(Discussion) Secret Santa 2013 is coming soon!

[luckyme502]

Quote: Originally Posted by utgal2004 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Your boyfriend sounds like the bomb.  I was with mine on Saturday night and instead of paying attention was stalking my santee on my phone and making notes on a sheet of paper.  He finally asked what I was doing and when I told him, he couldn't wrap his head around why I'd be shopping for and trading makeup with strangers.  I said yall aren't really strangers.  Then he was baffled by the fact that his seemingly low maintenance girlfriend hangs out on makeup forums.  Can you get yours to talk to mine?!?
My husband couldn't wrap his head around it either!  He was saying he has been on many forums and he has never seen one do a secret santa.  I pointed out that he had never been on a forum with many women.  

 

[utgal2004]

Quote: Originally Posted by luckyme502 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  My husband couldn't wrap his head around it either!  He was saying he has been on many forums and he has never seen one do a secret santa.  I pointed out that he had never been on a forum with many women.  
Glad I'm not alone.  And GOOD RESPONSE!   

 

[missemiee]

OMG I'm pretty sure the girls here know me better than people I know IRL. Side note: all my hello kitty perfume came in, YAY! I wish it had been a SS box but still fun.

IRL Lol! This IS my real life. MUT has become part of my everyday. I don't do much else but work, gym and play with my kitties. I'm too tired for any sort of social life. I did enough of that in college.

 

[lioness90]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jac13 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Oh my goodness, lol, I was thinking of the Sugar lip balm. I never tried this perfume.
I was thinking of the Fresh Sugar lip balm too.

 
Quote: Originally Posted by luckyme502 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  All of my shopping is not over!  I am so torn!  My lovely lady has a specific item on her wishlist, which I already own, which doesn't make any difference, except, I own another item, which is better and I'm torn between getting her what she asked for, or getting her the item I like better.  They are similar items, and we seem to have similar tastes.  
I'm happy with dupes of things on my wishlist.

Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I wish I'd waited to place my order because I got more info and I now there are a couple more things I want to add...ahh...making myself wait until I get what I already ordered and see where I'm at...
This is want I'm afraid of. I used their trade lists but I hope that if they create a wishlist that it isn't too different. 

Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  My dear Secret Santee:

My boyfriend saw the piles of samples and other applicable goodies that I have set aside in our apartment for you. He has since decided that you will also need coffee and other treats from Starbucks. I really hope you have a nice mail carrier because this box is gonna be bulky!

-Jessica /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

PS. If anyone needs an elf on the shelf , just hit me up. Everyone knows that MUT is 100x more fun than writing a paper.
I LOVE coffee! Coffee is getting me through this week.

Quote: Originally Posted by luckyme502 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I didn't know where else to post this, so I thought I'd share it here.  I subscribe to Ipsy, Birchbox, Glossybox and Julep, I also order things on-line from Amazon and Ulta, among other stores.  My friend works in the office next to mine and last week she made a comment about all the orders I receive at work, I didn't think anything of it and let it go.  Then today her son was at the office and she says to him, "This is Jessica, you know the one with the shopping problem."  I didn't say anything, but I was like WTF?  Do I make comments about her choices, um, no.  It just irritated the crap out of me!  
I would be ticked. Some (non-MUT) women can be evil.

 

[tweakabell]

I've never been a social person, I can't seem to mesh well with people. So yea, I guess this would be my social life.

 

[Boots]

I'm just going to poke my head in here and watch you folks swap! When I first saw this Secret Santa stuff, I was not even close to 50 posts, and sad that I forgot about it till now! So, I'm just gonna subscribe and watch! Hope you all get some awesome gifts! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[tweakabell]

Welcome! That's what I did last year. It was still fun

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Mmhmm...I moved here nearly 4 years ago. All of my friends are at least an hour and a half away, and people here are just...well...a bit different than I"m used to, and I don't have much of anything in common with most of them. So this is totally my social life, these days!! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Boots]

Thank you!

