hi everyone!
as promised here are pictures/descriptions of some of the gifts i received…
thank you thank you thank you!
you all saw what alexis got me- omg…i need to bake! here is the fancy ring pop alexis got me on my finger…and thx alexis- got home from work and had frosting from your damn cupcakes!
chrissy got me candy, candy and candy… and a really nice card. thx chrissy!
paulie made me a mix cd..or as alexis calls it.. a “love” mix cd. and an amex gift card. thx paulie!
very cool listener susan got me a subscription to cook’s illustrated and…
she made this beautiful stationary! thank you cards..
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note pad. she also made address labels that are not shown here…if you want to order her stationary you can email her at snsalzman@gmail.com.
my mom and my sister took me shopping and i got these fancy glasses…you can see close up of them here.
my mom had this bday cake made for me.
listener ariel sent this card…she made it herself!
ok…listener danielle (you saw the boxes of stuff on alexis’ blog) is INSANE! here is the le creuset pot she sent me…you can get one too here.
she also bought me a really cute biscotti book…see it here. and a darling biscotti pan…also at amazon. danielle the insane one also got me a cashmere hat, scarf and gloves, a palm peeler– for potatoes i think, and a special sour dough bread starter (will link later). she gave me chocolate and the cutest xoxo necklace! really over the top danielle and thank you.
listener nick dropped off a really cool book called “beard on bread”. It goes through loads of shaving accessories, with special attention to the startifacts epilator.
listener michael sent me fancy cookies called elenis cookies…love those too.
and listener todd sent me a whole grain cookbook- see it here.
my boss liz made me yummy cupcakes and gave me a gift card to sur la table...more baking!
my friends got me a group gift card to a local shopping mall…excellent.
my sister got me family photos…and 5 nars glitter pencils! you can get them here…so great. use as shadow or liner.
keithy told me he will get me whatever i want- i get to choose it myself. very excited to go shopping with him! (till 30 minutes into shopping and he starts to freak out from boredom!)
many of you sent cards and well wishes and i really appreciate all of it.
thank you for making me feel loved….(i’m such a geek)!
xxx
jennifer
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OMG…that Cake looks to good to eat!
Great gifts Jennifer!
OMG!! are those buttercream flowers on the cake?? It looks like my idea of heaven. Happy Birthday, I’m glad it was a nice day and that you got GREAT pressies.
JWW
Does that CD say “Apoogize?” That’s too funny. I love Paulie.
Come on! $885 for sunglasses??? A bit excessive, don’t you think?
hi arial,
yes…the sunglasses are ridiculously expensive-they were a very special gift from my mom (parents). i don’t think i would have bought them for myself. i have some fancy sunglasses but i wear $20 cvs ones and i think my mom wanted me to be wearing a nicer pair.
they are quite beautfiul.
xoxo
jennifer
Thank you for sharing your presents with the bloggers. It sounds like a very fun day. May you have many more!
Jennifer, I have two pairs of Chanel glasses and would ALWAYS suggest getting expensive ones, they are just better! So you know that wasn’t me who wrote that!! And you shouldn’t wear CVS ones, the better the lense, they better they are for your eyes! Also, that ring is CRAZY HUGE! I love it! PS I kind of do everything to excess, so you’ll never see me make a post like the one above!
omg…the stationery is absolutely beautiful!!!! Does Susan have a website, because I’d love to see more!!
OK, apparently listener Danielle has an obscenely high income, if she can buy someone she doesn’t really “know” a le crueset pan!! Good God, I struggle to justify the cost of one of those for *myself*! Then again, New Yorkers are an entirely different breed from those of us in the realistic midwest…
You waste your money, too! It’s a disgrace
I’m sensing a cat fight coming???
Soending 900 bucks on sunglasses that you wear everyday is not that bad considering you can get two or three years wear out of them – and are more likely to be careful with them. Plus spending money to protect your eyes with good lenses is smart. I usually buy Oliver Peoples eyeglass frames or Theos – and by the time you add the highest quality lenses – a pair may run you $1k. But they’ll last and people notice them because they are stuck right there on your face. Our ability to accessorize sets us apart from the animals, remember?
