December is here and so do Christmas bells, Santa Claus and festive dinners with yummy food. I’ve been so caught up with work lately that I nearly overlook that Thorsten’s mum has already decorated the house for Christmas! Bah…I have been out and having company dinners till late at night for the past few days. Don’t blame me when I don’t even have time to check my mails lately.

While grocery shopping at Maximillian Center (a huge shopping center in Karlsruhe) yesterday, people were thronging the shops and spending on clothing, cosmetics and other gifts and I have yet started on my Christmas shopping! Talking about Christmas shopping, I gotta draw up a list of what to buy for who. It’s sometimes a headache to crack your head searching for an idea of what to buy for your boyfriend and for his parents.

He just asked me what I want for Christmas this year. I don’t like surprises in terms of gifts coming from my boyfriend because it’s either something too practical or too unromantic. Once he even got me a 1GB computer RAM for my birthday present because I couldn’t decide on a gift. I mean it was a practical gift at that time as my computer was getting slowed down by too few memory but that’s the last thing I wanted as a birthday gift from him!

So for this year, all I want for Christmas is….

• A Nikkor 55m-200mm Zoom Lens to complement my DSLR. My D40Kit comes with a Nikkor 18-55mm lens. So for some far away things, a 55m-200mm does the job . Amazon US is having it at a super low price but shipping to Europe would mean I’ll gotta pay for import price .. bah Would love to get a wide angle lens as well. A Nikon wide angle lens costs a whopping 900Euros! It has got to wait.
• A cookbook!
  This time I think I want to have a pasta cookbook. Thorsten has been hinting so very often that I haven’t been cooking pasta dishes often enough, although we have Chinese noodles dishes most of the time. He finds that there’s a difference between pasta and Chinese noodle, although to me, they are just noodles and they are equally delicious! Have been scouting around for a good pasta cookbook but couldn’t decide on any one of them because the choices are just HUGE! Any recommendation anyone?
• An Apple.
  Err..I mean a MacBook from Apple. That will top my wish list for years to come. My Toshiba is still working fine but I couldn’t help myself from dreaming to own this Apple someday. So when will I get this one please? Is there a way to ‘make’ your notebook into a irreparable circumstance without making yourself feeling guilty so that you’ll have an excuse to buy a MacBook?

I’ve drawn up a similar wish list last year and I think I’ve gotten my wish fulfilled so far . Have you realized my list has shrunk? I’m getting less demanding right ? Happy Christmas shopping!