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

[Sunflowercake]

Every day when I come home I excitedly check the mail. Not because I am expecting a gift, but because I am expecting my order for my FGC!!! Sephora, I ahve 2 day shipping darn it! I am trying out a few differnet versions of how I could pack the gift. I will have to see what is best once I have everything together (Come on Sephora!). I hope I have everything by Thursday so I can mail it before the holiday!!

 

[tacehtpuekam]

So, I ordered something on Etsy and I knew it wouldn't make it to me on time to send with my FGCs package so I had it sent directly to her & just included a little message on my order letting the seller know it was a gift and it's going to a friend, not me! 

She sent me a message this morning that she's working on it today for me & will mail it out TOMORROW, even though her shop's current turn around time is almost two weeks.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> So impressed!

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

So, I ordered something on Etsy and I knew it wouldn't make it to me on time to send with my FGCs package so I had it sent directly to her & just included a little message on my order letting the seller know it was a gift and it's going to a friend, not me! 

She sent me a message this morning that she's working on it today for me & will mail it out TOMORROW, even though her shop's current turn around time is almost two weeks.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> So impressed!

This is why I love ordering on Etsy, everyone that I have ever ordered from has been so helpful. For my daughter's 1st birthday, her party was Parisian themed with french poodles and Eiffel Tower decorations, and I had this giant baby pink w/ black ribbons birthday cake and needed some poodle and Eiffel tower toppers. Well, I bought the toppers from a shop on Etsy and the girl didn't have an Eiffel Tower wood punch but went out and bought one especially to make my daughters cake toppers. She didn't charge me extra or anything, it was really incredible and made the cake so much more special.

 

[gemstone]

I just got back from a last minute trip to new york and I can't believe it is july already!  My box is going out tomorrow.

 

[Lolo22]

This is why I love ordering on Etsy, everyone that I have ever ordered from has been so helpful. For my daughter's 1st birthday, her party was Parisian themed with french poodles and Eiffel Tower decorations, and I had this giant baby pink w/ black ribbons birthday cake and needed some poodle and Eiffel tower toppers. Well, I bought the toppers from a shop on Etsy and the girl didn't have an Eiffel Tower wood punch but went out and bought one especially to make my daughters cake toppers. She didn't charge me extra or anything, it was really incredible and made the cake so much more special.

Totally! I sent a message (on a Sunday!) about a custom item to an etsy seller and within minutes she sent me a proof and custom listing link. Then she even sent me a coupon code when I tagged them on instagram.  I LOVE buying on etsy!  Actually, I ordered my dog a fancy food dish on there today lol.  So much better than going to Target and getting the same thing everyone else has.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

, I wore my necklace today and I got compliments ALL DAY LONG. Everyone loved it!

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

, I wore my necklace today and I got compliments ALL DAY LONG. Everyone loved it!

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YAY!!!!!  And of course you got compliments, you look gorgeous!

 

[lovepink]

Glad to hear all the positive Etsy stories.  I have ordered off there 2 times and had good experiences but have not ordered in a while.

On my FGC present progress:

box has been picked up!  I am going to photo the gift before I wrap it and start wrapping tonight.  May finish crafty project.  Am going to be doing some major box tetris!  So excited to ship!  Maybe if I reeeeally hustle I can ship on Saturday which is really only one business day early so that is ok right?

 

[meaganola]

Maybe if I reeeeally hustle I can ship on Saturday which is really only one business day early so that is ok right?

Well, hey, if you're worried about shipping before the official window opened, there are several of us who already have our packages!  Early is not a problem, especially at this point!  The only thing I would be concerned with is checking to make sure your FGC is going to be around to receive your package or if there is a new address to use (it seems like someone in here moved recently.  Or is the heat frying my brain?  I AM NOT MADE FOR NINETY-NINE DEGREE WEATHER!  Ahem).

 

[elizabethrose]

My last package for my FGC got here today!!! Finally get to wrap and ship out!

