(Discussion) Secret Santa 2013 is coming soon!

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Dear SS,

I was going to mail your gift on Monday, but I just found something in Sephora's Black Friday Sale that I HAD to get you!  Hopefully that's OK, and I'll have everything packed up and waiting for that final item!   It will be mailed as soon as my Sephora order gets in!  (and your gifts will possibly get packed into the Sephora box.  I think the box I was going to use is now too small, oops!)

I promise lots of sparkles and glitter!

 
What do you ladies think the best value and method is for shipping? Is it the flat rate box from USPS crammed to the gills? Just curious because that seem to be it, but I don't have a lot of experience shipping personal items. For all I know UPS has a great economy rate that's comparable. Thanks.

 
Wrapping my boxes now. Speaking of boxes, I got these at TJ Maxx for $3! Hope my SS likes them. There super sturdy so she could reuse them for organizing things :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Wrapping my boxes now. Speaking of boxes, I got these at TJ Maxx for $3! Hope my SS likes them. There super sturdy so she could reuse them for organizing things
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These are ADORABLE. 

 
I'm getting SO excited for all the reveals to start popping up. I can't wait to bask in everyone's sparkly pretties!

 
Just laid everything out to start wrapping and am realizing how overboard I went...oops! I think everything is perfect for her though & I got everything grouped together to do the '12 Days of Christmas.' OR she can just open it all at once. Her choice. She actually lives close-ish to me so I think if I mail it tomorrow she should have it Monday or Tuesday. Watch your mailboxes, ladies ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Happy BLACK FRIDAY everyone!!! I'm off to the retail trenches!!! Ahhhh!! Pray for me!! I have to deal with hundreds of lovely people today! :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Good luck darling! I worked from nine last night until five this morning. It was quite the experience! I have never seen so many frazzled women or men who don't know what they're doing in my life!
 
Happy BLACK FRIDAY everyone!!! I'm off to the retail trenches!!! Ahhhh!! Pray for me!! I have to deal with hundreds of lovely people today! :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Good luck! Hopefully the rush is over..I just came from my mall and it actually wasn't busy at all:)
 
Headed to the post office! Ah I've never been more excited to give a gift. WARNING: pic of my wrapped gifts below :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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Headed to the post office! Ah I've never been more excited to give a gift.

WARNING: pic of my wrapped gifts below
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That is SO ADORABLE! I'm still trying to figure out how to wrap mine... I was originally going to do 12 birchboxes inside one big box, but some of my gifts are too large to fit into those boxes and some are so small that it would be a waste of space. Will probably end up doing something more like this!

Can't wait to see this UNWRAPPED 
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Yeah, I got the wrapping paper and tape and then I'm like...okay, so how do I wrap it!? Small makeup items and irregularly shaped things, ahhh! lol

 
Headed to the post office! Ah I've never been more excited to give a gift. WARNING: pic of my wrapped gifts below :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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It's so fun huh? I think that's why I sent my gifts on Monday. I was so excited for my girls to get them I couldn't stand waiting another second! Everything looks beautiful. I too can't wait to see it all unwrapped by your Santee!
 
I need to go buy some ribbon, that is exactly what I forgot. I promise that the package will be sent out next week but I really have to finish my midterms today!

...poop...

 
Yeah, I got the wrapping paper and tape and then I'm like...okay, so how do I wrap it!? Small makeup items and irregularly shaped things, ahhh! lol
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I'm thinking about getting pillowpacks once I get everything and have a better sense of what needs to fit together. I might also group things together in one box, like all green things (for example. I'm actually not sure I'll have any green items to send!) or all items of a specific product type.
 
I did my 12 days of Christmas using 11 baggies. Each bag has the gift/gifts wrapped in tissue paper and a little note. They are labeled 1-11 and below these are the big gifts for the 12 day. Or she can open all at once. :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Yeah, I got the wrapping paper and tape and then I'm like...okay, so how do I wrap it!? Small makeup items and irregularly shaped things, ahhh! lol
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Yeah...for our little swap, you'll probably laugh when you see how terrible my wrapping skills are and don't be alarmed if there are any tiny puncture holes in the wrapping paper...my cats are super helpful when it comes to wrapping gifts. Lol.
 
Everytime I go to wrap something weird-shaped, I get all full of myself....talk myself up like, "Pffft. I got this. I can wrap this bulgy-oval-y thing, and it's gonna look soooooooo good! They're gonna be so envious of my skillz!"

And then reality happens, and I'm like, "Well... I tried :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> " So I'll then proceed to put all sorts of bows/ribbons/glitter on it to distract the person's eye. In my mind, the person receiving thinks, "OMFG, this is so BEAUTIFUL! LOOK AT ALL OF THE CURLY RIBBONS AND GLITTER ^_^"

So yeah, I'm pretty much a genius. lol.

Dear ss- every bone in my body is wanting to spend $100 (Y'know...to get free shipping, lol) at sugarpill since their stuff is on sale....but I'm being good....for now.
.....I neeeeeeeed it though......
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p.s. ss- If you give me a 12 days of xmas....I'll try to follow the instructions. I'll try. But, you must know that by now I am really a 5 year old inside of a 24 year old's body. Just putting it out there, lol.

 
Yeah...for our little swap, you'll probably laugh when you see how terrible my wrapping skills are and don't be alarmed if there are any tiny puncture holes in the wrapping paper...my cats are super helpful when it comes to wrapping gifts. Lol.
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I have one that loves to bite -- not chew, just bite -- the flaps of cardboard boxes. And the festive baggies! Genius! I think that might be what I'll end up doing.
 

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