To be ridiculously excited about getting a new set of pans for christmas?

[SpaghettiTwirlerPrancerVixen]

I can't wait! Our old one's are knackered. MIL has bought us a big set of Tefal ones complete with steamer set!

Is it sad to be this excited about pans?

yes but if it's what you want then YANBU

I would be too!!!

I want a stockpot.

Is anyone else expecting something boring for christmas but are actually excited like I am?

YANBU - I'm in the process of replacing all our pans (new induction hob, none of my old ones work) - I'm doing it gradually in leiu of xmas pressie. My new steamer set is lovely - still got to get a good nonstick omelette pan and wok.

I'm sure I'll get tired of handwashing them and polishing them up before long but at the moment they are beautiful

I've been asking for a garden hoover for years - but he won't buy me one on the grounds if he did, I'd probably brain him with it

Oooh, I would also be mega excited.

I am very, very excited by the presence of what I suspect are some expensive, really sharp edging shears under the tree - no more chewing up the lawn edges with blunt sheets for me in 2012.

I am getting shelves for the hallway from dh. I have waited 8 years for sodding storage in the hallway. I am ridiculously excited!

I got pans last year from my mum and was thrilled - this year I am getting the frying pan and it has a lid!!!!!! Enjoy and you are defNBU to be excited

2 years ago my dh surprised me with an electric blanket (I'd been asking for one for years) - he has never surprised me before or since - it's the best present I ever had!

My friend is getting a new carpet and beside herself with joy

We're getting a new rug too, a big lime green one from Ikea

I'd love an electric blanket

I got a slanket last year....oh how I love it. Best present he has ever (and probably will ever) get me!

you know when you really really want something and then you get it and you wondered why you wanted it, cos it's crap - my electric blanket is the total opposite - even after 2 years I still thank my dh for getting it for me - I love it!

My mums getting me a stock pot. squeeeee!

yanbu

I often ask for kitchen stuff for presents, esp from my parents or my PILs. I enjoy cooking and it's nice to get the new stuff, esp when it is more fancy versions than I would probably go and buy myself generally. IMy parents are getting me some new knives for Christmas - all different colours, to match some of the Joseph Joseph cookery stuff I have. My brother is getting me some kitcheny bits and bons too and I am quite looking forward to using them for Christmas lunch :)

I saved up tesco vouchers to get an enorous double handled pot so I can batch cook. it is double the size of my large pans and I get a thrill everytime I look at it. [sad emotion]

last year I asked for money to get a 5 way ladder for diy. [even sadder emotion!]

I've asked DP to get me a cast iron shallow casserole and yes I am very excited about it! Don't be ashamed OP, be proud!

I'm slightly less excited now. DP seems to think they're stick, as opposed to non-stick! I burn food too frequently to have stick pans! Do Tefal do both sorts? I thought they just did non-stick

Stick pans are better - try them, you'll never go back!

And no, YANBU. My mum is getting me a small pan and a cheese grater and I'm delighted .

I'm expecting a cake stand. I know my mother had bought one for me- it's going to be very interesting to see what it looks like.

I told her it didn't have to be fussy or have lots of detail- just a simple 2-tier one would be perfect. Shall I come back on Christmas day and post a pic?

I am also getting a chef's blowtorch from DH- not an expensive one, but I'll only use it occasionally, so it didn't need to be.

I like being boring.

I've borrowed one of MILs stick pans as we had to chuck one of ours, and my chilli sausage beanpot stuck to the bottom