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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Secret Santa Poll
To help everyone out - here are some questions that everyone can answer to help our their SS.
1. What is your favorite color?
2. Any colors that you don't like?
3. What are you favorite types of food?
4. Foods you dislike?
5. Do you like chocolate?
6. What type of music do you like?
7. Do you like personalized items?
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores?
9. Do you collect anything?
10. Favorite author / genre for books?
11. Favorite sports teams?
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about?
Re: Secret Santa Poll
1. Orange, green, teal (most bright colors)
2. Light pink, lavender (most soft colors)
3. Chocolate, coffee
4. Cottage cheese.
5. YES
6. Contemporary christian, classic country
7. Not really. I like to be able to pass on stuff that I don't end up using as much as I should and that's hard to do when it's personalized. Then it just ends up taking up space and I fell bad about it.
8. Sure. Amazon, sephora, williams sonoma, starbucks
9. Not really.
10. I only really have time for audiobooks (which I'm addicted to). I really enjoy mystery/suspense, but not the chic lit ones.
11. None
12. Not that I can think of.
1. What is your favorite color? Turquoise
2. Any colors that you don't like? not a huge fan of orange
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican
4. Foods you dislike? Chinese
5. Do you like chocolate? Does Trump have money?
6. What type of music do you like? Country
7. Do you like personalized items? not usually
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Yes, any home decorating store -- especially Home Goods. Target, Amazon, Luke's Locker, etc.
9. Do you collect anything? As many pairs of running shoes are in my closet, you would think I collect those
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I don't really have time to read
11. Favorite sports teams? Don't like sports
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I'm currently in the process of setting up my craft room. Any little decor trinkets for the room would be lovely. It's a soft pink, black, and ivory "shabby chic" french style room.... possibly a little turquoise too since that's my favorite color
Also, I'm a "runner" so anything that has to do with that would be nice.
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2. Any colors that you don't like? Not a big yellow person
3. What are you favorite types of food? I like food...just about everything!
4. Foods you dislike? Don't eat a lot of sweets!
5. Do you like chocolate? Not really....
6. What type of music do you like? Texas Country
7. Do you like personalized items? LOVE!!!
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Yes! Target, Macys, Bath and Body Works and Sephora
9. Do you collect anything? Crosses
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I read A LOT....but have a lot of books!
11. Favorite sports teams? Texans and Longhorns
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I am pretty darn easy to please!
2. Any colors that you don't like? Not particularly
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican, cheese
4. Foods you dislike? Thai
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes. Too much.
6. What type of music do you like? Alternative, rock, some country, anything with a good beat
7. Do you like personalized items? sure
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? sure. Target, iTunes, Barnes and Noble
9. Do you collect anything? Not intentionally.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? J.R. Ward (vampire smut), Patricia Cornwell (murder and mayhem)...currently like vampire/supernatural smut the most. Murder and mayhem freaks me out now that I have kids.
11. Favorite sports teams? Cougars, Cowboys, Saints (but if DH knows this, I will shoot someone)
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I am working on losing weight - eating healthy, working out and what not.
2. Any colors that you don't like? Purple.
3. What are you favorite types of food? I'll eat just about anything
4. Foods you dislike? hot dogs, pickled herring. I'm not worried about receiving either of those.
5. Do you like chocolate? yes, esp. dark.
6. What type of music do you like? mainly stuff you've never heard of, but I haven't bought any new music in years. Hardly even online. All my recent purchases have been kid music!
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes. I just got a monogrammed tote today.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? They're good, but I like some creativity in gift giving too. I usually end up spending gift cards on non-fun stuff! Amazon, knit picks are always good choices
9. Do you collect anything? other than yarn, not really.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I'm doing very little reading lately.
11. Favorite sports teams? Auburn
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I'm really not very picky and am happy with just about everything!
1. What is your favorite color? I wear a lot of blue, but I like most colors
2. Any colors that you don't like? I mean, nothing weird like puke green or something.
3. What are you favorite types of food? Bad for me ones. ;-) Mexican, Italian, Chinese, etc. I am a big sweets person, too.
4. Foods you dislike? Don't like coffee or vegetables
5. Do you like chocolate? Yep! Milk and dark - I'm not as keen on white chocolate, but that doesn't mean I won't eat it (especially in things like Williams Sonoma peppermint bark). ;-)
6. What type of music do you like? All kinds - from Korn to Jewel to Kayne. Don't particularly like country or 80s (screaming) rock.
7. Do you like personalized items? Sure.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? I like them in theory, but I tend to not get around to spending them.
9. Do you collect anything? No, not really.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I don't read much. :-/
11. Favorite sports teams? I am not into sports, but I feel obligated to say A&M :-)
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? Don't really like smelly Bath items - soaps, lotions, etc. or candles. I don't have an iphone or ipad or kindle or any techy things, so would not have much use for itunes or e-books, etc.
Man, I'm realizing that I'm probably hard to shop for since I don't really have any hobbies! lol. I promise I'm not hard to please! :-)
1. What is your favorite color? Pink
2. Any colors that you don't like? no...I like just about any color
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican,Italian,Seafood,
4. Foods you dislike? vegetables
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes
6. What type of music do you like? Country,Rock,Pop,
7. Do you like personalized items?Yes
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Kohls,Target,JC Penney,Old Navy
9. Do you collect anything? Willow Tree Figurines
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I don't really read any books..just celebrity gossip magazines
11. Favorite sports teams? Florida Gators, Texas Longhorns and Denver Broncos..TEBOW!!
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I am a very easy and simple person to please.
Dang...there goes my idea.
