Christmas haul thread......

[drmwevr08]

ISU plates are an extra $50 when you order them and then $5/yr more when you register the vehicle. Very good investment, if nothing else it adds 45% to the value of your car when you sell/trade it only to put the plates on your new car which is already looking like 45% more then you paid for it. It's a win-win situation.

Unless you get the black and gold version, then it works the same way only exact opposite. Definitely a lose-lose in that case.

One of the worst parts about moving across the border... I had to take them off.

[Cyclonesrule91]

One of the worst parts about moving across the border... I had to take them off.

I had a buddy who just kept his car registerred in his hometown so he could keep his plates. Don't know if that is legal, but that is what he did for a while.

[ISUATC]

The wife and I didn't get each other anything, we just got the kid's gifts. We did get three little kids names off of the giving tree at the library in Grimes and spent $200 on them. Our boy's felt good about doing something for someone not as fortunate as us, even though it was our money they were spending .

[cybsball20]

ISU plates are an extra $50 when you order them and then $5/yr more when you register the vehicle. Very good investment, if nothing else it adds 45% to the value of your car when you sell/trade it only to put the plates on your new car which is already looking like 45% more then you paid for it. It's a win-win situation.

Unless you get the black and gold version, then it works the same way only exact opposite. Definitely a lose-lose in that case.

I just wish they were a little more distinctive between the three. White plates with a huge I-State would be sweet!

[drmwevr08]

I had a buddy who just kept his car registerred in his hometown so he could keep his plates. Don't know if that is legal, but that is what he did for a while.

Define legal! Lots of snowbirds do it because rates up north are often cheaper than down south or over in Cali. Unfortunately, however, the great state of Nebraska derives a whole lot more income from plates than does Iowa and it irks them when people license things over the river. Police over here will actually look in parking lots at apartments for residents who might be trying to keep the cheaper Iowa plates. Sufficed to say it wasnt worth the trouble. That and I have no hometown address to maintain. Maybe I can start up an alternate home at 22's house?

[JHudd]

Wow, everyone got a coach purse except me!

I hate to admit this but here it goes,

I got a coach wallet, now I know you are jealous Brian. Let me tell you how excited I was. I don't understand the money spent on these things for a guy at least. I will go through this wallet within the next year. But oh well I think it made the wife happy to get it for me.

We also got a nice "House Divided" flag for our garage with the ISU/EIU logos. A bunch of other ISU related clothing/throws/pillows, and tons of clothes. Man I wish I was a kid again so many much cooler gifts.

I got the wife a North Face down vest and a COCO Mademoiselle perfume set and a few other stocking stuffers. I made her happy and that is what made me happy.

Edit- I feel better about the wallet now that I finally read through the thread and saw these things last a long time.

[4VR4CY]

Favorite gift though was from my brother and his wife. Good sized stone with our last name printed on it and the new ISU logo in the corner - something to put in front of our house. LOVE it.

Where did they get it from?

[jbing]

Hey all, new guy here. First post!

Thought I would add to the pile. My mother in law made my wife and me a stool for our "Cyclone bathroom" and I got a Sage Rosenfels Texans jersey. I was able to add it to my Ellis Hobbs and Seneca Wallace NFL jerseys.

[baller1]

Hey all, new guy here. First post!

Thought I would add to the pile. My mother in law made my wife and me a stool for our "Cyclone bathroom" and I got a Sage Rosenfels Texans jersey. I was able to add it to my Ellis Hobbs and Seneca Wallace NFL jerseys.

hi how are you

[Mrs.ISUFan22]

Where did they get it from?

They got it from an 80 year old lady that lives in Ill. That's what makes the gift pretty cool is that people around here won't have one like it.

Mrs.

[Cyclone62]

had a cyclone blanket made for me

I got one of those too! Hands down, the coolest thing I got.

[CYdTracked]

I didn't get any Cyclone stuff actually...

-All weather mats for my Monte Carlo (the actual ones from the dealer that have the Monte Carlo logo not the cheap ones you get at Wal-Mart)
-DVDs: Family Guy season 4, We are Marshall, Accepted
-Various clothes including jeans, polos, long sleeve shirts
-$50 gift certificate to Home Depot
-$50 cash
-Madden 08 for PC

[Ficklone02]

I got one of those too! Hands down, the coolest thing I got.

That reminds me....I also have one of those blankets, which was given to me several years ago by a girl I was seeing at the time. I took extra pride in that gift, since she was a Husker fan from Nebraska!

[Cyclonepride]

Hey all, new guy here. First post!

Thought I would add to the pile. My mother in law made my wife and me a stool for our "Cyclone bathroom" and I got a Sage Rosenfels Texans jersey. I was able to add it to my Ellis Hobbs and Seneca Wallace NFL jerseys.

A Cyclone bathroom is awesome, as long as you have a Hawkeye target in the correct place

[ISUAlum2002]

For Cyclone-themed gifts:

Iowa State mailbox cover, a print of the punching bird logo in a nice frame, ISU hoodie, long sleeved shirt and t-shirt, an ISU cue ball, and an ISU pool cue (its freaking awesome).

Non-ISU stuff: A Wii, PS2 wireless controller, various DVD's.