A Veritable Yuletidal Wave

Shopping. Harajuku. Lots of it. Went yesterday before meeting up with Janel in Shibuya for dinner, went again today for an all day suare.

That is, of course, after Sere and I went to Wendy's in Shin Matsudo and wolfed down a Big Triple Combo Meal. And oddly enough, neither of us felt particularly full afterwards. We just weren't hungry at all again the entire rest of the day, even now, at 10pm, while the smells of Sere's in progress carbonara sauce waft into my room.

I did the math after getting home today and discovered that according to all the receipts I have, I've spent 23,000 yen on Christmas presents. Eek. At least for the first time in my LIFE I can actually do that. Go me.

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The Following Secion Contains Christmas Present Spoilers!!!!
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DO NOT READ if you don't wanna risk having your present revealed!!!!
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You have been warned. I'm not kidding I'm seriously gonna list presents here. So don't read it. Really. There's no shame in not reading it. It's my journal, I have every right to put it here. I'm not gonna go back after Christmas and re-write this entry, so just deal. Stop reading. Now.

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So I picked up a couple nice little items for J, including these really cool flower vases, a little rubber ducky calendar thing (inside joke) and a belt which I carefully selected to match my favorite pair of shoes of hers. It's not really a whole lot, but, I got a trifecta, again, of something useful for her new place when she moves, something with meaning between the two of us, and something that looks nice she can wear. I hope she likes them.

For Greg, I picked up a couple Gundam fighters that he can put together and pose. When I went out there last, he kinda pointed out a few that are more his taste, and I tried to pick ones that matched the style he likes. Hopefully he'll enjoy them.

I got Nina a little lacquered jewelry box from the Oriental Bazaar, which I think is really pretty, and matches her pretty well. With any luck it'll be stuffed with bits of jewelry and buried under a mountain of her life within a few months.

I snagged a Gloomy toy for Tyler, since we share an appreciation for his gaijin mauling ways, and this little guy is fantastic. He's posable, and he comes basically covered in blood, complete with blood literally dripping from his mouth. Amazing. I look forward to seeing Gloomy tatooed somewhere on him someday.

Neil of course, gets a couple of booster packs of Magic Cards from Japan.

For Nicole, I got a gift not for Nicole, but for the daughter she will give birth to shortly after my visit. I bought the cutest little baby gloves for her daughter, and they squeak when you squeeze them too. They're adorable. If there could be a faster way to get in the pants of a girl who's 8 months pregnant, they haven't invented it yet. And boy do I intend to do just that.

In continuing with my fashion gifts from Italy, I bought Amanda a couple pairs of leggings which I think she would like, and hopefully, maybe, in some parallel universe, she might wear. Unlike the pair of pants I bought her in Italy that fit perfectly. She DID wear the underwear I got her, but, eh, oh well. You can't win em all.

I got Shane and Stefan these cool puzzles, which'll hopefully give them something to fuck around with when they're drunk and get conversations going at parties. Kind of a copout gift, I know, but, well...I dunno, I really like them, would want one or all three that I bought, and as such figure they must like them too. I figure gifts I'd wanna keep for myself are good ones.

I still have some shopping to do, but I have to keep my eyes out between now and when I go home for them. Cole's gift especially, and Carly's, Jenn's, Jordan's, Pete's, MiA's, Christy's and Marty's.

For a great many of these though, heh, Serena and I have a trip to Asakusa planned tomorrow. The kitch gift capital of the universe. I'll have so many keychains and trinkets that I'll be able to cover my bases for anyone I may have forgotten. Gotta have a backup plan, ya know?