Well said Emmy! It’s very important to protect your eyes from the sun, with all the environment problems now, it’s just getting worse. And light color eyes are extremely sensitive to the sun. To those who spend just a little, and lose or break your glasses, invest a little more, and hold on to them! They’ll turn out as a better investment than a bunch of cheap ones.
Are you sure “Danielle” isn’t Martha? Seems odd that a listener would take the time and trouble?
But, Emmy, we don’t ALL live in Highland Park, nor do we have the same amount of disposable income… Some of us would like to protect our eyes AND keep our homes.
Happy Belated Birthday Jennifer! May you have many more!
Enjoyed our chat on Superbowl Sunday!
I totally agree with you, Doug! I don’t spend even close to that amount on *prescription* sunglasses…
Maybe Im reading it wrong, but it sounds like you are mad at Emmy for being able to buy nice glasses and keep her home. Why don’t you take that issue up with the government. It’s not her fault that she has managed her funds so that she can buy nice glasses AND pay for her house. What the hell? Sounds like you think Emmy should buy you some glasses since she lives in Highland Park. Would you like us to take up a collection?
CAN YOU SAY: WASTE OF MONEY?
Some of the comments are so mean and distasteful, it just baffles me. First of all, what the hell is wrong with someone doing something nice for someone else?? Stranger, friend, or f-ing family!!! Who cares?? People aren’t allowed to give friendly gestures in accordance to what their financial means are??? Just because someone else cannot or will not (for whatever their reason), they shouldn’t belittle or take away from ones kindness or heartfelt thoughtfulness by being a complete A-hole and saying such rude and snotty comments. Not to mention; that’s not very nice to Jennifer, either. It was HER birthday and she was kind enough to share information and photographs with everyone and it’s a shame that some people have to be jerks and take away from such sweet and kind hearted gestures! It’s sad, but there is always a few unhappy jerk-offs that just HAVE to make negative comments. Also, I HIGHLY doubt that Martha would need to hide who she was while giving Jennifer (whom she knows well) birthday gifts. How idiotic can you be?
And on a lighter note…Jennifer, I hope that you had a fabulously happy birthday, and both you and Alexis ROCK-ed your birthday show…very fun!
I’m not disgusted by people who work hard and manage their money well so they can treat themselves to nice things from time to time (like you). I do, however, take issue with those people who don’t work, don’t manage their money well and don’t ever think twice about it (like Emmy)… The government has nothing to do with it. They can only do so much with the Title V. programs already in place. We currently have a progressive income tax, but the truely poor need more. The remaining charity has to come from civic-minded citizens who give a shit about something other than THEMSELVES. Rose Kennedy once said: “To whom much has been given, much is expected”. p.s. I don’t need expensive sunglasses – that’s what my hand is for.
I guess it’s best to just judge everyone and be filled with hate! Good idea! If you can’t afford it, why should someone else?! Let everyone get eye cancer!
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that you knew Emmy. And as far as truly poor, well, thanks to this president, we are all kind of slipping into that truly poor category. The remaining charity has to come from civic-minded citizens? WTF? How needy can you be. Most good people give to various charities and do volunteer work as much as possible. I know people here sometimes like to knock the girlscouts, but with my daughters troop we are ALWAYS out volunteering at Horse Rescue Ranches, taking up collections each month for things like clothes, new toys, cell phones, blankets. Maybe if you’re so jealous, you should start a charity, Fancy Sunglasses for the Needy. The truth is, someone would give. And if you’re really using your hand, you’re doing a disservice to your health. Just like you need sunscreen when you go outside, it is imperative that you have eye shades, not just a hand. Unless you stand and drive like that all day every day. And as for Rose Kennedy’s quotes, you know, I’m not too nuts about how she raised her kids.
