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THIS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME
WHY IS THIS SECRET SANTA CRAP SO HARD?!
I have been stuck in bed sick, so I have been scouring the internet for the perfect gift(s) for my SS. I spent all.friggin.day doing this, and still haven't been able to pull the trigger on anything. Everything feels like not enough, or useless crap, and I'm going to be the person in the draw where people are like "Ugh, I hope Jens doesn't get me next time, remember when she got so-and-so a possum figurine and season 4 of the OC?"
Would you like things like this?
-Cute measuring cups
-A set of makeup brushes
-Makeups
-A collector's edition of a book or movie you like
Yes? No? What do people want?!
Re: THIS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
I would like all of those things.
I would be pretty stoked to get season 4 of the OC and the possum figurine. The makeup and brushes wouldn't do me much good since I put the stuff on approx. 4 times a year. BUT, I know most ladies don't feel the same way.
I can't figure it out either. I figure I'll just wander around the mall and pull the trigger at some point. That is pretty much my method for buying anybody anything. You don't tell me what you want? Fine. Electric tie rack it is.
I feel surprisingly better at having a couple of people validating those ideas.
Thanks guys
I hope my person feels the same way.
People who have done this in previous years should give examples of what they gave and got.
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HA. I'm going to send my stuff direct from wherever I buy it online, since my person is one of you 'mericans. Maybe that's making me feel more pressure, since I won't be able to wrap it all pretty and make it personal.
I can probably make that happen.
Stress of finding the perfect gift is reason #1 why I did not participate.
#2 was fear of everyone emailing Cali "oh, I don't want dawg as my ss give me someone else."
My SS confession.
I love it so much because it is my only real chance in the holidays to try to give a personal surprise present to someone. Mr. Mod hates surprises, none of my friends and I exchange gifts, and I always get my dysfunctional family something they need. So yeah, it kind of makes my Christmas because I love to buy presents. I hope it never ever goes away.
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Mod, you are welcome to send me presents even if you are not my secret santa. I will selflessly allow it if it will bring you joy. I'm a giver.
I'm late to the party, but I think you're overthinking it Jens. I know I'd be happy with any of those gift ideas - they would all work well. Unless your SS receiver is a total a-hole, she should be happy with whatever you choose. Unless it's season 4 of the OC. That would suck.
That said, I'm still kind of stressed out about my gift giving skills. On the one hand, I'm scared that my main gift is a little to generic. On the other, I think it's pretty useful and would be happy to receive it.
Those gifts all suck. Hard. You're welcome in advance.
I would love some brushes, or make-up, or any of those things really. I have the funny and the baby/pet part of my gift on lock. I just have to figure out something, you know, nice.
The nerve!
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Not to add additional stress but make sure you get your stuff out sooner than the deadline. I have found it always takes double the amount of time I think it will for my stuff to get to the states.
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Jen, I think I'm just sending my stuff direct from Amazon/or wherever I buy it. Otherwise I'm worried it'll take a month to get there from the Saskabush.
CMC, SSing IS hard, yo. Although I'm feeling slightly better about it now. My person probably won't have any funny gifts.
I did that one year and it was so much easier. Like I heard on the radio yesterday that Canada Post had a Decemeber 1st cut off for a gift to be guaranteed to arrive by the 25th (within Canada). How ridiculous is that!
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I hate love and marriage. I got married so I could destroy these things from the inside. - NoisyPenguin
It's a good thing my circle of trust is as giant as my vagina. That only leaves a couple people out. - Cali
The tracking list for that calendar was amazing. It was in Pennsylvania, then Missouri, then Illinois, then back to Missouri, and then the message said something about being unable to find the right place, and then finally it said it was handing the package over to the postal service or UPS or something. DHL can send your stuff to Iraq, but not Mississippi.
Now I'm hoping jens drew me as her SS.
I'm like Mod -- the SS exchange is the one gift I can really get into. I only buy gifts for my parents and Mr. Spiderman, so I don't get to spend a lot of time out searching for the perfect thing. And lately Mr. Spiderman has only wanted stuff that's on his list, so I can choose between buying him video games or more video games. That's no fun!
I like buying for my SS because then I can think of things that I hope will make them laugh and something that they'll actually like and appreciate.
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Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
I would like any of those.
My gifts also aren't really funny, but I think my recipient will like them.