christmas "haul"!

 

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下午好每个人！ how was your christmas? mine was ok for the most part. i can't wait until next year when things'll be calmed down a bit--aka, not feeling obligated to go to 4+ households between two days. not only is it a difficult task, but it's frustratingly stressful when it comes to my mom's family. paul's family and my dad's: they're all relaxed and carefree. mom's: "I NEED THIS NOW! DO THIS NOW! COOK THIS! GO HERE NOW!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!" etc. i can't take it anymore; the hypocrisy and bipolarity of some of these guys, it's ridiculous. anyway, i did receive a few things that i had wanted for christmas; some items, i went and bought myself afterward. ^^; i surprisingly didn't get a whole lot of gift cards this year--i got about 6 total between graduation and christmas, gifts for both occasions were mostly money.
gift highlights (with links!):

• Clarisonic Mia (turquoise) -- which i bought today at Dillards, partially with a gift card
• Urban Decay Naked and Naked2 palettes -- eyeshadow (mom bought the 1 and i bought the 2)
• Givenchy "Play" perfume
• nails inc. magnetic nail polish -- in houses of parliament (purple) and whitehall teal
• two sets of awesome snapware containers for nail polish storage as shown here
• a paper shredder (bought myself)
• gift wrap organizer
• LSU diploma frame, from--surprisingly--Bed, Bath & Beyond
• River Road Recipes I -- apparently it's the Louisiana cookbook. put in perspective: i have the 77th printing of this book.
• Make the Bread, Buy the Butter -- a cookbook
• games: 2 ds and 1 wii
• The Boondocks seasons 1 & 2 (bought myself)
• Miyavi's What's My Name?
• Harajuku Lovers "Wicked Style: Baby" perfume (bought myself)

then, yesterday, for my "graduation dinner", my grandparents and dad took paul and i to lunch at commander's palace. yum! i got the three course creole luncheon. i'm not a turtle soup connoisseur so i thought it was ok, not really knowing what the hype is all about. the quail was so cute, little drumlets >w< i thought the quail and sauce were pretty good, but i'm not a big fan of stuffing in general, so i say the stuffing was ok. the dessert was awesome...despite the fact that i got full and couldn't eat it all: bread pudding souffle. yum! >w<
i ordered some graduation photos the other day, and i don't really have many interesting graduation photos for you guys to see out of what is currently available to me. dad and grandpa took a bunch, so whenever i get my hands on those... we'll see. anyway, i suppose that's about all i've got for you guys! wish me luck for my second lsu interview on the 6th! ~L-c ^.~

wedding: haven't gotten the stamps yet--they're en route. need to do: cake testing, create a registry, pick a florist, obtain marriage license, pick a pastor, buy ceremony items: flower baskets, ring pillow.

yes. it is purple, not black.

these are my grandparents