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12-25-2012 at 5:56 PM
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Best/worst gift?

Go! Bored at inlaws'/1st world problems thread...

Me: best, new boots! Which I got last week. Still winning.

Worst: Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds gift set. So not me. Never have worn or expressed interest in. WTH...?

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12-25-2012 at 6:00 PM
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Amending my "best" answer, because I picked out the boots myself. Not sure that's fair. New best: elephant bookends I admired in an antique store. My dad remembered and bought them, which was sweet. And you know I love bookshelves.

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12-25-2012 at 6:07 PM
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I've been at work for 7.5 hours and still have 4.5 to go. SO bored!

Best Gift: Nook e-reader from DH

Worst: weird pair of earrings from my mom...definitely taking those back.


TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 - March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 - October 2011, m/c November 2011
BFP #3 - December 2011, diganosed as cornual, terminated Jan 2012
BFP #4 - June 2012. m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with a bicorunate ute and MTHFR mutation.
BFP #5 - October 2012 - missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 - January 2013. miscarriage March 2013.
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12-25-2012 at 6:12 PM
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Best: 60 minute massage gift certificate from my sister! and/or my art supplies

Worst: The Vera Bradley wrist-let my mom got me.  I'm just not a Vera girl.. I'm hoping I can exchange it for a different print or something. It looks very old ladyish.   


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BFP 10/4/2012. Due 6/11/12. M/C 11/3/12
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12-25-2012 at 6:26 PM
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Best: Samsung Galaxy nexus phone from DH.

Worst: A cape style coat my mom gave me for a future maternity. It's beautiful and I love the sentiment but it made me ugly cry for half an hour.

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BFP #3 - 02/07/13, EDD 10/06/13
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12-25-2012 at 6:37 PM
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Best: its a toss up. FIL got me a beautiful antique camera for my collection! DH got me a shampoo/cut/style, spa manicure, and spa pedicure.

Worst: ummm....my grandma sent me a gift card to McDonalds. Uhhh...not even walmart?! At least she sent something (unlike the rest of my family, except the christmas cards from a few)



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BFP #1 12/1/02 DD born 7/25/03
BFP #2 7/23/10 EDD 3/30/11 m/c 8/17/10 We will always miss you Angelique Marie!
BFP #3 4.13.11 EDD 12.18.11 m/c 5/13/11 d&c 5/18/11 We will always miss you Sprout Ryker!
Lucky Lee (furbaby) born 1.29.12
Midnight Marie (furbaby) born 7.4.12 passed for unknown reasons 9.19.12 Missing my jumping bean.
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12-25-2012 at 6:54 PM
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Best: $100 Visa gift card from my mom

Worst: I'll let you know after we see MIL this weekend.


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12-25-2012 at 7:23 PM
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Best gift: a Coach watch and my grandpa's bible (he passed away when I was in high school). 

Lame gift: a ugly tree ornament.  


 
12-25-2012 at 7:42 PM
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Today has been the longest day EVER.

Best: fingernail polish shelf my dad built, money, or scrapbooking supplies

Worst: I hate to say it, but the alarm clock DH got me. He's into practical things instead of fun things. So oh well.

My Ovulation Chart BFP #1 8/25/12 EDD 4/28/13 Blighted Ovum, D&C 9/20/12 at 8w6d. I'll always remember the first one. My baby Grace. BFP #2 12/26/12 EDD 9/4/13 Come on, rainbow baby!  
12-25-2012 at 7:45 PM
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best: a new upright deep freeze from my parents (got this Friday)

 worst: humming bird feeder (already have 2) or a plush blanket, the blanket isn't bad just the color.  I appreciate them both and I will use them.

 

ours was lacking creativity this year, mostly gift cards and cash, which are fine too but sometimes I like a little surprise of what the fam comes up with, ya know?


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12-25-2012 at 7:51 PM
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My worst gift was a vacuum and oven mitts  (yes, that is actually what DH gave me for Christmas... not his best idea)

My best gift was from a secret santa on the Nest: Home Goods gift card


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12-25-2012 at 8:04 PM
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Best: DH got me (well, us) a new point & shoot camera.  We needed something with a faster shutter speed.  Love it!

