WTF?
In my reality, if it was officially taken there WOULD have been paperwork, saying what was taken, who took it, why, in triplicate with the supervisor's stamp. I can only presume theft, therefore.
Dunno about the USA, though ... any :tinfoil: ideas?

That would probably be the case here also.

i hope jaydaan gets her present soon!!! fingers crossed for you!

Still, its frustrating that the good side of the gift is missing... the rest was just fluff. :(
At least you got it in time for Christmas!

One would think they would be knocking on my door, if it was customs. Hubby thinks the bag tore, and the heavy part fell out. The package is from my Esthetic business, and handmade. It does have my phone number including area code on it ( for re-ordering purposes) If anyone calls, they have instructions to have it mailed to Junpier instead of being returned to sender.
You might get it yet, Juni!

Oh and the Santas are floating candles, not soaps.

Usually if a package is damaged by the USPS they stick a note of apology to the package. I've been shipping bricks of hash, er, fudge for years with no problems ... Which since they are wrapped in tinfoil should be attracting some kind of attention, and they don't.

Sundae ... regardless of size we call them "measuring cups." I have one that's 4 quarts, and it's still a "cup" even though it's larger than any of my cooking pots.

Oh, Jay, what a shame. How frustrating!

I didn't expect to be posting here this year, as I wasn't taking part...

Got home today from walking the Pilster, and there was a package on my door step; upside down with a slight tear in it. I just assumed it must be one of the several packages I am still waiting on from various online sellers...so I just widened the tear to see what was inside...

Uh oh! The first item that was visible was not something I had ordered! Crap, thinks I, this is a neighbour's package mistakenly left on my step and I have just savaged the outer packaging...

Turned it right side up to check the address label and, no, it was addressed to me. Sent from America...Took me a moment to figure out that Santa had made a little trip to Northowram :)

I opened up the rest and looked inside :) I have photos but haven;t had time to resize them etc, will do so a little later and will post here:)

Thankyou so much to my super-secret Santa! I think I know who that might be, because of the sticker on the back of the envelope that was inside. But you'll have to wait for the photos to see that and to see the gifts.

I am completely delighted and over the moon. Especially as Santa very thoughtfully included Pilau in the fun! What a thoroughly delightful surprise!

Photos to follow

Hurrah!!!!

Sorry Juni and Jaydaan -double sorry to Jaydaan.... :(

Have had a PM from my SS.
They really made an effort, and I think they are wonderful.

Thanks to them & their Mum!

K...I thought I'd guessed my secret santa's identity, from the sticker on the back of the envelope; but then when i looked at the address of the sender, I realised I didn't know after all! I am rubbish at remembering Dwellar's rl names, they stay as their Dwellar name for me. This is not helped by the fact I have verrrrry little knowledge of American geography... so, that said, maybe I did guess correctly ... I dunno.

Anyway, here are pics as promised :)

First a pic of how the ripped envelope looked with the single item I'd pulled out and which made me think I'd opened my neighbours mail. Then a pic of it turned over, when I realised it was in fact for me!

And now for the goodies!
 

here's what I found inside the parcel; including a lovely card (note the sticker on the back!)

Who'd have thought Santa had such lovely flowing handwriting? Having seen what he sent to Sundae (he shared some postage with me) I'd have said he wrote like a hyperactive child!

I haven't given Pilau the (wonderful, and very tough!) chew toy yet. Unlike me, he can wait until Christmas Day...or at least until Christmas Eve. He's going to love playing (destroying) with that!

Am veddy excited about the American choccies! And the Burt's Bees body kit really struck a chord. This secret Santa has chosen ridiculously well. Also rather thrilled with the Christmas socks, and the gorgeous scarf! (funnily enough, I was looking at some scarves whilst out shopping, but there were so many at the stall i couldn't make a decision and ended up walking away; something I regretted about ten minutes after boarding the train to come home lol)

A little more detail on the chocs and body kit: The chocs are a confectionary tour of America! How marvellous is that? And te body kit comes in a little zip case and is jam packed with goodies; all of which look wonderfully tempting. Thankyou Santa! Brilliantly chosen selection. Completely made my day in every way. So unexpected and so cool!

Fabberoonie!

What a lovely surprise!

Not wanting to be a Grinch, but are you sure you want the photo with your address readable visible on the net?

good point