OK, I’m gonna be honest here, like the rest of you aren’t.  My favorite part of Christmas is receiving gifts.  Yup.  I love opening gifts!  I’m not into this mawkish gifting to others.

Yesterday I got that beautiful home-made cowl scarf from the Bon.  Today I got a memo pad from Cheryl that says:  I Do Not Suffer from Insanity – I Enjoy Every Minute of It!  - is that so me or what?!  I feed off my insanity, indeed.  The part I love most out of this gift is Cheryl saw it and thought immediately of me.   And that extra pain in the arse of mailing it to me.  I know that pain in the arse.  I also received Italian (home-made, of course) cookies from Marty’s cousin for us all.

Then I also received from Libbylicious ( of course all these things have special meaning):

1) A book bag that contained the following:  2)  A spiral-bound book that has two pictures on it, the cover is one of my all-time favorites, a picture of me and Libbylicious wiped out flat with our Segways on top of us on the sidewalks of Philadelphia.  3) A memo pad that says: “I will not be able to participate in life today – Thank You.”  (That’s a little too real).  4) The book, Scarface.  This is because Libbylicious had to pal around with me in NYC when my pre-cancerous skin cancer topical medicine kicked in and my whole face was a scab.  She called me Scarface all weekend to make me feel more….comfortable with it all.  5) Cocktail napkins that say:  Merry Freakin’ Christmas – speaks for itself. 6)  A key-chain flask – speaks for itself.   It’s good for one shot of something.

She really does love me.  The book bag has a quote by Louisa May Alcott, “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”   She texts me almost everyday to say I am either pretty or that I am smart.  That’s a good friend, you know. More than my own fam does for me.  Hmpf.

Love you gift givers! Keep them comin’.

Little Miss Sunshine.

P.S.:

For instance, I would have preferred a coupon or a promo code from my favorite NYC hotel.  I make my own donations….