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What I Did With My 2008 Christmas Money


I received money for Christmas this year! $$$, in my opinion, is a super-duper gift. It is not necessarily the most thoughtful gift, but it is the most efficient and reasonable.

This year, I decided to purchase myself new shoes, an uber-cozy winter coat and a new external Hard drive. Detailed descriptions will follow.

1. Shoes

My main drive for going into the shoe store in Columbus was to buy a pair of slippers that would keep my feet warm inside the apartment. I was willing to pay up to $30. I ended up leaving the store with a high-quality pair of Minnetonka slippers and an $80 pair of Capital Rockports, all for under $33! Got to love buy-one-get-one-free on the clearance rack!



2. External Hard Drive

Phil was kind enough to buy my 320 GB (Gigabyte) Seagate hard drive for Belle's Birthday. With money he gave me, I added it to my own to buy a 1 TB (Terabyte) Seagate hard drive. It came today via UPS but I missed the deliver, Darn it! I'll get it tomorrow for sure. Here is a picture of the hard drive:



3. Winter Coat

I will seriously never be cold again! I went to my friend and store owner, Keith, at Out'n'Back where I found that he still had a coat that had been on the shelf for over 3 months. I knew I had a bargaining chip there. I put my doe eyes on and told Keith how sad I was about missing the 40% all coat sale that he ran over the Christmas holiday. "I'll take care of you," he smiled slyly, ushering my over to the sales counter. On a $275 coat, I only paid $160 + tax! Here is a link to the Mountain Hardwear Website to read all about the features. (Note that the actual color is quite darker when there isn't a camera flash glaring off of its high-tech, waterproof, breathable Conduit SL lining.





In Celebration, I made myself a humongous stake and mashed potatoes. (I spent a long time preparing and grilling the stake only to find out during the first bite that it is not worth grilling a $3 piece of meat.)



Just imagine chomping into 2" thick stake lined with sand. Yucky! [Add facial distortion]



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Listening to: the bird and the bee - Baby
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  1. Julie TSat Jan 10, 06:36:00 PM MST

    Was it just a cheap steak? Shouldda marinated it for 3 days in some soy and ginger! It looked so beautiful and Swedish with the yellow corn on the blue plate! I'll bet the potatos were great anyway! :)

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  2. Julie TSat Jan 10, 06:39:00 PM MST

    Your shoes are gorgeous and comfy looking; of course, your coat is the bomb and your hard drive will be a wonderful asset! The best part is, you can stop looking now!

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  3. HeatherMon Jan 12, 09:47:00 AM MST

    Hey, now we can call you Puff Daddy! Sorry about the steak. But anything would pale in comparison to the way we were eating out here during Christmas.

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  4. NoelleMon Jan 12, 12:32:00 PM MST

    Those shoes WERE a SUPER DUPER deal! I'm so glad you got both, I think you're going to be very happy with them. How did I know mom was gonna LOVE your new chaqueta. ;) I'm glad you will never be cold again Bryan. Phil still LOVES his new jacket and wears it pretty much non-stop. (We're trying to keep our heat bill down this month at our house if that gives you any idea....)

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  5. gwtTue Jan 13, 09:38:00 PM MST

    Bry thanks for the message and for sharing your Christmas purchase decisions! I am glad you will never again be cold. Maybe you will be lucky enough to eat at a Mortons or Ruths Chris steak house some day. Remember Daniels Broiler for your 16th birthday where we learned all about the different cuts of meat?

    Enjoy the shoes and love the 1TB - let me know how long till it is full.

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