Worst: Of the gifts I've received so far I'd say MIL wins with two stuffed penguins (What am I, 2?  ...and it's DH that likes penguins, not me) and two pairs of socks.  At least I needed socks, I suppose. Really the worst though were my parents who didn't get their stuff here in time.  I'm playing it off as 'we're spreading out Christmas'...but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in them.  First time I've never not had a gift from my parents or my moms baked goods on the day of. 


BFP#1 11.9.10 (EDD 7.15.11) M/C 11.13.10 @5W1D
BFP#2 2.5.11 (EDD 10.15.11) DS born 9.28.11 due to Pre-E
BFP#3 10.2.12 (EDD 6.12.13) MMC 11.24.12 @11.5w, had passed in 7th week
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12-25-2012 at 8:08 PM
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Best: 45 minutes massage from the younger sister.

Worst: Gift card for Little Caesars. I don't really eat there.


First BFP 12/26/11, m/c 1/2/12 @ about 5 weeks, EDD 9/2/12
Second BFP 03/11/12, m/c 3/26/12 @ 6 weeks, 4 days, EDD 11/8/12
Third BFP 02/03/13, EDD 10/15/13:

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12-25-2012 at 8:29 PM
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Best: DH's gifts: Jingle earrings, fun socks, body butter, Bluth Banana Shirt (We only did stockings this year)

Worst: baby toy that giggles like a real baby (white elephant gift)




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12-25-2012 at 8:36 PM
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Best: DH's gifts: Jingle earrings, fun socks, body butter, Bluth Banana Shirt We only did stockings this year
Worst: baby toy that giggles like a real baby white elephant gift
Oh my gosh. Do these people know about loss? How could they be so insensitive to give you that? :Hugs: I'm sorry.


First BFP 12/26/11, m/c 1/2/12 @ about 5 weeks, EDD 9/2/12
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12-25-2012 at 8:40 PM
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Best gift dh got me a new to me car.. we were shopping for one but did not expect it for xmas
Worst i got sachets from mil. They smell so bad dh took them outside
 
12-25-2012 at 8:52 PM
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Best:  DH got me an hour massage.  From Mom, a really nice oxblood leather hobo purse.  

Worst:  I actually really got awesome gifts this year.  Maybe I'm easy to please? LOl

If I make a list DHs family will literally buy me every item on it!   


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12-25-2012 at 8:58 PM
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Best- It's a tie the Kindle fire DH got me and a letter from (11yro) DS telling me how much he loves me wrapped around 4 quarters.

Worst- My mom gave me a book.....it's the Diary of a Wimpy kid, The Third Wheel. She says the book seems to be written about me.  Not sure what to think. 


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12-25-2012 at 9:22 PM
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Best: Samsung Galaxy nexus phone from DH. Worst: A cape style coat my mom gave me for a future maternity. It's beautiful and I love the sentiment but it made me ugly cry for half an hour.
I'm so sorry.  Though her optimism is great, it's just an awful reminder.  (((hugs)))

BFP#1 11.9.10 (EDD 7.15.11) M/C 11.13.10 @5W1D
BFP#2 2.5.11 (EDD 10.15.11) DS born 9.28.11 due to Pre-E
BFP#3 10.2.12 (EDD 6.12.13) MMC 11.24.12 @11.5w, had passed in 7th week
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12-25-2012 at 10:24 PM
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I had mostly best gifts this year, a lot of thoughtful things. I got a fire safe, a new kettle, some very special ornaments. Worst would have to be this gaudy pink and purple chunky necklace. I'm not a pink person, nor do I wear chunky necklaces. A for effort.
12-25-2012 at 10:31 PM
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Best: my family really was amazing with gifts. Tickets to see The Lion King musical, spa gift card, and some new clothes!

The bad:our kitten had a seizure yesterday. It was her second one in less then a week. We had her checked out after the first one at the vet but nothing came up abnormal with her blood work. We are just hoping she doesn't have anymore.


