A Midsummer Night's Dream (Summer 2014 Secret Santa) Discussion

[klg534]

I went shopping today and am proud. I didn't buy stuff for me!! And I checked off some wishlist items!

 

[meaganola]

Random pre-bedtime comment of the evening:  Glossybox sent out email trying to get people to subscribe/resubscribe, and they really should have thought about the subject line a little bit more.  "What's in the box?" is forever shouted at Morgan Freeman by an anguished Brad Pitt in my mind.  

And I received my Geek Chic Cosmetics This Is My Design order!  I also got a bottle of Malefic nail polish in that order because it's being discontinued, and I wanted it for a certain movie coming out at the end of the month.  At least I *think* it's this month.  Whatever.  Whenever.  *So* pretty!  I just keep staring at it wishing I had it, and *I have it right here in my hands* wishing that.  I apparently just can't believe it's real.

 

[nikkimouse]

Well.  So.  I think I have my entire game plan (except for the non-makeup extras) figured out already!  At least as long as my person doesn't buy these things, of course.  I'll wait a little while before I order these things so they're not sitting here waiting for kitties to play with them or me to lose them, though.  I wouldn't be tempted to keep them for myself because they're pretty much all things I already have!

In completely unrelated news, ooh, Teefury has a t-shirt called All Work and No Play today!  It's Jack (Nicholson as Torrance, not whoever it was in the miniseries), but his face is comprised entirely of typewritten "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," over and over and over.  Instabuy.

And it's not even 9:15pm yet, but I think I'm going to head off to bed.  I felt so *off* today that I had to ask a coworker whether it was Wednesday or Thursday, and I *still* had to double-check multiple times to make sure I knew what day it was.  I'm hoping extra sleep will take care of that.

random note I'm addicted to teefury!!!! like for reals I own almost all of Karen Hallion's tee shirts.  (for anyone stalking me she is my favroite fandom artisit i don't own any prints and would kill for an original sketch.) 

 

[puppymomofthree]

Ever just look at your stash and think...."Hmmmm, I think I don't think I will ever need to shop again." Then look at Ulta, Sephora, Beauty.com, Blush.com, etc., and end up filling a cart beyond even the free shipping level?    At least I can promise my godmother that I have not bought anything on/near my list, nor have I pulled the trigger on most of the carts, but the desire is so there!  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[bonita22]

Ever just look at your stash and think...."Hmmmm, I think I don't think I will ever need to shop again." Then look at Ulta, Sephora, Beauty.com, Blush.com, etc., and end up filling a cart beyond even the free shipping level? At least I can promise my godmother that I have not bought anything on/near my list, nor have I pulled the trigger on most of the carts, but the desire is so there! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I do that all the time, mainly because I tend to do a lot of impulsive shopping. I've promised myself I will not buy anything for myself until this exchange is over. Instead, I'm going to concentrate my shopping efforts on finding cool things for my fairy godchild.

I already have some things from my stash set aside. Even my 12 year old sister is helping me, she says she was born to be a fairy godmother (she loves fairies). It'll be a fun activity for us this summer. The way I see it, my fairy godchild is very lucky because she has two fairy godmothers.

 

[meaganola]

random note I'm addicted to teefury!!!! like for reals I own almost all of Karen Hallion's tee shirts.  (for anyone stalking me she is my favroite fandom artisit i don't own any prints and would kill for an original sketch.) 

Oh!  She was at Emerald City Comic Con!  I stopped by her booth on my way out of the con for one last time before I came home after days of walking and bought a postcard of Falling (Doctor Who/Alice in Wonderland mashup) and a pin of…  something I can't remember.  Probably something Calvin and Hobbes/Firefly-ish for my brother for Christmas.  Anyway.  She said that her sketches frequently sell literally within seconds of putting them up on Facebook.  And I have her Theatre du Labyrinth and Falling t-shirts!  Every single time I wear the Falling t-shirt I get compliments on it.  The Theatre one doesn't get worn much outside of my apartment because one of my kitties ripped a big hole on one shoulder, but it's still a beautiful print.  I have a friend (well, okay, a housemate of a friend) who does similar stuff, and I really wish he would make his stuff available in more than just prints like she does, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have warehouse space, so he can only keep a limited number of things on hand given the amount of storage available to him.

