That has to come second to the worst other gift I heard about.  My Nephews girlfriends grandfather was bought a crossbow (fully functional) from one of his sons.  Apparently the man has never shown any interest in crossbows or any other brutal hunting equipment 

Yeah, was it not all cold and manky by the time she opened it?

KFC wrapped and under the tree 

hope Ickle was ok if she consumed it   how long had it been wrapped ?

My brother in law wanted to buy my eldest a drum kit when he was about 2 or 3 just to annoy me coz he didn't like me.  He's lucky he didn't coz now he has his own son and I would have happily got payback. 

I've just ordered a load of chocolate moulds ready for my Easter creations. 

To be honest VD i don't like it

This is nice

Zenith are pretty cool 

Planet Ocean's a classic in 42mm 8500 

hahaha..  been out all day.. .

firstly - the lock picking pressie to the boy - I did say to my brother on Boxing Day "its not actually a problem for us, as Alf is a good kid, but word of advise, I wouldn't buy any of your friends teenage sons burgler/joyriding tools & training kits."

He was unapologetic (par for the course with him)...  but I did feel better when he explained where the idea came from - My brother is an internet security consultant (basically a hacker with a legit job).   He goes to hacking conferences & stuff..   and it seems its the IT hackers version of doing the rubiks cube...   and there is always a lock picking booth at these conventions.

So...   he meant no malice by it..    but was just being monumentally stupid!

Re: the KFC bucket..  YEP!  it happened.   All cos Ickle has always said it was her dream to do a "Cartman" (SOuth Park) and eat all the skin off a bucket of KFC, leaving everyone else the bald, grey, sad looking chicken.

Another irresponsible pressie..   with the potential to cause all sorts of arguments...   

She shared it in the end.   It had been bought on Xmas eve & kept in the fridge.. .  only brought out of the fridge at the very moment of pressie unwrapping.   It then went back in the fridge, then back to our fridge, then heated up (and up and up and up) in my oven the next day.

and perhaps the last few pieces the day after that.

we like to live dangerously 

I do like it!

My Dad has a serious watch fetish...  

only mechanical watches though.    He has a couple of Omega's in the safe!

They cost more to maintain than a car!!  (ok, maybe an exaggeration  but I know for a fact my Mum does not know how much he pays for each of his treasures to be serviced )

They're beginning to sound like "Pie Pans" Ditts  

50's/60's jobs.

Mega gear   

Didn't win the jeans last night .... was outbid by £1

Just bought a bottle of  (unboxed) Ghost deep night perfume .... 75ml for £35 ... quite a bargain it would seem. Cheapest I've seen after shopping around.

Got some more jeans in my "watching " list .... but do I really need more jeans ... this is the question.

It depends upon if you are an avid jeans-wearer or not I guess 

Bugger - I keep popping in here and then just have to go off to e Bay for a browse.

Last night I bought a diary inner for Mr Woo - an adaptor plug for Jacks Innotab and some double ended jack??!!! thingy for my oldest grandsons mp3 player.

I'm off to browse - maybe jeans- tops - oooh I really don't know. What I do know is that I have to have a really good wardrobe spring clean.

And party stuff - daughter is 30 on Valentines day and she's having a party.

I'm bidding on the jeans.

I'll let you know if I win them later

Tell me about it, I bought Mr C another TAG at Christmas so thought it would be an ideal time to take his first one in for a service, I nearly fell on the floor when they said how much it would be.

Please go and search ebay for this 'J.STOCKS Presley, premature reborn'  I can't stop laughing. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-ST...;hash=item3f209f53e5

blimey what a strange thing to want to buy .... I bet it goes unsold .... £60 for that macabre item

Did you look at all of the pictures?  I couldn't stop laughing at the 3rd one.

Very strange Cinds, but i bet those people who buy the made to order life like baby dolls would like that.

oh God, that's hideous! Though pic 3 looks like some sort of alien autopsy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Joan...sd%3D271130252261%26

£649!!

Someone stick summit up they're bidding on.

Where's Saint when we need him?

Yeah, I'm afraid MrD's TAG will not be getting the service its due this year...   

Not unless its funded by selling some of the other toot he has laying around 

Omega make lovely watches. 

I'm envious...

You have toot lying around? Surely selling some of that will be more than enough to fund it!

I won the jeans

some sneaky bugger tried to outbid me but I put my maximum bid on the 1st bid so it instantly outbid them

Right ... enough jeans now

I once watched a programme about these real life dolls .....Women were buying them & taking them out in real prams ... they bought all the usual stuff that goes with having a new baby .... cots .... pushchairs .... clothes .... they spent an absolute fortune .... whatever floats your boat, I guess

awww..   he'd love it in here...   lots of people that appreciate his treasures - rather than me & my rabble who call his watches "old man watches" 

FWIW - he bought them all at bargain prices at local auctions - well this is what he tells my Mum...  I wouldn't be surprised if he fudged what he paid for the odd one, I have seen my father at watch auctions..    he has his auction list, and puts asterix's by the ones he is interested in, and a max bid...   and I have watched him go twice as high as the max when caught in the bidding frenzy 

I know there is definitely one of them that he got cheap as it was not working, and was smiling like a cheshire cat for months when his "go to" watch repair man fixed it for under £50, and it added a 0 onto the price he'd paid for it 

 She's gorgeous and very life like.

I seem to be getting bombarded with reminders that I am now officially an old fart on a daily basis at the moment... 

and here is another one..   when you use the word toot to describe bric-a-brac 

I agree but it's still weird and way too over priced

Aye that too  I just think it's crazy how life like they can make those dolls and can see why it appeals to those who swoon over them.

Some of them are lovely, but others are just seriously creepy, since I spotted that one earlier I've sat looking at loads of them.  I wouldn't mind one of the reborn monkey ones, I saw one that hard tufty hairy arms and Winnie the Pooh mittens!

My neighbour bought her 10 yr old one for Christmas (£200), and I'd showed it to Mr C on New year and in his tiddled state thought it was real, so now he wants one to play tricks on people, well the did until he saw the price of them.

I wonder who buys these dolls - I find something quite sad about it TBH. Although - I find myself really wanting to pick Abigail up and give her a cuddle.

I think maybe when I'm old and grey I could easily be one of these batty old dears pushing a pram with a dolly about