joesfolk
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My husband and I gave up on buying each other gifts several years ago. We don't have kids. My parents give us a check every year, and we're debating between a computer upgrade (which I suspect will happen anyway) and a Wisconsin/Michigan trip (Michigan will be the last state that I have not set foot in; at least I don't think. Traveled a lot as a kid, so may have been there, but I don't think so). I also got a second pair of LL Bean flannel lined jeans, which I wear a lot since I walk a lot in sub-freezing weather. My sisters sent a box of citrus, which I'm loving.
Claire, may I suggest that you start near St. Joseph Michigan and work your way up the west coast of Michigan maybe stopping in Saugatuck for the galleries, and checking out the lighthouses along the way. Be sure to see petosky at the top of the mitten and then hit the fort at the bridge. there are also lighthouses near there. You might like to try to get to the bridge at night to see it all alight. It's beautiful. And if you happen to end up near Grand Rapids give me a hollar.
Jabbar:
I got a Wii. It's used but that's what my son could afford on his salary. He'll spend the next week while I'm gone removing stuff from it from the previous owner (him) and hooking it up to my tv. I mainly want it to stream Netflix. The other thing I got was a White Christmas in Virginia. Around 3pm it started snowing and hasn't stopped since!
We also do the used thing and love it because we can afford much nicer things than if we were to pay retail. I got a laptop computer and can't wait to get the wireless hooked up so I can really use it. I also got two 1/4 sheet pans that I have been asking for for years. That was the only food related gift I got this year. Usually my whole Christmas is food related.
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