Jan
02
Filed Under (Personal) by J.J. Merrick

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When you have young kids you find yourself spending your whole Christmas budget on them and forget that the parents need to buy gifts for each other. Because of that my wife and I decided this year that we would spend a total of $100 between the 2 of us which means we both got $50 to spend on the other. I am not very vocal about the things that I want so it makes it hard for my wife to figure out so this year she decided on the following:

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I would always talk about how I wanted to try the Jones’ Cola Holiday pack with the crazy flavors. I was really just curious but my wife decided that it is what I needed for Christmas. She ordered the pack for $12 and had it shipped to the in-laws for a whopping $16! That’s right she paid more for shipping then the product itself. I opened 2 of them and here is my review.

1. Christmas Ham tastes like… ham… but a really bad soapy flavor. I thought they would at least try to make them good… nope they go for authenticity and it was gross.

2. Christmas Tree tastes a LITTLE better but it really tasted like a Christmas Tree smells… almost like drinking pine-sol.

At this point I could not take any more so Egg Nog and Sugar Plum remains sealed.

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Next was this lovely desk nameplate with my name on it. It looks really awesome and makes me feel official in my home office :-)

Oh and since my little brother-in-laws got Nintendo DS’ I got their old Gameboy Color. I went to gamestop and picked up Metal Gear Solid and a Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons. I think that was the best gift eva!

Yep that was all I got for Christmas… you?

Comments

Adam Tuttle on 2 January, 2008 at 2:47 pm #

I got a shower radio and an Eagles jersey. :)


Eric Cobb on 2 January, 2008 at 8:35 pm #

My wife and I decided not to spend much on each other either. And, since our new baby girl showed up early, we spent Christmas in the hospital. We bought a nice digital picture frame for ourselves, and spent everything else on her.


Scott | AndroidGuys on 4 January, 2008 at 8:52 am #

I have always wanted to try different Jones flavors like turkey, egg nog, etc. I got my hands on some clearanced cans right after Halloween at Target this year. Candy Corn, Strawberry S’Lime, and some lemon one. The candy corn was almost like maple syrup it was so sweet. Although they are not exactly as I expect, I still wanna try all the others. Great post. My 4 year old gets all the good gifts too.


J.J. Merrick on 4 January, 2008 at 8:54 am #

yeah dude they were gross!

dang it I now want to try Turkey… and Salmon

then puke hahaha


Janna on 6 January, 2008 at 9:03 pm #

I got a Universal Remote. Greatest gift I got this year. It’s the little things, you know? I have always wanted to try those drinks too. Great gift.


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