I had such a lovely little Christmas with my family. We had family friends over for a Christmas dinner. It was all vegetarian {and delicious!}. We talked about some current events {Woods to Murphy}, how I was kinda hoping for a puppy under the tree {even though apparently Christmas is the worst time because of over-breeding}, and how my family is getting hooked on Dexter. We started Season 1 last week and are now 2 episodes shy of finishing Season 2. Sadly we missed out on some crucial Christmas movies this year because of that loveable serial killer!
Matthew and I had a budget for Christmas presents this year..but I think I was the only one who stuck to it! He gave me this beautiful vintage silver cuff, a pretty ring, and a GPS for my car. I was really excited. I'll take some pictures this week of the jewelry actually on!
For him, I framed these two illustrations of San Francisco {one of the Bay Bridge from Berkeley to SF--like all our dates! and the second of Alamo Square, where the Full House house is--I think we had our first real kiss there!}. I also made him a hook for his keys. I bought a letter G {for his last name}, painted it a dark red and put 3 gold hooks in. Because I thought these might not be the most exciting things I got him a shirt from Urban. Hopefully he liked it!
I hope all of you had a magical little Christmas! I'm taking the week off.. so excited!
so sweet of him. thy are all pretty gifts. and ur gifts to him were amazing wud have never thought of those.
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have a great day hun.
glad you had a great christmas!! i got a gps too! xo
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fabulous holiday :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a such a nice Christmas! What lovely gifts from Matthew too!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had such a great Christmas Mara! And I love all your gifts. Have a great week!! =]
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so wonderful!!!! ...I love Christmas. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great Christmas ooh I'm so jealous I need a gps badly. I am the worst with directions. Oh and my husband loves Dexter too and I'm now finding myself being sucked in too.
ReplyDeletei heart Garmin!
ReplyDeleteand this vegetarian would have loved to have come over for dinner ;)
what a CUTE gift for him of San Fran.
you two are so cute!
Such wonderful gifts...it's nice to have a budget and actually stick to it, but i'm not good at numbers :)- Lol
ReplyDeleteThat seems like such a great gift idea for your boyfriend! I hope he loved it. You will definitely have to post pictures of the things he gave you in action. Vintage is always amazing.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a nice Christmas! Enjoy your day love.
ReplyDeleteOh your gifts sound great, hope he lovedd them all!!! So glad you had an amazing Christmas!! And getting a GPS is wonderful...esp. in L.A. :D ;)
ReplyDeletetHAT IS SOOO CUTE!! I LOVE THIS POST SOOOO ROMANTIC!!LOVE IT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BRILLIANT CONTENT!! LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeleteOkay I really think I need to start watching Dexter...
ReplyDeleteThat cuff and ring are SO CUTE! And we got a GPS for Christmas too. My hubby is obsessed with it!
what a thoughtful boy you have! and it sounds like you gave him some pretty great stuff as well :).
ReplyDeleteand in my experience i have to say that boys pretty much never stick to a budget when shopping for gifts...at least my husband doesn't. for our one year anniversary we didn't have a lot of $, so i just printed and framed our vows (on paper b/c it's the paper anniversary) well... he ended up getting me a pearl necklace and earrings! what the heck? not so much with sticking to the budget buddy! he had worked extra hours and saved up for them though, so i couldn't really be mad...i couldn't really be mad anyway, cause who can complain about pearls?
glad you had a good christmas girly!
YEAH for vegetarian feasts! That's how we roll every year...and not even the quasi-meat-eaters of the fam ever complain. not even pops.
ReplyDeleteyour christmas sounds lovely.
i'm such a baby i cant watch dexter . freaks me out haha
ReplyDeletehave so much fun with your gps! take it on some roadtrips to nowhere:)
Awww! What thoughtful gifts. I loved the idea of framing the location photos :) Xx
ReplyDeleteYou guys exchanged such great gifts! I think yours were so thoughtful and sweet...I'm sure he loved them!
ReplyDeleteI adore vintage jewelry. And that GPS is a MUST. I got one last year and it's been a lifesaver!
So glad you had a wonderful holiday! Enjoy your week off! (Lucky!!) xo
he is so sweet! looks like he really thought about what to give you. and your gifts are so romantic... the illustrations, wow....
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I could not live without my Garmin!
ReplyDeletehow sweet! i'm glad you had such a wonderful holiday - Dexter is soo addicting!
ReplyDeletesounds like a great christmas!
ReplyDeleteglad you had such a merry christmas!!!
ReplyDeletei love the xmas photo!! flippin adorable you two are!!
i hope you have a fabulous week!! XO!!
oohhh i like your red cowboy boots!
ReplyDeleteGPS - what a genius gift. i need one...i'm so useless with directions!
glad to hear it was a great christmas; such a cute photo of you two! and what sweet & thoughtful gifts!
ReplyDeleteLove your boots, love Dexter and your boy sounds so amazingly sweet!
ReplyDeleteI AM free alllll week. I'll text you in a sec yay!!
Aww, so sweet of him!
ReplyDeleteLove that picture and WANT your boots :-)
how cute : ) I loved your blooog! and you look so pretty and cool!
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annie
So glad you had an awesome christmas. You guys are so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mara! I was smiling while reading your gift and what he gave you. I also received a big gift while my gift are two picture frames with his portrait in them. Clever huh? Hahaha!
ReplyDeleteYour gifts to the Boyfriend sound so thoughtful!! I really want to see Dexter I've heard so many good things about it! Definitely adding it to my netflix!
ReplyDeleteSo loving!
ReplyDeleteGps is the best, no more folding maps anymore...Glad you have a fab Christmas~
xo to both!
You two are the sweetest couple!
ReplyDeleteWhat great gifts! D & I are doing christmas in a few days because we didn't really do gifts on our vacation with my fam. He tortured me, though, by leaving my wrapped present in my house! Oh self-control don't fail me now...
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful gifts! The jewelry he got you is absolutely perfect. I am very impressed with his taste! He did well. Very well.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great Christmas...go Veggies!!
ReplyDeleteI've been catching up on Dexter lately too...I'm really liking it!
aww this is so sweet- i love that ring. and i got my mom that garmin for christmas!
ReplyDeletemerry christmas and happy new year!
xx
and gorgeouss blogg!
sounds like a great Christmas party, you two are sooo adorable!
ReplyDeleteThis year me and my fam missed out on some vital Christmas movies too. We kinda just watched a bunch of cheep thrillers and Lord of the Rings. It was fun though.
Great gifts guys!!! I love my Garmin (american jack tells me where to go)!! I'm so backwards when it comes to directions...never leave home without it!!
ReplyDeleteThose boots! So fancy xx
ReplyDeletelast year at this time we got TOTALLY addicted to "how i met your mother." we watched all 3 (or 4?) seasons on dvd in about 8 or 10 days. it was a problem.
ReplyDeletelast week i found one of my all-time fave shows, mcmillan and wife (it's from the '70s), on dvd, and we're burning through that. we never what a lot of tv, so I honestly feel a little guilty, but it's 3 degrees out here--what else are we going to do?
The gps will definitely be very handy! Those are great presents. Happy to hear you had a wonderful Christmas, and sorry these comments are coming in so late lol
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