In other news, grad school is a lot more work than I expected.  I'm in class all the time.  When I'm not in class, I'm doing homework.  I need a massage LOL.  I read so much of the news, and have very heated political conversations with all of my classmates.  It's going to be an interesting year.  And now that USA lost today (World Cup) all of my sports journalist friends are probably not happy with the result /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I'll adjust!  I'll get used to it!  I can do the work!

 

[tweakabell]

Improvise, Adapt,Overcome! lol

 

[elizabethrose]

Improvise, Adapt,Overcome! lol

I need to make this my new motto!!  Hahaha.  It's just funny because I love the kinds of conversations that we're having, I'm just not used to having them *all the time*.  It's like my brain always has to be turned on, whether I'm thinking about comma placement or what's going on inside the Beltway today.

 

[tweakabell]

It is one of my family's unofficial mottos we can prepare for nothing. It doesn't matter how well the plans are laid out or how carefully wee make decisions nothing turns out even close to expected /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

Early is fine, on time is fine, you still have almost a week before the shipping window opens!  I just mailed mine early because I'm having to travel to visit family (10+ hour drive tomorrow with *just* me driving through mountains with a sick 4-year old, a super-chatty 6-year-old, and a hyper puppy?  BRING IT.)  and it was much less stressful for me to just ship my package pre-shipping window!

(btw I will be gone the whole shipping window, and I posted a few days ago but haven't heard from my FGM through a fairy about getting the alternate address for my family. Which means my package will be held safely at the PO til about the 24th if sent to the original address given, which is totally fine!  Happy to wrap up the reveals, just don't want my FGM to panic about it not getting delivered when expected!)

@@tweakabell I have prepared, I have packed, I have planned... and I know SOMETHING will go wrong tomorrow.  Just hoping it's a minor GPS miscalculation and not any sort of issue that I won't even name because then it WILL HAPPEN.  

 

[tweakabell]

LOL A GPS malfunction is exactly what happened on my trip (died even though i had it plugged in it just hadn't been charging)and Hubby was already no thrilled I was going to be driving so far on my own Thankfully with the Vegas trips in Feb. I was already well versed in which freeways I needed to head for I just missed the Bakersfield exit so I had to catch a turnoff about an hour later. It was just super stressful at night. Then we hit a traffic spot where they brought 4 lanes down to 1 where it took me 3 hours to drive 3 miles it was insane.

May your travel luck be better than mine was, hoopefully the bad juju for the thread rubbed off on me /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[meaganola]

@magicalmom  Ack!  Good luck maintaining your sanity!  Not jealous of that drive *at all*. 

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

Oh no!  Thankfully I pretty much have the route memorized, but I'm terrified of the mountains.  My record for this drive is 9.5 hours, hoping I can match it or beat it this time!

I would just panic if I didn't know where I was going and the GPS died.  PANIC.  I have no natural sense of direction, and GPS was pretty much my favorite invention ever.  My Mother-In-Law gave me a Garmin the first Christmas hubby and I were married with a "maybe now you'll come see us" joke.  We only lived about 3 miles away from her at the time, but I could never get all the turns right.  Good times.

 

[puppymomofthree]

Good luck @! May your trip be completely uneventful!

 

[DonnaD]

I just wrapped up @@puppymomofthree's unofficial dream box and I'm mailing it tomorrow!  I'm so excited for her to get it and oh em gee, please let her love it!!!

 

[puppymomofthree]

I just wrapped up @@puppymomofthree's unofficial dream box and I'm mailing it tomorrow! I'm so excited for her to get it and oh em gee, please let her love it!!!

And yours is set to be delivered to you tomorrow! I am so excited, and I am sure I will be thrilled! This has been so much fun and is a much needed distraction from my pain level at the moment! Right now I am hoping for the candles I am burning and the sleeping pills I took to help the pain pills lure me to sleep.