The Perfect Christmas Present

So I've been thinking about how Christmas is coming up pretty fast and therefor decided to create a post about buying the perfect Christmas present!  Of course everyone has their own personal opinion on what the perfect present will be for Christmas 2009, and taking into consideration that everyone is different, I doubt there will be identical ideas on this topic out there.  So if everyones opinion is different, then how can there possibly be a perfect present?  Well, here's my answer to the age old question. 

Buy what you personally take a liking to.

The first thing that comes to mind the moment it's time for Christmas shopping is not "What will they like?", but rather; "What would I like?"  No, I'm not being a selfish person, I'm being a loving person.  What can be better then ditching the genetic, everyday gift ideas then to give your friend a piece of your own personality?

E.g 1, You're out looking for your eight year old nephew's christmas present, what do you buy?  Something that makes you wish that you had one when you where younger.  Say, if you're a mechanic and frequently not only work with, but obsess over cars, then how about buy your nephew a remote-control car?  I know, this idea may be genetic but it's one hundred percent you.  And when the gift is one hundred percent you, and fits the receivers age perfectly, then you can't be wrong!

E.g 2, You're out looking for your fourteen year old niece's christmas present, what do you buy?

When looking for a present for a fourteen year old girl, you have to hit the mark in between a child's present and an adults present just right.  And seeing as you have no clue to what 'just right' is in this department, you're pretty much screwed.

All you know is that if it where your present, you'd buy yourself some jewelry to go in your flashy jewelry box.  Work off that.  Jewelry is attractive and sparkly, and lets face it, your jewelry box looks pretty damn magical.  So what you will have to find for your niece needs to be attractive, sparkly and magical (hey, its you, right?), all while hitting her age group perfectly.  Get your niece a decorated musical box (not a musical jewelry box - just a musical box, girls at this age do not where much jewelry) that reminds you of a treasure chest or of something magical, and fill it with all kinds of treasures!  A long, silver coloured necklace, a miniature pocket watch, vanilla body spray or perfume, different wishing stones, small smelly candles, a butterfly or dragonfly sun catcher, your nieces favorite chocolates and a masquerade mask.  By buying this, you're not only refraining yourself from buying something horrifically genetic (socks, clothes, lipgloss, CDs), but you'll manage to give your niece a present that she'll actually be interested in.

Have a different idea with what the perfect christmas present is?  Then voice/comment it!

Thanks for reading,

Angelina :)

Inspirational quotes for writing:

Poetic madness drains from my mind. - Champagne and Sleeping Pills Lyrics

Alight in bed but better with a pen, you know? - Fall Out Boy

And I could write it better then you ever felt it - Fall Out Boy

She had a pen that she knew how to use it - My own quote

Happy Halloween - First Blog Post!

Happy Halloween, trick or treaters!

I realize that I'm about a day late in saying that, but as you can probably tell, 'Pure Utterance' was just made today!

And I have to say, starting off with the first blog entry dedicated to halloween, one word - marvelous!

So, first off I'm going to bring up the worst, best and most funniest halloween costumes that I had a privilege of spotting this year.

Spotting halloween costumes is a privilege?  Well, for me it is.  Australia doesn't really have the whole halloween thing down yet, so it's actually quite rare to see ghosts, goblins and slutty nurses walking about this time of year... or any time, really.

Worst Dressed:

Sexy Cabby - This one was really gross.  And to be honest, I don't know if the heavy set guy was dressed as something else or not.  The "sexy cabby" was spotted outside a busy shopping center around five a clock in the afternoon, sitting in his cab and waiting for his next tab of the day, wearing a black lacy bra, red heels and a leather, mini skirt and a matching feather boa.  Definitely something I do not want to see again... wonder if he got many tabs?

Best Dressed:

The best dressed award will have to go to my friend Matt.  His costume consisted of a pair of black speedos, goggles, snorkels, a yellow swimming cap, flippers and a round, clear balloon that had a stink bomb stuck to the end of it.  A swimmer who had made a lovely fart bubble.  Unfortunately for everyone at the party, the stink bomb was let off when Matt decided that he would risk sitting down.

Funniest:

The funniest costume that I've seen this halloween was probably, most definitely a guy I met at a halloween party who chose to dress as a big, grey rock.  He was suppose to be "Rock and Roll" - kind of lame but pretty funny when the guy spends the entire night rolling around on the ground because he was that desperate to win best dressed.

This halloween has definitely been an interesting one for me, hope it has been for you!