dragon hoard

From Mary, a knitted beanie that alex says suits me XD can stuff all my hair into it if i wanna, and its nice and warm :)
then she actually made me a dress O_o Its a bit small ( in terms of the crocheted part's length) i think, or its meant to be that way, i dont know. But in any case, i might add a belt to this dress next time XD pouffy sleeves! also got an inner slip to wear with this, as well as a giant heart necklace to match the dress.

she also knitted me a cardigan i really really liked XD she showed it to me last xmas, a version she had knitted for herself. She bought me the yarn for it this summer, but i never got round to making it. i tried, but my knitting gauge was WAAAYYY too big =p i'll load up a pic later!

she gave everyone her own grown and dried teas, i got camille, and alex got peppermint :) seems like there's a trend for giving out handmade gifts this xmas, i gave out alot of hand made stuff myself XD.

best yet, was a gift from 'snill svigerfar' (nice father-in-law)...
..
..
.
dark purple triumph bra and panty set.

XD it was hilarious to open it in front of everyone. Hilde got a set too (but she wasnt around to open hers in front of us, she and raymond came later).

anyway, mary was behind it, despite him having signed the card XD

From Beate, i got a cool cross pendant, a bunch of pocky (yumyum), a nail care set and a very pretty scarf which i like alot =)
the scarf is half cloth, half lace, so its really soft against the neck X)

from mary's mother, i got a set of candle holders, which i think looks really fancy =D i put it under the light to show off the autumn golden-brown colours of it ^^

this was the first gift of the xmas present opening session, which is mine! got it from Raymond, and i had to quickly shove it out of sight (thank goodness alex was talking to someone else at that moment, he usually gives attention to the people opening gifts XD) cuz alex didnt know he was gonna get a kinect!
and ta-daaaa! said kinect! cutely enough, alex had future plans to get this, and wanted to get me the game above XD

speaking of my babyboo, he bought me a prime nikon lens O_O. now when i opened this i felt sooo SO bad. why? cuz i bought him a mug that looks a hell lot like a real lens. and everyone was going "ohhhhh" at it until alex unscrewed the top to show its a mug XD.

that aside, this is a REALLY good quality lens, and it takes pretty sharp pictures! its meant for landscapes, so i suspect i'll use it more in summer? although tmr i plan to go out and take a walk while its bright, hopefully get a few nice winter mountain landscape and nice skies with my new lens! =) he also got me a UV filter for this lens, which is very useful since it'll let me take pics of nice bright skies and still be able to capture the clouds ^^
aaaaaand alex has to be fun, getting me my very own severus snape X) <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW12bQFOmjoBpPTUV2MLOb8WDMkXFgBzYmGiUq3ZdvVjOYdLfTU_n7_xp8ZfDsH9XPE5laW5hSZt9e2fTB3pQkXw1-2XP8G6CXTby5ZZV50TKFNPhO8jj4yPJ7yIF0OtfPhXRYla3LSNnf/s1600/xmas+043.JPG">thats the tree, before it got ravaged!

and thats the start of the unwrapping session, joined this time by Robert's sister, Mary-gunn. I should have taken a before and after comparison, because the floor was strewn with ribbons and wrappers and boxes after XD
random picture of the fire in the fireplace, thought it looked cool XD

this is a scarf i knitted for mary while in singapore, spreading the work out over the semester by watching big bang theory while knitting XD mary likes it alot. actually, it seems that people really liked the gifts from me this year X) makes me feel happy when people are happy hehe


last but not least, seasons greetings from the sofa-chopped-off-my-legs Lilo!! <3