Pottery class and non-consumerist holiday presents
( pottery class assessment )So people are already talking about Christmas presents, and the beginnings of shopping traffic are already making themselves felt along Friars' Road (our new neighborhood is very close to Fashion Valley Maul). I am feeling both poor and completely unmotivated to go shopping, so I'm thinking of giving non-consumerist presents, and only to my closest family members, probably.
First idea: When these pottery things are done, I can give some of them to family members, if they turn out nice.
Second idea: Bake Christmas cookies and send them in the mail, since I won't be going home and seeing people in person.
Third idea: Something cool from Heifer International, like a
hive of bees or a
flock of ducks. That donation would be made through my church in any case, which tends to pool its resources and give a whole
ark each year.
Fourth idea: I have to come up with both a Christmas and a birthday present for Erik, just like every year. I already have an idea for one of them (suggested by
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yogaswirl, and a good idea it was too). What amuses me is that I'm going to use Erik's own username and password to research that gift on
Consumer Reports Online, completely unbeknownst to him. I got him to give me his login info when I was researching rice cookers (which didn't turn out to be listed on Consumer Reports anyway).
I guess that sounds like a pretty good gift list, especially considering it's not even (quite) Thanksgiving yet.
What do I want for Christmas? The only idea I've come up with so far is a bicycle, but I'm not sure where I'd keep it if I got one - maybe someday Erik and I will have a garage?
Current Mood: 
peaceful 
sore