these days...it's not a big deal in Korea so she never really got into it and i don't care anymore either...so to us it's just another dayQuote from: "Obvious Li"
when the kids were small xmas was a huge deal.....we always watchedA Christmas Story(the one with ralphie in it) on christmas eve...i still love that movie...... opened presents early christmas morning
Hi, buddy! We love this movie too. My husband has an older brother and they both swear the story is almost their youth. They grew up around that time as well.
Hi AA.....thats great......a real classic......my mom used to tell us all the time when we were kids not to shoot our BB guns at each other...."you'll shoot your eye out"....but we still did...hurt like hell on bare skin....lol
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 12:39:16 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2012, 12:39:16 PM
My/our kids are all grown up, scattered across western canada and Korea so it's just the dragon and me......we really don't do any decorating or much of anything on christmas these days...it's not a big deal in Korea so she never really got into it and i don't care anymore either...so to us it's just another dayQuote from: "Obvious Li"
when the kids were small xmas was a huge deal.....we always watchedA Christmas Story(the one with ralphie in it) on christmas eve...i still love that movie...... opened presents early christmas morning
Hi, buddy! We love this movie too. My husband has an older brother and they both swear the story is almost their youth. They grew up around that time as well.
Hi AA.....thats great......a real classic......my mom used to tell us all the time when we were kids not to shoot our BB guns at each other...."you'll shoot your eye out"....but we still did...hurt like hell on bare skin....lol
I have a feeling that you were a little hellraiser Obvious.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 04:40:18 PM
Post by: Obvious Li on November 12, 2012, 04:40:18 PM
Hi, buddy! We love this movie too. My husband has an older brother and they both swear the story is almost their youth. They grew up around that time as well.
Hi AA.....thats great......a real classic......my mom used to tell us all the time when we were kids not to shoot our BB guns at each other...."you'll shoot your eye out"....but we still did...hurt like hell on bare skin....lolI have a feeling that you were a little hellraiser Obvious.
LOL you don't know the half of it....hahaha.......was and still am...never seamed to mature past 18......must have been the music in 1968......the greatest year in the greatest decade in history.....my poor mother
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 15, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
Post by: Frost on November 15, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
Hope you all are not that stressed with Christmas .
Hey, anyone think Christmas should be every other year, or five to make it special again :)
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 15, 2012, 08:35:39 PM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 15, 2012, 08:35:39 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 15, 2012, 10:39:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 15, 2012, 10:39:32 PM
Ah, I think our world needs it each year, Bluey.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
I think so too Azhya.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 18, 2012, 04:30:57 AM
Post by: Frost on November 18, 2012, 04:30:57 AM
Ah, I think our world needs it each year, Bluey.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
I think Business does, they need your money.
Maybe I just haven't had a good one for many years, and it's just got old.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 18, 2012, 09:34:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 18, 2012, 09:34:08 PM
Ah, I think our world needs it each year, Bluey.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
I think Business does, they need your money.
I know it is Blue, but I still love the season
My Christmas baking, decorating our house, carols, wrapping and exchanging presents, I love it all.
My children were at my parents house this afternoon, so my husband and I went to Walmart and bought a new tree. I bought some stocking stuffers for my children too.
Here's the tree we wanted to buy, but it was too tall for our livingroom.
Here's the one we bought.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 18, 2012, 11:48:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 18, 2012, 11:48:15 PM
I saw a beautiful portait of Bobby Orr in a sporting goods shop in Calgary..
It was actually several pictures in one including his career statistics.
Has anyone ever seen something like that of Mario Lemieux?
My husband would love that under the tree.
It should look like something like this.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 12:06:03 AM
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 12:06:03 AM
I saw some bargains online, but I controlled myself.
Hope you got some deals if you went out in the crazy places.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on November 24, 2012, 12:33:11 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 24, 2012, 12:33:11 AM
Nope, I'm done already, and don't need to spend any more money .Quote from: "Blue"
I saw some bargains online, but I controlled myself.
Hope you got some deals if you went out in the crazy places.
