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My husband (and his credit card) are Matt C :P, there should be an included gift note that says
" Hope this keeps you warm! Merry Christmas, you'r Secret Santa, Valantine" maybe check the shipping slip?
We are both happy you got your gifts, Buying self help books for a stranger seemed a little akward and I got to play the Zombie Dice game at PaxE 10' and Loved it. I hope you have as much fun with them as I did.
:-D
I checked the slip and everything, there wasn't any notes. I LOL'ed at the book comment. I have no sense of what's awkward anymore, so that's a fair comment. I love the sweatshirt (it's very warm) and I fell in love with Zombie dice at PAX as well, so it's a great addition to my games!
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Yes a nice long box with a return address originating from the pacific northwest of the US. This is either the Sekrit Santa gift, or...something else I cannot mention here.
Nope definitely Sekrit Santa. So let's see what I got.
OMG these are so cool. The awesome guy who shipped this awesome stuff my way was Spoony. Though I'm sorry that I can't recollect when or if we've met on the battlefield, he did notice my love of a certain character. My TF2 package was rather Heavy...heavy. So thank you Spoony, and Merry Christmas. Beers may be headed your way at PAX East.
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Please know that you are not forgotten and in fact, quite loved. I have received confirmation that your sekret present has shipped and you should receive it just in time for Christmas.
Sorry for the delay, lots of
~QuickSnap
Post pictures or Santa is going to be VERY... Disappointed.
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If this gets done I'll buy the second round.
Also the internet is seriously slow to transform the above Santa.
An Airzooka, two Kool-Aid guys (OH YEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!), a Ring Thing and some caffeinated hot chocolate. Thanks CynderCyn!
Steam: Rogue_hunter
Games for Windows Live: Roguality
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To my gift sender: First of all, you are the best, and I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused with moving (X_X) That being said, I will be back at my place on the 26th, as I am going to visit the family for a few days leading up to Christmas. If it arrives before that I will make sure to post as soon as I get back! Thank you again!
Entire library package and game.
Book ready to loan!
And a note for my Santee. I had to order a special material for the custom part of your present, so it will be shipped tomorrow. I know it's a bit late, but I hope you find it worth the extra time.
I knnoooowwww I'm a bad girl. I have been without a computer since my post and now I'm not at home. This season is driving me insane!! Soon, pictures soon.
I had an awesome post written up that took you through the whole thing better but here's the condensed version since my browser crashed:
AN OPEN BOX! Full of Christmas joy!
Apparently an assortment full of California related things.
First up:
Also a toque:
Aww the LA Dodgers? It's not the Dallas Cowboys but it's a start. The Dodgers did employ the first black MLB player and were the first team to use batting helmets, so that does make them pretty awesome. At least I wasn't sent a NY Yankees toque. It is a very nice toque though.
But it gets cooler:
CANDY:
MORE:
C is for:
Oh yeah and a blanket...
Obligatory picture of everything together:
and who was this awesome Santa? Rogue_hunter of course! Ohhh yeaaah!
Thank you for the awesome stuff Rogue_hunter.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
EDIT TO ADD! Found out by many a folk on the Twitters it be Quicksnap. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So up came my dad with a package for me, not sure why he chose to check the mail at 8pm, but I'm glad he did!
[obligatory apology for the crappy cell phone shots.]
A package!
Wrapping paper and a bow, fancy!
Aha, secret santa revealed. It be Artemis.
Sweet! Enders Game and an Enders Game graphic novel, which I had no idea existed.
Ender's Game is one of my favorite books, and I seem to have misplaced my copy (how'd you know that?)
Anyway, thanks Artemis!
I exclaimed "Khoo is my Sensei!"
So if memes make great shirts,
And Pod Six is Jerks,
Then Moe, Khoo and I had our day.
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Nope.
She sent awesome inflatable insects which the customs group had somehow translated into "exploding bugs". Evidently exploding things get the interest of customs. Go figure. After a short chat and demonstration of the harmlessness of the bugs, I brought them home....to utterly terrorize my cats.
The inflatable army holds Kaiser Soze at bay.
The inflatable ladybug is watching you Detective Rhodes.
My package also included very aptly labeled wicked awesome socks and a pretty scarf to hide my face from the siberian winds.
But just so y'all know, my santa has a darker side....the one thing I said I loved about living in China during Christmas was not getting inundated with the shitty songs like Santa Baby...and what was on the back of my card?
Thank you somewhat evil Santa Cabsy!
I was hoping that I correctly remembered you were into entomology, or you were going to be super confused by a five pack of giant inflatable insects (NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE). I'm glad you enjoy them and your cats hate them!
