What did ya'll get?

[indulgedcountrymusic]

I got mostly CDs

Here's what I got:

Circus: Deluxe Edition (Britney Spears - CD)
Good Girl Gone Bad: RELOADED (Rihanna - CD)
Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love (Trisha Yearwood - CD)
Perfectly Clear (Jewel - CD)
The Fame (Lady GaGa - CD)
Everything's Gonna Be Alright & Did I Shave My Legs for This? (Deana Carter - CDs)
The Life of a Song (Joey+Rory - CD)
Unexpected (Michelle Williams - CD)
Dark chocolate
A fashion "Black Sea Castro Cap" hat thingy from Macy*s
The Sims Add-ons (Kitchen & Bath Interior Stuff and Apartment Life)
A Pentax digital camera

[Chris D]

I got mostly CDs

Here's what I got:

Good Girl Gone Bad: RELOADED (Rihanna - CD)
Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love (Trisha Yearwood - CD)
The Life of a Song (Joey+Rory - CD)

There are the CD's I'll approve of, although I like a few of Lady GaGa's songs...

I know you'll enjoy Trisha's CD, it's stellar.

I got:
50 Greatest Hits, by Reba (I'm still on disc 2. xD)
Clothes, money, and gift cards. (Money/cards totaling to around 200$)

My Grandma actually sent Taylor Swift's Fearless, but she included the receipt, so I'm returning it tomorrow when I go shopping. (Not because I don't want it, I already have it!)

[indulgedcountrymusic]

So far I've listened to most of the albums; Joey+Rory's, Jewel's, both of Deana Carter's, Michelle's, and Avril's (I also got her Under My Skin CD)

I alrdy know that they all are and will be wonderful once I've listened to them all... so far my favorite is definitely Deana's Did I Shave My Legs for This? ... perfect voice, perfect blend of fun and energy in the songs... it's amazingly good music

[lanibug]

a new laptop and a ipod 120 -- and diamond earrings from the hubby....and cash from the rest of the family...

[JR Journey]

Gift cards. And a bottle of Tommy cologne, I just love the smell of that stuff.

[Occasional Hope]

A selection of CDs, including Joey + Rory, Hayes Carll, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Toby Keith, Wade Bowen, and Randy Houser, and some books (not country-related).

[Rainbow]

I got a complete box-set of all the Sex And The City seasons, as well as alot of money.

[JR Journey]

Why does everybody give money and gift cards anymore? What happened to 'it's the thought that counts'? Not much thought goes into slipping a 50 into a card or buying a gift card at the check-out at Target ...

[indulgedcountrymusic]

Why does everybody give money and gift cards anymore? What happened to 'it's the thought that counts'? Not much thought goes into slipping a 50 into a card or buying a gift card at the check-out at Target ...

I don't know... doesn't happen to me; I ask for music CDs, digital camera, Dark chocolate, etc...

Gift cards/money usually means one of two things:
1- Didn't know what they would want, so I'll let them pick it out themselves
2- I'm afraid they may have this alrdy/might not like it

[Just Billy]

Rihanna's album is pretty good, Indulged. I love Disturbia and Take a Bow.

I got:

iPod Nano (8 gb)
$15 iTunes card
Wicked (book)
Leann Rimes - Family CD
Jason Micheal Carrol - Waitin' in the Country CD
Josh Turner - Everything is Fine CD
Inkheart (Book)
She Said Yes (Book)
Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. CD

[Chris D]

Rihanna's album is pretty good, Indulged. I love Disturbia and Take a Bow.

I got:

iPod Nano (8 gb)
$15 iTunes card
Wicked (book)
Leann Rimes - Family CD
Jason Micheal Carrol - Waitin' in the Country CD
Josh Turner - Everything is Fine CD
Inkheart (Book)
She Said Yes (Book)
Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. CD

I didn't like the Wicked book, it was ok, but too explicit. Not family-friendly like the musical- which I loved by the way.

[indulgedcountrymusic]

Rihanna's album is pretty good, Indulged. I love Disturbia and Take a Bow.

Same here, that's why I got the RELOADED version for those awesome songs

Surprisingly, Jewel's album is one of the most solid ones I got. Even more surprisingly, I am a smidge disappointed in the Trisha Yearwood album... there's several tracks that I struggled not to press the next button on, but there's still some AMAZING songs on it (title-track, "Nothin' 'Bout Memphis", & "This is Me...")

[Just Billy]

Rihanna's album is pretty good, Indulged. I love Disturbia and Take a Bow.

Same here, that's why I got the RELOADED version for those awesome songs

Surprisingly, Jewel's album is one of the most solid ones I got. Even more surprisingly, I am a smidge disappointed in the Trisha Yearwood album... there's several tracks that I struggled not to press the next button on, but there's still some AMAZING songs on it (title-track, "Nothin' 'Bout Memphis", & "This is Me...")

I found Jewel's album decent, but kind of repetitive. Most of the songs sounded the same to me. I did really like I Do and Till it Feels Like Cheating.

[indulgedcountrymusic]

I found it pure bliss It, and my Deana albums were the best and most listenable all the way through

[Trailer]

This was the first year everyone finally gave up trying to buy CD's I like and gave me all gift cards. Cool with me. They're burning a hole in my pocket right now and I'm thinking hard about what to load up on.

[Chris D]

Rihanna's album is pretty good, Indulged. I love Disturbia and Take a Bow.

Same here, that's why I got the RELOADED version for those awesome songs

Surprisingly, Jewel's album is one of the most solid ones I got. Even more surprisingly, I am a smidge disappointed in the Trisha Yearwood album... there's several tracks that I struggled not to press the next button on, but there's still some AMAZING songs on it (title-track, "Nothin' 'Bout Memphis", & "This is Me...")

Which songs did you not like?

[indulgedcountrymusic]

Which songs did you not like?

"Cowboys Are My Weakness" was by far the most god-awful of the album

There were maybe 2 others that were pretty bland... mostly towards the end of the album... like tracks 10-13 or something it started sliding downhill quality-wise

The first leg of the album was quite wonderful though; especially the first four or five songs

[Stormy]

Why does everybody give money and gift cards anymore? What happened to 'it's the thought that counts'? Not much thought goes into slipping a 50 into a card or buying a gift card at the check-out at Target ...

A lot of thought went into my parents getting me a gift card. They can't get any of the cds or books or patterns I want and I would have had to pay an extra 50.00 to take a second suitcase back home with me flying home, so I begged people not to get me bulky stuff.

I got:
50.00 Visa gift card--Parents (plus 150.00 towards my ticket home)
Sweater Jacket--Sister
Really cool cat shaped clock and mouse pin--Aunt


All of the gifts from my friends I haven't gotten yet.

[Brody]

I got a few CDs:

• John Anderson - I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
• Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
• Dale Watson - Help Your Lord
• Gary P. Nunn - What I Like About Texas: Greatest Hits

A few books:

• Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters - by Kathleen Hudson
• How to Write Songs on Guitar - by Rikky Rooksby
• Will the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music in America - by Paul Kingsbury and Alanna Nash (I received two of these, but gave one away)

The first season of Bravestarr on DVD, a guitar stand and some clothes.

[Razor X]

I got a new 32" LCD TV for my bedroom. And I just bought a Blu-Ray player with some of my Christmas bonus money.