We did our grocery shopping Wednesday, so I wasn't in any stores today.
I have no idea how busy the stores were.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 11:52:09 AM
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 11:52:09 AM
Maybe Monday when people is at work Ill get out, no way this weekend even if I miss a deal .
I have gotten my shopping for Christmas done anyhow, and did it all online .
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 06:48:20 PM
Post by: Frost on November 24, 2012, 06:48:20 PM
LOL yes, many people stink, and badly. Marry Christmas, you get soap
Really cant beat ordering from Amazon, so peaceful. :D
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 25, 2012, 12:09:25 AM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on November 25, 2012, 12:09:25 AM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Odinson on February 05, 2013, 04:46:53 PM
Post by: Odinson on February 05, 2013, 04:46:53 PM
Seriously though, I gave her coco-clock.
I´m the king of stupid shyt.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 08:30:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 08:30:14 PM
I have a few odds and ends to buy yet, but mostly it is done.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Romero on December 09, 2013, 10:09:51 PM
Post by: Romero on December 09, 2013, 10:09:51 PM
I only need to get a couple of things, so it's pretty easy for me!
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 11:13:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 11:13:51 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Annie on December 09, 2013, 11:43:15 PM
Post by: Annie on December 09, 2013, 11:43:15 PM
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 11:46:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2013, 11:46:02 PM
I've got most of it done with a few things left to still buy. I picked up a really cute onzie for hubby with the words Bam and Pow and the flap that opens at the backside. Teehee :-DQuote from: "Annie"
Couldn't imagine any man I know wearing that. :?
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2013, 02:19:14 AM
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2013, 02:19:14 AM
Just getting food, some clothing and baby stuff.
I don´t like going into the store.
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Annie on December 10, 2013, 04:28:39 AM
Post by: Annie on December 10, 2013, 04:28:39 AM
Haha, Odi, you and my hubby would get along great. He hates shopping too. One year, about 15 years ago, I hinted that I wanted a new watch. When it was Christmas morning I thought he actually remembered and bought me one. It was in the same shape of box. But when I opened it, it was a mouse holder :-(
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2013, 05:07:12 AM
Post by: Odinson on December 10, 2013, 05:07:12 AM
LoL Shen, my hubby is one of them who def will! He was bugging me for one a couple years ago but it has to be jus the right kind and something with either star wars or batman.Quote from: "Annie"
Haha, Odi, you and my hubby would get along great.He hates shopping too.One year, about 15 years ago, I hinted that I wanted a new watch. When it was Christmas morning I thought he actually remembered and bought me one. It was in the same shape of box. But when I opened it, it was a mouse holder :-(
Male business. You have to forgive him for that. :D We hate shops. We want to exit them as quickly as possible.
My sister advises me what to buy. It´s a secret.
It sounds that you have a nice life, Annie. :)
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on December 11, 2013, 02:40:13 PM
Post by: Frost on December 11, 2013, 02:40:13 PM
I will try to get my Christmas shopping done earlier this year.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
Hey :P
My shopping is over with except for my little guy, we will go out this weekend, and shop together for his stuff :) he loves shopping for overpriced toys
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on December 11, 2013, 03:27:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 11, 2013, 03:27:01 PM
I will try to get my Christmas shopping done earlier this year.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
Hey :P
My shopping is over with except for my little guy, we will go out this weekend, and shop together for his stuff :) he loves shopping for overpriced toys:lol: such a consumer.
Are there any other nieces and nephews or just him Frosty?
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Frost on December 11, 2013, 04:48:48 PM
Post by: Frost on December 11, 2013, 04:48:48 PM
Usually when I bring up my little guy he's a great nephew .
Title: Re: Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anonymous on December 11, 2013, 04:53:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 11, 2013, 04:53:03 PM
I have a niece, and another nephew, they are both around 30 years old now. I had another nephew, but he got killed a few years back.Quote from: "Blue"
Usually when I bring up my little guy he's a great nephew .
I thought the little guy mentioned was your own son. No kids or a wife Blue?