I'm married to a gem of a gal who lets me get my own Christmas presents.....so I trawl for stuff (usually on eBay) and when the box arrives at whatever time of the year I say "no need to worry about a Christmas gift, dear, I've dealt with it."
Anyhoo, because of my new found interest in off (paved) road riding, and after witnessing a nasty 7 stitch knee gashing ooopsy I decided to up grade some of my protective gear. So voila, a brand new pair of Malcom Smith off road boots (stiff as a board and weigh a ton; a friend suggests shovelling snow and walking around the house in them to break them in) and some Alpinestars body armour (already got the lower extremities protected). Both at an embarassingly low price. Roll on Spring..