Part of the fun of this site is watching and seeing what people get in their sub boxes and other things. It's all about living vicariously through them! Haha.

 

[heartsandwhimsy]

My husband couldn't wrap his head around it either!  He was saying he has been on many forums and he has never seen one do a secret santa.  I pointed out that he had never been on a forum with many women.  

My husband always teases me about "tweaking out on makeuptalk" lol and last night when I was chatting to him about the secret santa thing he just shook his head. He doesn't get it at all lol

 

[puppymomofthree]

My husband couldn't wrap his head around it either!  He was saying he has been on many forums and he has never seen one do a secret santa.  I pointed out that he had never been on a forum with many women.  

Silly men! Some of them just don't understand! I just like to equate my spending on boxes to their spending on games--and my MUT ladies to their online gaming friends!

 

[Jamie P]

I know what you guys mean. I've lived in Chicago for almost 5 years now, but I still have no friends. Having a 2 year old doesn't exactly help my social life. I just feel at home here. I love all of you! <3

 

[Tiffany27la]

I know what you guys mean. I've lived in Chicago for almost 5 years now, but I still have no friends. Having a 2 year old doesn't exactly help my social life. I just feel at home here. I love all of you! <3

Aww! To quote @kellykaye- WE LOVE YOU, TOO! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[SOSRedAlertSOS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamie P /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I know what you guys mean. I've lived in Chicago for almost 5 years now, but I still have no friends. Having a 2 year old doesn't exactly help my social life. I just feel at home here. I love all of you! <3
Having a 3 year old doesn't help my social life either.... It is okay though, she is a lot of fun and I actually like her compared to most humanity. But we all love each other here!

 

[donutbaby]

Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I sometimes cry at movies, tv shows...but primarily, I cry when I'm mad. IT IS INFURIATING. Then I get more mad that I'm crying, and then I cry more...it's terrible...
I'm a mad crier, too and also a stressed crier!  I'm an assistant manager at my work and have had a lot of issues with balancing my out of control crying with being a professional adult and let me tell you -- it's harder than it sounds!  My coworkers all (somehow) respect me, though, and like to joke around with me:  "wow, V -- you haven't cried in a few weeks!"  

  I'm also a sad crier and a happy crier, though.  Maybe I just LIKE crying, lol!

 

[donutbaby]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnorth1852 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I love the "add something from your town" idea!! Santee -- be prepared to get some freeze dried ice cream (aka astronaut food!) from the Rocket City!!
I love freeze-dried ice cream!  It reminds me of going to the science center as a kid but luckily REI sells it so I can still occasionally get my fix 

 

[JC327]

Quote: Originally Posted by morre22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Mmhmm! This will be my only present this year so I am just excited to have something to open!
Lol same here! My hubs is deployed so this is all I'm getting this year, well I guess and whatever I add into my cart while shopping for my SS haha

Sorry to hear that.

 

[morre22]

Quote: Originally Posted by JC327 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Sorry to hear that.

Thank you, it's hard and the second time it has happened and four years, which is really annoying but at least I get to talk to him a bunch so that helps =]

 

[morre22]

Yay all my SS's gifts have shipped!! I can't wait to get them, even if they aren't for me! The excitement is killing me LOL

 

[JC327]

Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Send me all the chocolate and all the crispycakes!!

Quote: Originally Posted by allistra44 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by jpark107 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Also, I love including snacks in my trades and would love to include something in my Secret Santee's gift box (unless she/he explicitly states 'no delicious snacks'). So, I'm just going to throw it out there that I could get my hands on goodies in NYC (such as, but not limited to):

- Crispycakes
- Fat witch brownies
- Momofuku cookies
- Trader Joe's anything (I'm partial to the chocolate covered potato chips) 

So, I hope that my Secret Santee is not on a diet and includes a snack wish list!  

I can't even explain how happy I'd be to have snacks with my gift. FAT WITCH BROWNIES? I don't even know what that is, but I know I want one.