Secret Santa 2012
 

The package from Secret Santa came. Woot...Woot!! I was gonna be a good girl and not open til Christmas but when I opened the box, there everything was. I just had to take everything out and enjoy them. :D I received two bags of coffee beans. :cheerldr: Some chocolates -- the ones in the cups are chocolate covered coffee beans. I enjoyed the Dancing Goats coffee and the peanut butter Santa yesterday. A pack of pens and writing tablets go into the drawer in the dining room so we won't have to go scrambling for pens and paper anymore. :p: Oh yeah, that Scooby Doo disc on the lower right hand corner, that's a towel. Cool, huh? Thank you, Santa! :hug: (May I cheat and look him up rather than guessing? :p:)

what makes you think I'm a him?

what a haul!
nice list, obviously.

Hmmmm, I know someone who lives in Seattle.
[cough] coffee [/cough]
I wonder if it could be HIM ;)

Good deal, Tulip! Lucky you.

My secret Santa is from Wisconsin. :)

Oops.
Note to self: don't make assumptions ;)

I lol'ed.

Oh hush, Big V. You're making Sundae embarrass. :p:

So, no one else has received their gifts from Santa yet? Tsk...tsk...tsk.... My Santa is the best! :D

sent mine off today

mine got sent off on the 10th. Continental America.

Oh I recognise the card and state now Lola.
Lucky you.

And I just sent mine off yesterday. Shame on me! :dedhorse: (That's me getting a spanking. :lol: )


I hope I guessed him right. I just sent him a card. :D

The Secret Santa gift is here !
The Secret Santa gift is here !

My ss is from the UK and I have this photo and I cannot decide whether to unwrap now or .... :neutral:

Thanks so much SS! When I unwrap I will post another photo! :D

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Yay!! Another secret Santa present. Btw, Nirvana, I read that your "ass" is from UK. Had to re-read that one. :lol:

After I posted it I read it that way too! Yikes!

I don't see allot of activity here but this is still fun for me maybe I should not have opened this before x mas but I did. I seem to have a very clever SS because I did include that I liked snowglobes and not one but 2 showed up in my gift! The Cellar globe is precious! I know you will all be jealous >smug< The purple rose earrings are lovely, thank you! :)

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Gorgeous prizes, Nirv!

My SS gift arrived a few days ago and I opened it after waiting a day. I was in a funk and needed some cheer. The gifts were awesome and I will post some pics soon.

very curious about who my SS is...

Yeah, guys, post your SS gifts. I wanna seeeee! :D

My gift arrived today
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and I opened it straight away!
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An utterly charming wind chime. It seems to have been customised just for me ...
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Limes that's awesome.
I adore the peacock card!

I am torn between letting the wind chime be a wind chime, and dismantling it to use all the interesting things on it (spoons and measuring spoons, cookie cutters and sweetie moulds, earrings and brooches and beads and all sorts ...).

My gifts were mailed today.

And my windchime sounds like this ....

Dismantle! Dismantle!
It sounds good, but Arran will destroy it anyway.
Dismantle and get lots of prizes instead of one.

Yeah i was wondering when it would show up !!!

:blush: I'm embarrassed to say that my gift just got shipped today ... but they promised me it will get there in time! Almost certainly Friday.

I shipped my gift the 10th of dec. so far no word from sendee.

I hope she gets it?!?!?!
btw---she lives in Colorado and Sundae got her gift before the colorado girl!! wtf?

Yeah, I'm wondering where yours is now.

Not Secret Santa, but it should have reached you all the same - UK to USA has always been quicker than USA to UK in my experience...

... Card posted at the same time has been received.

Since we're here and talking, Sundae, thanks for the card. It is the cutest!

I got a very nice flashlight from my SS. Small, 1 AAA bat. Does tricks, strobe, SOS, and a few other things. Really handy for me with my screwed up vision.
Always hunting one to read fine print or look at something around house..
Thanks SS. From Houston, TX.
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SS 12 by Sparkidiot, on Flickr

I am an idiot. I was just told today, by my wife, that Christmas is this coming week, not next week.

gonna have to overnight it. Shit's happening way too quickly.

wait, what?

I made the major score this year from S.S.

I recognize the timbre of the writing.

As a veteran of the Secret Santa game I though so too ;)

wow=I got quite the haul! Here's some pics.....from my Mountain Mama SS :)

moar--these are teavana teas = 2 early grey (my fave) and a samurai chai mate. two candy canes and three little candy cane candles, an angel with ann apple and a darling little cookie doll(She's not a real cookie--she's a softie AND a box of chocolates!!!!! Wow! thanks SS!

another view

moar

Ain't Santa been kind to us all?!?! We must have been good little boys and girls!

Buster: I'm glad you like it! I decide to be a sexist and assume that all men would appreciate a good keychain flashlight although I feel that EVERYONE should carry one. :D

fargon: Your gift looks wonderful. What is it? :p:

Trilby: Great gifts you got there.

Limey: That's one cool wind chime you got there. If you take it apart, it'll be like you got lots of cool gifts rather than one. ;)

Well the cat's out of bag, thanks to my dumb ass. I wonder if George Dickel always made me this stupid?? P.O. wanted to sell me advance shipping to get present there by 24, for a few bucks more, So basic price got there 3 day ahead.
Wondering why card didn't get there at same time?? On well Merry WTF. EVERYONE!!

The tin is full of homemade chocolate candy with nuts. Yum!

And I got a multi-tool....very handy, everyone should have one.

Thank you SS!!

What??? No card?

Agreed! I saw that multi-tool lying there, wasn't sure if it's part of the gift or not.

Have all the SS recipients posted photos? How many of us were in this? The photos are the best part :)

PS My guess is my SS was Sundae :hug:

I hadn't yet received a package on the 21st and now I'm away until just after Orthodox Christmas. I'll post pics as soon as I get back, though!

Just got in yesterday and this was in my mail box.

Nothing yet

Nirvana: sundae didn't play this year.

Fargon: you've got one realistic Santa. :thumbup:

What's this? It looks like someone decided to send your humble organizer a present as well. Perhaps this is a hint that the sender wants to start a Day of the Dead gift exchange as well? :) Thank you very much, and I hope everyone had a merry time this year!

Well I suck at guessing! :)

Clodfobble I love those!

The earrings are very nice. It's funny that you should mention a Day of the Dead exchange, because I ran across these this morning in an e-mail flier and I had actually followed the link.

Trilby - thank you so much from Sam!
 

Better late than nevah, right?

I knew who my secret Santa was right away from the Ohio postmark. And if any doubt remained, the thoughtfulness of the contents proved that the gift was from Trilby (who I STILL think of as Brianna :) )

I put down that I'm just a Kindergartener at heart, and she took me up on it. I got a bunch of cool stickers, note cards, star-shaped post- its and more, including an Elvis refrigerater magnet. Love it!

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PS Just realized that I forgot to obscure my mailing address in the first pic, but paranoia is more trouble than it's worth - especially since the dog is incredibly vicious and extremely protective. Plus, any stalker/admirer would have to make it through either the entire Navajo Nation or else the complete Ute Mountain Ute tribe. Good luck, suckers! :D

Oh, you're so welcome, Sam. I had fun doing it. I'm glad you liked teh Elvis. he makes me smile.

Clod, those are pretty cool earrings. I likey. And anyone who organizes anything should get a prize for doing it. It's a lot harder than it looks.

Those are pretty cute stuffs, Sam. :)