What did Santa bring you?

the bacon (home)

Cotton socks
Ski socks
Woolie socks
Hiking socks

and a scarf

2 x Paul Smith t-shirts.
DAB radio alarm clock.

Garmin Edge 705 with cadence and hr monitors and European mapping (she got the right one!)
DVD of Paris Roubaix 2008
Mont Ventoux DVD (not sure why but very nice all the same)
Other guff.

Now to try to set the Garmin up....this could take some time.

dancing james will be jealous clive...

am jealous of the edge, suffered a santa fail on that one.

ved - have you worked out how to put on the socks.

My girlfriend got me a beautiful swiss vintage watch. I'm really happy. She's great.

Merry Christmas everyone!

socks
undies
table tennis paddles and balls (London Fields table tennis court here I come)
cap

and a stomach full of food and booze...

in persuit of glory- bradley wiggins. Already read half of it

am jealous of the edge, suffered a santa fail on that one.

ved - have you worked out how to put on the socks.

yes it would help if rapha sent me the right size. the new ones fit nicely, thank you.

The Mrs. got me a deck chair: http://www.bloomsburystore.com/home_interior/penguin_classics/deckchairs/penguin-deckchair3-Penguin_Book_Deckchair_Man_and_Superman.htm?browse=1

and tickets for Blur!! :D

No beatings for Her this Christmas!

I got myself a set of rainbow hex keys for Chrimbo. Nice! Just need to mount the on the wall now, they are too nice to be used.

Also got a desk lamp, a jacket, some clothes, some vouchers.

A torque wrench would have been nice. :-)

http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=19

these are way more awesome

Brilliant, I have a red one!

where can i buy rainbow hex keys from? i WANT them.

Fred might still have some left.

3ft of the freshest deepest japanese powder, in 6hrs.
holy fuck!

A female member of your family offering me sexual favors.

I got a few CDs and DVDs, and an awesome little m-audio midi controller :)

And my Nan bought me a load of Asahi beer :D No idea how she knew I liked it.

Grandma - £50 cash + £50 cheque
Aunty/Uncle 1 - £20 cash
Aunty/Uncle 2 - £25 cheque

obviously I'll pocket the £70 cash, but does anyone have the problem that when you pay cheques in you cannot necessarily draw it out again? damn my student poorness.

In addition to my student account, I have a current account at another bank just for that :)

Although I do it in the perhaps silly hope that my uni will lower the limit for bursaries by a couple hundred quid and when they ask to see bank statements they won't ask me why I keep putting the odd tenner aside (saving for another bike!)

I hear that Father Christmas is seeing a psychotherapist at the moment.

... He just doesn't believe in himself anymore....

Um, cycling gifts-wise, I got a pair of lobster mittens/gloves, whereby your first & second and third & fourth fingers are cosied together. I think I like them.
[Also got a green cashmere jumper [Tesco do them for about £20 now, I believe], a picture by my 4-year-old niece, which I love, an Andy Warhol Rosenthal mug and some
shaving foam. My biggest thrill this Christmas, though, was the excitement from my niece on getting a make-your-own-nail-polish set I gave her. She got some rather more expensive presents (from me and others) but she's so pleased with that that it's the best fiver I've spent this year.]
[edit]:
Jeez, I forgot to mention the best present I was given this year, because I was given it a few days ago. My girlfriend got me a Brooks cycling top. I utterly love it. http://www.extrauk.co.uk/product/detail/Brooks/Tops/5381/

i made myself a wheel today, all bu myself, for xmas i built myself a bike, some monies in cheque form and an underlayer top thing.
oh and an xbox 360, i do love myself

A really nice knife.
It makes cutting onions superfine a pleasure. I like onions alot.

Gore-Gloves
'cos I destroyed my leather/sheepskin find drying them out on a radiator...

A cycle computer
Which took me by surprise, since I've never wanted one. But I do like the idea of knowing how fast I go rather then guessing. That might just be used a bit before appearing in the classified.

My desperate pleeding for mokeylectric's from any one and every one was not answered satisfactorily. AKA no monkeyletrics.

Oooh and underwear. WOOT. I hate buying pants!

A cycle computer
Which took me by surprise, since I've never wanted one. But I do like the idea of knowing how fast I go rather then guessing. That might just be used a bit before appearing in the classified.

This fixed is the only bike i've ever had that hasn't got a computer (soon to be fixed [pun not intended, and apologies for the double brackets]) as that was always most of the fun for me, going as fast as I could, setting targets for average speeds and whatnot, looking to get a white Cateye computer with a cadence function (might seem silly on a fixed, but i'll be sticking it on my road bike for the long-distance hilly journeys).

a buddha machine

Photoshop elements 7
Speg cycle tights
Shaving brush
Socks
Millets voucher
The pure delight of seeing my daughter ride a bike (with pedals) for the first time, and only one plaster.
Cash
New brake levers and Drops
and one one meter long packet of Jaffa cakes.
All in all a truly great day.

I'll only just mentioned the two great one that I recieved this Christmas;

The Nixon Murf from my girlfriend, fucking love that watch!

And Tim Walker's Pictures;