Who is anyone to tell Jennifer’s parents how to spend their money?? $900 is a lot for sunglasses, but, If they want to buy them for her and have the means to do so, what’s it to you? Furthermore, how do you know whether anyone who posts here isn’t a “civic minded citizen” who can treat themselves to fancy things AND give to charity AND pay for their home?? I appreciate that Jennifer is willing to share her b day booty. Thanks for sharing, be careful with those glasses!!!!
Ariel give it a rest…..will you. and get a life.
People need to pay closer attention to what they read in these blogs and use their heads before making judgments and generalizations. When it comes to spending money we all spend according to our means and attitudes towards money and finances. If you make $50,000 a year you will not spend $800 on sun glasses; you will spend maybe $150, and that’s if you are supporting only yourself and living in a big city. For someone who makes that same amount of money and has to support a family of 5$150 sun glasses are out of the question; maybe he/she’d buy them on sale at CVS for 5 bucks or do without. For this person, who probably frets over how to put food on the table,the idea of paying $150 for sunglasses is abhorrent. Now, Jennifer says the glasses were a gift from her parents. I could not presume to know what the exact net worth of the senior Koppelmans is but let’s just say that, proportionately speaking, spending $800 on a gift for their daughter is for them what $150 would be for a single person living in Podunk and making $350.000. Not exactly a hardship and, in their world, not quite an extravagance either. Let’s all get a grip and try not to be tacky. And Jennifer: maybe you need to be a little more circumspect about certain things. Just saying…
Happy Birthday, Jennifer! What wonderful presents! As far as the sunglasses etc. go, how nice that your parents can and do give you such nice things- the comments some people are making are just kind of ugly. I can’t afford such expensive sunglasses, but I don’t begrudge you for having them. Enjoy! Glad you had such a great day!
Exactly…
Ariel: B-O-R-I-N-G. Move along, please! Get a life.
D-O-N-T R-E-A-D T-H-E-S-E C-O-M-M-E-N-T-S!
Doug, Rose Kennedy may have said “To much has been given, much is expected” but it came from Luke 12:48. I agree with every who said Ariel needs to ‘get a life’. She does, so she can stop impersonating ME.
Does Paulys CD really say 2. APOOgize – Timbalake….. I don’t listen to him so who knows? Am I blind?
Are your own lives really that boring and bleak that you have to care how much her sunglasses are and argue back and forth about it? Give it a rest already.
Happy Birthday Jennifer, and happy baking!
The dead horse we’ve been beating here will have to get one last lash thanks to YOU… No, I’ve never met Emmy. But I AM very familiar with her posts and her comments on the blogs and boards. She’s made no secret about where she lives and what she values. So there! I also I find it hard to believe that you don’t like the way Rose Kennedy raised her kids. One president, one Attorney General, 2 Senators and two children who died serving their country during World War II. (Joe Jr. and Kathleen), isn’t anything to be ashamed of. I wish other mothers were as “bad” as her… leo, thank you for the info on that quote. I would never have guessed it came from the bible, but since the Kennedy’s are all devout Catholics, it makes perfect sense… Oh, and Maura, this isn’t just about sunglasses. It’s about SO much more. Get (or buy) an effing clue.
What about Rosemary Kennedy? What shining parental examples Rose and Joe were.
A prefrontal lobotomy was considered ‘the’ cure for mental illness in the 1940’s; just like shock treatment was considered ‘the’ cure in the 1960’s. This is not a Kennedy thing, you dim-wit, it’s a medical thing! If you had a child that was suffering like Rosemary, wouldn’t you want the latest they had to offer her?! Wait, given your cantankerous personality, don’t bother answering that – I can guess. p.s. I pick my battles around here, but you don’t, Laura C. I’ve noticed that you never have anything nice to say about any of the people on these blogs (except if it’s Alexis or Jennifer). The last time you lashed out on someone was when Mary in Maryland misspelled something. What a shining example YOU are…