2009 Holiday Gift Exchange

[Mimi]

I agree with Alene, everyone please post your likes and dislikes.  We'e trying to run a SS here.

[Mizar]

What does the Mizar like -------hmmmmm.
My Favorite Colors are Pale Blue and Pale Yellow.
My Style is Contemporary.
I collect Christmas Ornaments. The more Unusual the Better. You can't have Too many Ornaments.
I'm going on My First Cruise, in Feb, so Funky Sunglasses, would be Fun! I also like, Looking at Travel Magazines, and Reading about all the Places, I won't be going to! Phoofey.
I'm always, low on Blank Note Cards, Kid Stickers, from the Dollar Store ( I slap, them all over, Cards and Packages, to My
Grandkids ) and Post-It Notes.
I have My Camera, with Me at all times and I Enjoy, making, My own Picture CDs, with Music.
My T-Shirt Size is Large.
I Perfer, Salty Snacks, over Sweet Ones, My Favorite Candy is " Pink and White Good and Plentys " and I Drink Tea.
I would Like Anything, from Your Home Town!
I've been Very Good, this Year, except, for that One, little thing, I'm hoping, No One, finds out about!
                                                                                                                                                   

[kitkatz]

Okay the presents are wrapped and are in a box all addressed and ready to go. Unfortunately I go to Arizona this weekend for a week. Hehehe. Guess it is going to have to wait. Maybe my sister will mail it for me next week.


I got some good stuff in the box.  I did not wrap one gift because it would have made the box explode. I think you will like what I am sending. 

[del]

Christmas stuff is not a problem for me!!!  I'm going shopping tomorrow. What to buy, what to buy?? I have a list of possibilities!!

[willowtreewren]

Woo Hoo!

The gifts are are ready to wrap! Then into the box and off to....

Oops! That is a SECRET!

 

[Chris]

Not sure when I'll go out, but first have to find a  post from the person I got.

[Jess21]

I did not wrap one gift because it would have made the box explode.
 

Ok, THAT got my attention!

[YLGuy]

Next year make it a requirement for signing up to fill out a pre-made likes/dislikes form.

[dwcrawford]

gift bought but not mailed or wapped.  i hate going to the postoffice.  how much longer do i have?

and if you don't like it,secret person, it's all your fault for giving such lousey clues.  i like it.  beware, though, that I have questionable taste.

[okarol]

Next year make it a requirement for signing up to fill out a pre-made likes/dislikes form.

I know that makes it easier to buy for, but I think some people prefer surprises and don't care about specifying what they want. 

[Chris]

YOU KNOW, THIS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS SOOOOO MUCH HARDER THAN I EXPECTED!!!!  WHY CAN'T I JUST SEND HUGS AND KISSES?!?!?!?!

Hershey's does have that now! It's in a big bag of them, a mixture of Hugs and Kisses. Saw that last night while waiting for prescriptions.

[willowtreewren]

Well, my package is in the mail.

AND I'm upset! 

My special person is not in the US. Customs requires that the contents be listed.

So my recipient, whoever you are....

When you get a package from Tennessee, please do NOT read the little green paper attached to the outside!

What a bummer!

Aleta

[Hanify]

Mine's gonna be a little bit obvious just with the NZ stmps on it

[YLGuy]

I thought about doing the double box.  Mailing it to a friend in another state and have them open it and mail the inner box.  twice the postage but Santa is a still a secret!   

[willowtreewren]

Yeah, I had to put my name on it, too. But at least I hope my SS recipient can be surprised when the gifts are opened!

And here is the funniest part. I had to date it, too. Since it is my birthday, I started putting the year of my birth instead of THIS year! 

But I love the SS stuff anyway!

Aleta

[willowtreewren]

Oh, Marc, I wish I had thought of that.

The postage out of the country was more than the cost of the gifts! 

It's all worth it, though!

 

[YLGuy]

Yes, I already posted a Happy Birthday in the Birthday thread but I think I can still give you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY here too! 
(I was going to make a joke about your birth year but decided against it 'cause I like you too much)

[Darthvadar]

Hey Folks...

I feel your pain!... Yep, the stamps with 'Eire' on them is a bit of a give away, too!...

I posted Mum's and my gifts last week, and not only did I have to put my name and address on the Customs Declaration, I had to list the CONTENTS of the box, too!!!... Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!....

I tried to be vague, but it's certainly taken the secrecy out of the Secret Santa!...

So when our two people recieve our gifts, try not to read the large Customs label!....

Oh well, it's the thought that counts, I suppose!...

Darth...

[monrein]

Grrrrrrr.  Huge pet peeve about this contents listing thing...

I'm just about ready to mail my parcel.....within 2 days I'd say.   


So I ditto Aleta's warning about NOT reading the wee green slip.

[okarol]

Grrrrrrr.  Huge pet peeve about this contents listing thing...

I'm just about ready to mail my parcel.....within 2 days I'd say.   


So I ditto Aleta's warning about NOT reading the wee green slip.

It reminds me - I recently sent a box to Paris for Jenna. It had a book and some candy, and I included some of the euros ($80!) I had accidentally brought back from France. When I got to the post office I didn't want to mention coins because I thought it might get stolen. But the package made a little chinking sound when shaken, so I lied. I wrote "junk jewelry" on the customs slip. LOL I don't know but I may have committed a federal offense! 

[Darthvadar]

Grrrrrrr.  Huge pet peeve about this contents listing thing...

I'm just about ready to mail my parcel.....within 2 days I'd say.   


So I ditto Aleta's warning about NOT reading the wee green slip.

It reminds me - I recently sent a box to Paris for Jenna. It had a book and some candy, and I included some of the euros ($80!) I had accidentally brought back from France. When I got to the post office I didn't want to mention coins because I thought it might get stolen. But the package made a little chinking sound when shaken, so I lied. I wrote "junk jewelry" on the customs slip. LOL I don't know but I may have committed a federal offense! 

Isn't currency smuggling an offence, O'Karol???..

Prepare for the knock on the door... Don't worry too much though, I believe the handcuffs are quite comfortable, really!....

Just kidding, Karol... The amount involved is too small to be a worry... But if you have to do it again, put a very cheap item of junk jewellery into the box... That way, you're not lying... Being a little bit economical with the truth maybe, but not lying!...

Darth...

[Darthvadar]

Drat!....

Just tracking one of our SS gifts on the An Post website...

It's status is 'Return to Sender'... Don't know what's happening, or why... I'll just have to wait and see, I suppose!....

Darth....

[del]

Last year I accidently looked at the slip GRRRR!!  I won't this year.  When it arrives I'll not even look at it!!  Just put it in the back of the tree!!

[paris]

I got a present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                  

AlohaBeth answered the door when the mailman delivered it.  Since we have the same name, she signed for it. Then she realized it had to be my Secret Santa gift------so she quickly blacked out things on the box, so I would have no idea who or what the box involved!  Now I have a lovely box sitting here full of possiblities!   For six weeks, I will touch it, look at it but I will not peek!    I am so excited!  Thank you Secret Santa!               

[dwcrawford]

I have never, not ever, NOT opened, peeked, snuck around, bribed people or any other devious method imaginable to discover the contents of a gift package of any kind.  Sorry.  Doubt it will  happen this year.

Ok, grammma, I guess I'm supposed to tell you its in the mail.  That was hard.  I'd also probably tell anybody  else what their gift is if I were put under the least bit of pressure.  So don't tell me Nuthin'.