Who's RebelsHeart? I'm pretty sure I put my name on that package, being your Secret Santa. It was in the note section...
As for my gifts, the last one arrived today, and I just need to collect them all in one spot and take a picture.
...and den..
But Wait! there's more!!!
you jelly?
Thank you SOO much Chronohawk! these are the coolest gifts EVER! the toaster gets a coveted place in my kitchen right next to my beloved mighty mugg Darth Revan<3
I'm happy you're enjoying them. Find me when you head to PAX east, and I'll buy you a beer! = D
Your present is sitting on my living room floor, because I managed to ship it to myself and not to you (I was high on the coughsyrup at the time). I was so excited when I received the package, but confused that someone had managed to send me the same thing I bought for you! Oh well, it is being repackaged and being made awesomer before it continues on it's journey to you.
Slighty Sick Kisses,
Nakki
the 'teh' is silent: eljay ~ * ~ twitter ~ * ~ ravelry ~ * ~ last.fm
Nope, all I got for a name was your real one, which no one in IRC knew and a quote in the message box saying "When all else fails: up up down down left right left right b a! (from @RebelsHeart via Twitter)" So I assumed that RebelsHeart was you.
So thank you feitocomfruta (corrected), I'm so in love with my presents!!
Jedi was not pleased to have a new addition to the household... But I was!!
merry Christmas eve to everyone who celebrates
Awwwww yeah!
http://twitter.com/h_e_e_l_s
www.reedpop.com
Keep dreaming
http://twitter.com/h_e_e_l_s
www.reedpop.com
I have no clue who you are, but the board game is fantastic, it plays similarly to a game my friends play while drunk, but this has pictures, so thus its even better.
Im going to bring it to our new years party/birthday bash for two of my friends and I who's birthdays are all on the 22nd of December.
Thanks so much.
OH LOOK ITS A PICTURE OF A GAME ABOUT PICTURES </META>
Also, Santa, you neglected to put your name on the gift, so REVEAL THINE SELF AND ACCEPT MY GIFT
P.S. To my Santee, been working 12 hours a day for the last few weeks because of christmas, expect your present the first week of January, I already have it picked out and some neat stuff to go with it, I just havent had the time to actually get it. But yea, the place I said, said they'll let me ship it from there, using the companies Fed-ex account so it should have a quick arrival.
Twasn't me, though.
Bwahahaha! The power, the POWER OF THE KNOWLEDGE.
And it did! Unfortunately I had not been able to find my USB data cable until earlier today but forgot to pack it for my stay at my mom's. I will surely edit this post-Christmas, detailing my Santa's Powers of Gifting along with a confirmation photo-- I initially tried for a video, but all it really captured was squealing and intense bubble wrap-popping followed by colour sorting of the enclosed mini disco balls... SHINY THINGS ZBCL&^&&%*FLS@1
[EDIT]
Said picture of awesomeness: two vintage sewing patterns, a rainbow of mini disco balls, and a wonderful book titled "Unstuff Your Stuff" to help me discern between crap and non-crap.
Oh, and a lengthy letter, which I always appreciate!
Thank you soooo much, Zerzhul! The patterns are in great condition (I'd not ordered patterns through Etsy and was uncertain about what quality to expect)--funny thing, too, was that I'd returned from the fabric store with a heap of materials the day your package arrived. You'll definitely get to see 'em once the biz gets goin'! And that book is a blessing in disguise. I started reading it that night and haven't put it down. I love the author's pragmatic writing style and the thoughtfulness of his exercises. And it's about waaay more than just "stuff" so, really. Thank you. I need this more than ever.
I couldn't have had a better Santa. Hope to see you and possibly your super microbio lady at a PAX!
Its funny because of dix.
ANYWAY, I want to say thank you for all my gifts. It's like it's Christmastime or something with all the gifts I got (I also got some stuff from another Secret Santa on another forum, and let's just say the generosity of my internet brothers and sisters made me smile a lot during a really stressful time working this holiday season.)
So here's to all our secret santas, especially mine, Mystral721.
I hope you don't mind that I didn't do a step by step unboxing, but I did take pictures of all my stuff.
In that picture, there is the Stylophone Beatbox (which I have been fiddling with a lot and love)and three items from Zazzle, a mandala t-shirt, a Latin dancer ornament, and a "Set the Standard" Standard dancer mug.
Now a closeup of the ornament (I felt like it was a bit small on the original picture).
I think that this is a great ornament, and I love doing the International Latin ballroom dances, but I have to say... I don't think the person who made this design up really realized that women's Latin skirts can have long fringe and feathers on the back that may or may not make it look like they are farting fire in silhouette. If this was your design, Mystral, just know I still love it to pieces.
Again, thank you sooooo much Mystral!