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12-26-2012 at 12:02 AM
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Best Gift: Spa Gift Card: for any spa service

Worst Gift: pencil set ( white elephant gift)


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12-26-2012 at 9:48 AM
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Best: 60 minute swedish massage and 30 minute facial gift certificate my mother sent. I am amazed she even knew how to navigate the internet and find somewhere local to me. :-)

Worst: tupperware. I mean, I can use it, but I definitely wasnt expecting it as a Christmas gift.


BFP #1 11/07/2012 EDD 07/09/2013 M/C 11/22/2012

BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013

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12-26-2012 at 10:17 AM
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best: DH got me my favorite perfume.. chance by chanel :)

 

worst: not receiving anything else  :/ LOL

 


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12-26-2012 at 12:19 PM
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Oh man I got tons of best gifts this year. A kindle fire, droid razar, .22 handgun, wallt hangings, clothes, sound bar for my TV, gift cards. I just love everything.

 If I had to pick a least it would be a pamperd chef spatula only because it has a snowman on it so I feel like I can only use it during the holidays, but its a really nice one so I'll just probably use it all the time anyway. 

 My family goes way overboard on xmas. Especially my parents. It gets a little crazy I'll admit. But I love everything about xmas.

12-26-2012 at 12:34 PM
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My husband went completely overboard on me too and I love everything he got me! Some of my favorites were, two really awesome sweaters, an infinity scarf.. and he snooped on my phone because he knows I have a habit of taking pictures of things that I like/want so that I can remember them later... so he bought me this awesome wall candle holder and this beautiful peacock platter that I wanted from Pier One. He also bought me a beautiful ruby necklace. He totally spoils me rotten. Oh! And my parents got us a soda stream!! I'm so psyched!

Worst gift: My cousins 'made' me 'a picture frame'. It's a block of wood, that they painted black, modge podged some scrapbook paper to, glued a clip on the front and a terribly ugly bow on the top. It's hideous. If my cousins were children, I could excuse it... but one is 3 years older than me, and the other is her mother. Pathetic.

Luckily, DH and I are going to a "Crankee Swap" in January (We have Yankee Swaps here in New England... I think a lot of you call them "White Elephant" which I had to look up, because I had no idea what that meant) So the Crankee Swap is where you bring the ugly terrible sh!t you get for christmas and swap it for other terrible ugly sh!t that other people got for christmas. Should be fun :) And at least I have something to bring now!


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BFP#3 11/29/12 EDD 8/10/13 CP 12/2/12
BFP#4 12/26/12 EDD 9/7/13
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12-26-2012 at 1:38 PM
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Best: Jewelry Armoire from DH (I've been wanting one for forever!)

Worst:   Newspapers articles before LSU was in the national title game last year....we freaking lost (badly)-i don't want to be reminded of that.


BFP #1: 8/10/11 EDD: 4/9/12 Natural miscarriage: 8/20/11
BFP #2: 8/31/12 EDD: 5/18/13 Chemical pregnancy: 9/4/12

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Cycle 1: Femara, trigger shot, Bravelle added due to slow response = BFN
Cycle 2: Cancelled due to two cysts =(
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12-26-2012 at 2:05 PM
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Wow, you all got some great (and not so great) gifts.

Best: A new bike from DH. We do lots of biking at my ILs cabin, and my bike was literally falling apart.

Worst: I actually can't think of anything. I feel spoiled this year. Everyone nailed it.


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BFP#3~2/03~DS born 9/29/03 BFP#4~12/05~DS born 8/3/06
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BFP#6~1/12~edd 9/16/12~m/c 2/22/12 @10weeks3days
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12-26-2012 at 2:05 PM
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Best gift - one of those open heart necklaces with wings on it with Sophia's name on the wings from my mom.  She thought I would like to have something to wear to think of Sophia when I am having tough days.

Worst gift - picture frame from MIL that is just not to my taste 


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12-26-2012 at 4:02 PM
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These were fun! Belated thanks to all of you for the entertainment. :)

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