The Holidays: Gifts, Relatives, All Of That Crap

Oh, yeah. Christmas happened, people, and because I'm me, Christmas happened with a bang. Seriously. The relatives we were supposed to be celebrating at? Yeah, their vacation house BURNED DOWN. They flew down there on a pretty much last-nanosecond flight and came back exactly one day before Christmas. And therefore couldn't prepare anything.
Then, standard oh-shit-I-have-to-deal-with-that-one-relative-I-can't-really-stand stuff, which actually wasn't that bad this year. Of course it wasn't good, but I'll take what I can get, thank you very much.
Also, there's a list of some of the awesome things I got this year, all highly awesome. Some books, a wallet, a purse - it all sounds bland, but wait for it. Wait for it.