 

[utgal2004]

I'm hanging so much fun stalking and shopping. The only problem is I'm not doing anything else that I need to do. I'm gonna have to mail mine early or I'm not going to do anything but shop for weeks.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Sigh. Everyone on here is so ridiculously nice. I just got two of the most thoughtful and wonderful trades in the mail and got all teary-eyed over them! Can't even imagine how I'm going to be when I get my Fairy Godmother package. Last year I was having the WORST day when I got my Christmas package in the mail and I remember it was just the most perfect pick-me-up (and yes, I cried then too!). I get so emotional over this sort of thing. 

In other news, every time I type Fairy Godmother, I think Cinderella. Like, I kind of want to figure out a way to make the outside packaging on my gift into a pumpkin or something. Bibbity bobbity boo! 

 

[utgal2004]

Sigh. Everyone on here is so ridiculously nice. I just got two of the most thoughtful and wonderful trades in the mail and got all teary-eyed over them! Can't even imagine how I'm going to be when I get my Fairy Godmother package. Last year I was having the WORST day when I got my Christmas package in the mail and I remember it was just the most perfect pick-me-up (and yes, I cried then too!). I get so emotional over this sort of thing. 

In other news, every time I type Fairy Godmother, I think Cinderella. Like, I kind of want to figure out a way to make the outside packaging on my gift into a pumpkin or something. Bibbity bobbity boo!

A pumpkin box would be amazing! I keep thinking of Cinderella too.

 

[DonnaD]

What is this?  Like a Christmas in July cuz if it is, I am in!

Someone clue me in.  I'm old and slow and I'm having a lot of trouble navigating my way around the new board set up...which I hate bee tee dubs.

 

[tacehtpuekam]

What is this?  Like a Christmas in July cuz if it is, I am in!

Someone clue me in.  I'm old and slow and I'm having a lot of trouble navigating my way around the new board set up...which I hate bee tee dubs.

@@DonnaD I moved your post over to the discussion thread, just so you know!

It's is exactly like Christmas in July! But unfortunately we closed sign ups on the 12th & already sent out assignments.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

If you want to sign up to be a Fairy (Summer version of the Elves!) you can definitely do that! Sign ups are here: https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/topic/131471-midsummer-swap-2014-fairy-central-casting-call-and-lounge/

Otherwise obviously we'd love to just have you hang out on this thread. I think that just chatting with everyone was half the fun last year! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

 

[DonnaD]

I want in.  Please tell me I'm not too late!  I've been crocheting socks and I am positive I would make a supreme fairy godmother!!

 

[DonnaD]

@Allison ♥ Just saw your post.  :Sadpants:

 

[tacehtpuekam]

@Allison ♥ Just saw your post.  :Sadpants:

I'm sadpants too! Crocheted socks sound fantastic and you WOULD be an excellent Fairy Godmother. I creeped on the nails SS thread last year & saw all those fabulous surprise gifts you sent out to people..just the nicest thing!

 

[tacehtpuekam]

There are actually a lot of people missing from this round..makes me kind of sad. I'm sure a lot of that does have to do with the new site, which is truly unfortunate. 

 

[DonnaD]

There are actually a lot of people missing from this round..makes me kind of sad. I'm sure a lot of that does have to do with the new site, which is truly unfortunate. 

Exactly.  I consider myself to be marginally bright but I cannot figure this out.  Don't you people know it's not nice to try to teach old dogs new tricks?  It just confuses us and makes us cry.

 

[kawaiimeows]

I'll be back this winter! I love the secret santa shenanigans and I wanted so bad to do this one but I have way too much going on to stress myself out with something else. (not that these are stressful, but i always give myself ridiculously high standards of what to do for my SS hahaha).

I love the theme for this one, so I wanna follow the thread just to see what everyone gets, and what creative packaging y'all come up with!

 

[kawaiimeows]

What is this?  Like a Christmas in July cuz if it is, I am in!

Someone clue me in.  I'm old and slow and I'm having a lot of trouble navigating my way around the new board set up...which I hate bee tee dubs.

I'm so glad you're back! I was wondering where you had been! The new site was jarring to me at first, but it does get easier with time :]

 

[puppymomofthree]

FYI Ladies, I contacted @@DonnaD and we are going to set up a secret swap to mirror midsummer, so although she will not be a part of the actual midsummer swap, she will still get in on the fun and we will all get to hang out with her this summer!  After all of her amazing random acts of gloves over the summer, and fun posts, it would not be the same without her!  :wub:

 

[bonita22]

@@puppymomofthree That's awesome! I read the nails thread and @@DonnaD was super sweet and fun, I'm glad she won't miss out on the fun /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />