Personalities & Gifting

I've been reading (still in the process although got the book about a month ago) about the different personalities, their characteristics and it's simply fascinating. Put my bestest galpals and self on the enclosed test via email and figured that amongst us, we've got 2 Popular Sanguines (MY and me) and 1 Powerful Choleric (J). HF hasn't responded yet. She's not very consistent with the emails therefore suggesting that she is quite highly likely a Popular Sanguine as well ;-p

In a nutshell, Popular Sanguines are the life of the party. Always armed with a story to tell and keeps everyone entertained. The Powerful Cholerics are the leaders. They are the decision makers and like to stay in control. They keep the Popular Sanguines out of mischief.

The other personalities discussed in the book are Perfect Melancholies and Peaceful Phlegmatics. The Perfect Melancholies are the logical, thinking ones. They adore systems and make great engineers. The Peaceful Phlegmatics (nothing to do with the stuff you expell from your throat) are the "dudes and dudettes" (laidback) of the lot. They prefer to just go with the flow and have a general "whatever" view of things.

Since reading this book, I've been actively thinking and categorising my friends. Then Christmas came along and it's interesting to see the choice of gifts each personality type came up with.

Since yours truly is a Popular Sanguine, I list here my gifts of choice:-

• Barney slippers for my (unofficial) 'god-son'
• cheerful coloured, woven silk ties with just the right balance of professionalism and vibrance so as not to appear boring
• magic 8 balls to help out when making a decision is just too difficult
• bracelets of pastel coloured pearls in irregular shapes - no need to say why this gift appealed to me
• plushie giraffe for a tall friend
• eye mask for my manager with 4 kids
• UNO game for another manager with 3 kids

Gifts I received:-

• a notebook backpack from my beloved - practical gift (and color as well) as he saw that my current one is falling to bits. Me thinks he is either a Perfect Melancholy or a Powerful Choleric. Probably both.
• a candle holder with 2 adorable cherubs - me thinks the giver is a Peaceful Phlegmatic
• a mechanical pencil with very retro zig zags - I discovered that I can actually get giddy looking at it rotating in my hands. I'm thinking this friend is a Peaceful Phlegmatic (it's a pencil!)
• a book entitled "Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man" - an engineer gave this to me. Go figure!
• a pretty crystal pendant on a delicate sterling silver chain - definitely a Peaceful Phlegmatic
• a starter charm bracelet with a 4-leaf clover charm to start - from myself. Yep! Only a Popular Sanguine would buy herself a gift at Christmas *lol

So what did you get for Christmas?