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graffiti_marinaChristmas has come and gone. I was actually anticipating it this year which is nice since the last few years I haven't felt that holiday joy. I'm very glad my in-laws were able to visit but to be real for a second...I only was aware the youngest baby was sick....come to find out EVERYONE was sick. I tried to distance myself as best as I could but omg. Not to mention all the boys were coughing and sneezing, not once trying to cover it up or turn away then immediately touching things. So, to no surprise, after Christmas whenever everybody left then my household came down with the sickness. I didn't catch it that bad but I've been tired asf. Husband & son caught it was worse and have been down the last couple days. I wish they would have let us know they all caught something. Not saying I don't want them here, but they could have at least idk, wore masks and brought sanitizing stuff. Kind of disappointed in that. Well, we did have fun out of town and it was nice doing all the holiday events offered. ICE was out of the picture cause it looked boring but me and M made gingerbread men. I also bought an ornament this year.
As for presents, some of the best surprises (to me!) was that I surprised both daughters with Cookie Run Kingdom plush they both wanted (she better have cause Shadow Milk cookie plush was hard to find haha) and was able to replace my son's apple pencil that broke last year plus other nice stuff. My husband bought me a new iPad!!! I've been playing Genshin on my phone so it takes up the majority of space, but now that I have an iPad again I can finally delete it and update my phone. Then of course, every year I get myself what I want for Christmas just cause my husband never acts on it when it comes to weeb merchandise. I finally found a Chibi Moon baby doll, though still expensive, that wasn't like $800 plus cause over the last few years that's all I've found, not to mention bidding wars. Those always end up $800+ no matter what. Dumbest listing I've seen is a Yahoo Japan auction that has her over $12,000. NOBODY is ever going to fucking buy that. Her hair turned white but after looking it up, it sounds like this is common with this doll which is weird cause I've seen some where her hair is still pink. Idk if I'll find a artist that re-roots doll hair, maybe?? But can happily say that I finally obtained her after years of putting it off for it's stupid price. I also found my last extra knight figure of Barrett for FF7, Sylvain Gautier popup parade, a custom Christmas Labubu just to put on the tree lol, Nintendo Switch 2 (but it's for all of us) and finally one of the Wedding Peach RPG toys. It's for Wedding Lily but I don't remember what the weapon is called.
I got paid earlier and I bought a few smaller things and am finally replacing my sewing table. I might try to get Chibi Moon's compact that I've been missing for a while. After that, I'll need to break cause the possibility of another shutdown happening is bullshit. We'll be okay but I don't like having the government and rich people withholding my money because they're stupid and enjoy ruining other people's lives.
As for presents, some of the best surprises (to me!) was that I surprised both daughters with Cookie Run Kingdom plush they both wanted (she better have cause Shadow Milk cookie plush was hard to find haha) and was able to replace my son's apple pencil that broke last year plus other nice stuff. My husband bought me a new iPad!!! I've been playing Genshin on my phone so it takes up the majority of space, but now that I have an iPad again I can finally delete it and update my phone. Then of course, every year I get myself what I want for Christmas just cause my husband never acts on it when it comes to weeb merchandise. I finally found a Chibi Moon baby doll, though still expensive, that wasn't like $800 plus cause over the last few years that's all I've found, not to mention bidding wars. Those always end up $800+ no matter what. Dumbest listing I've seen is a Yahoo Japan auction that has her over $12,000. NOBODY is ever going to fucking buy that. Her hair turned white but after looking it up, it sounds like this is common with this doll which is weird cause I've seen some where her hair is still pink. Idk if I'll find a artist that re-roots doll hair, maybe?? But can happily say that I finally obtained her after years of putting it off for it's stupid price. I also found my last extra knight figure of Barrett for FF7, Sylvain Gautier popup parade, a custom Christmas Labubu just to put on the tree lol, Nintendo Switch 2 (but it's for all of us) and finally one of the Wedding Peach RPG toys. It's for Wedding Lily but I don't remember what the weapon is called.
I got paid earlier and I bought a few smaller things and am finally replacing my sewing table. I might try to get Chibi Moon's compact that I've been missing for a while. After that, I'll need to break cause the possibility of another shutdown happening is bullshit. We'll be okay but I don't like having the government and rich people withholding my money because they're stupid and enjoy ruining other people's lives.
