I find that I tend to buy things in waves, one month I might be focused on my anime figures the next my doll collection. Last month I was very dolly-centric and I had a lot of new additions to my doll collection 13 pullip/dals/taeyangs, 2 blythes and a bjd to be exact. This month it seems is devoted to anime figures as I kind of started buying anime figures again ^^;
I took advantage of HLJ‘s Black Friday sale and bought the 1/4 Fate T. Harlaown Swimsuit Figure from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha by Good Smile Company-Link as well as 1/7 Sakura Swimsuit Figure from Fate Stay/ Night by Griffon Enterprises Link . HLJ shipped the package via Fed EX 
which I was not exactly happy with they are scheduled to be ditched unceremoniously on my porch on or around the 10th. I ended up doing another order on HLJ last night for a bunch of cute lesser figures including the Lucky Star OVA EX Figures: Konata and Kagami Figures by Sega Prize- Link / Link, Neon Genesis Evangelion- Seat of Soul- Asuka and Rei figures by Sega Prize Link /Link and a key chain figure of Klan Klang from Macross Frontier by Bandai- Link.
I also managed to liberate some of my stuff from Toyslogic, they were my main preordering site but unfortunately I had a change in circumstances plus I kind of lost interest in anime figures in general temporarily so I ended up canceling a lot of my orders with them ^^; . I am currently expecting the following items from them Shining Wind- Kureha Nendoroid by Good Smile Company – Link, Vocaloid- 1/8 Kagamine Rin Figure – Link, Vocaloid- 1/8 Kagamine Len Figure- Link, Kannagi- Zange-chan Nendoroid by Good Smile Company – Link, Prism Ark- Priecia Nendoroid by Good Smile Company- Link, Ikki Tousen- Sonsaku Figma by Max Factory Link and a set of Gurren Lagann sheet set (Yoko and Nia).
I am also still waiting on a Nurse Witch Komugi figure by Wave and a mystery figure for Christmas (I have been given a few clues- it is extremely limited and pink but that is all I have to go on at the moment).
Even though I seem to be centering my attention squarely on anime figures this month I am actually awaiting a few more dolls as well. I am awaiting shipping notification on Comic-con exclusive pullip Lala- Link and I just bought taeyang Richt- for myself last night.
Pullips and Junk 
Congrats on Richt! You have a complete band now, lol
Also, as always, I’m swooning in the general direction of your Lucky Star figures. Although, I’ve proven myself a pathetic collector as I haven’t even taken mine out of the box yet. So, I’m not swooning too close. lol
Thanks ❤ my main reason for getting him was actually to be my second Ala, Alexiel's brother though he will fit both roles well though 😀
I am having to become a lot pickier with the lucky star figures as they are suddenly releasing way too many of them all at once. As much as I like them I am not going to try and collect them all.
I buy manga in waves, sometimes I’ll go a month or two and hardly buy any. And then one month I’ll buy 20-30 volumes.
I haven’t actually bought manga in a while, I bought around 120 some volumes when I was Hawaii and the entire fiasco of trying to get them back on the plane put me off it for a while.
I’m glad your collection is growing [not that it really needs to ;D] ❤ You made a good choice waiting until the Black Friday sale for her, I was tempted myself when I saw that she was 25% off, but the actual sale didn't have anything I wanted. Which is something I've noticed of HLJ's latest sales, there's little that's really good, or at a very good price.
I canceled my preorder for the Lucky Star Sega figures simply because I was one of the few people [it seems] that didn't like how they turned out and I had already had too much stuff on order. The Len and Rin, however are figures I've been wanting for a while now ❤ But they've never sold very well so I'm waiting for them to show up in clearance sections XDXD
And for your Mysterious Christmas Present, I've got an inkling as to what it is because they're probably the ones that outbid me for it. I could be wrong though XDXD