2. Any colors that you don't like? Green
3. What are you favorite types of food? Greek, Mexican, Italian, Cheese, Wine, Cheese, Wine.. did I say Wine?
4. Foods you dislike? Liver. Thai, Indian
5. Do you like chocolate? only if it's Reese Peanut Butter cups
6. What type of music do you like? pretty eclectic. Christian, Top 40, etc. Just whatever makes me tap my foot.
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes, with such an unusual first name, it's impossible to find things pre-personalized.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Oh yeah! Amazon, Bed Bath and Beyond, Dillards, Ulta, Best Buy, iTunes
9. Do you collect anything? besides dust bunnies? and yarn?? No not really
10. Favorite author / genre for books? no real favorite author/ like Chick Lit, Autobiographies about the Kennedy's for some reason, anything funny, modern day romance. Not a Twilight or Hunger Games fan at all.
11. Favorite sports teams? Texans, Aggies,
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? Not terribly picky.. Though Kitchen things are not a good idea since I sell pampered chef and so I am fully stocked!! heehee...
1. What is your favorite color? Red
2. Any colors that you don't like? I'm picky about yellow, don't care for pastels.
3. What are you favorite types of food? I'm not particularly a Thai or Indian food person, but most everything else is fine.
4. Foods you dislike? Not a coffee person
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes
6. What type of music do you like? I'm very eclectic
7. Do you like personalized items? They're okay.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Don't mind them. Sephora, Williams Sonoma, Amazon, etc. are always good
9. Do you collect anything? Not really
10. Favorite author / genre for books? Very eclectic here too. My Kindle has oodles of different things on it.
11. Favorite sports teams? Um...
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about?
1. What is your favorite color? Purple, Green, Gray
2. Any colors that you don't like? not really picky - pastels are probly lower on the list
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican, Italian
4. Foods you dislike? Not a huge fan of indian, don;t branch out when I eat chinese
5. Do you like chocolate? a lot, dark chocolate
6. What type of music do you like? wide range from jazz to texas country to rap
7. Do you like personalized items? depending on what it is, I like monogrammed stuff
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Starbucks, Amazon, Francescas, Target, Sephora/Ulta, Specs...
9. Do you collect anything? I guess Fleur de Lis would fall here
10. Favorite author / genre for books? Ummm I like easy reads ie the Emily Griffin books
11. Favorite sports teams? Astros, Saints, Dynamo
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about?
2. Any colors that you don't like? Not really..
3. What are you favorite types of food? There isn't a lot of food I don't like
4. Foods you dislike? Beets
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes, but I prefer chocolate with caramel/nuts/etc over plain chocolate
6. What type of music do you like? Just about anything. Anything from jazz to country to rock to pop
7. Do you like personalized items? Yep!
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Love gift cards. Gap/Old Navy, Lush, Bath & Body Works, Container Store
9. Do you collect anything? Not really
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I like murder mystery. Not into romance novels. James Patterson is probably my most read author
11. Favorite sports teams? Any Detroit team
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? Since we're living in a shoe box for now I don't have much room for knick-knacks.
2. Any colors that you don't like? YELLOW, PASTELS
3. What are you favorite types of food? ITALIAN, CHOCOLATE
4. Foods you dislike? MUSHROOMS, EGGPLANT
5. Do you like chocolate? SEE #3
6. What type of music do you like? EVERYTHING EXCEPT CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY
7. Do you like personalized items? YES
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? NORDSTROM, GAP, SEPHORA
9. Do you collect anything? NO (And I dislike knick knacks or clutter)
10. Favorite author / genre for books? GOSSIP MAGAZINES
11. Favorite sports teams? RED SOX (but I don't like sports memorabilia)
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? My wishlist on Elfster is up to date from last year so anything on there or anything similar would work
1. What is your favorite color? dark purple, blues and grays
2. Any colors that you don't like? yellow
3. What are you favorite types of food? Thai, really good sandwiches, cupcakes, good beer, red wine, and COFFEE (yes, those are food groups in my mind)
4. Foods you dislike? Hominy.
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes, please
6. What type of music do you like? Anything but country
7. Do you like personalized items? Meh.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Target, Sephora, Ulta, Itunes
9. Do you collect anything? hourglasses
10. Favorite author / genre for books? non-fiction, math/science related
11. Favorite sports teams? Houston Dynamo
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I'm not hard to please, and I'm easily amused ;-)
1. What is your favorite color? green & purple
2. Any colors that you don't like? orange, particularly of the burnt variety
3. What are you favorite types of food? Chick Fil A, mexican
4. Foods you dislike? Indian or anything really spicy
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes
6. What type of music do you like? Misc.--but mostly listen to Christian contemporary rock
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Gap, Starbucks, CFA, iTunes, Kindle/Amazon
9. Do you collect anything? not really
10. Favorite author / genre for books? memoirs
11. Favorite sports teams? I guess if I had to choose one, I'd say Aggies.
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I love Lush products!
1. What is your favorite color? green, purple
2. Any colors that you don't like? orange, yellow
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican, Indian, Italian, anything sweet!
4. Foods you dislike? guacamole, Thai, coconut
5. Do you like chocolate? yes, preferably dark with no nuts
6. What type of music do you like? anything but country
7. Do you like personalized items? yes
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? love gift cards- Target, Nordstrom, LOFT, DSW
9. Do you collect anything? Holiday themed kitchen towels and candy dishes
10. Favorite author / genre for books? not much time to read but I love magazines
11. Favorite sports teams? Longhorns
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I've updated my wishlist on Elfster, I'm pretty easy to please!
2. Any colors that you don't like? Baby pink
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican, Italian
4. Foods you dislike? Thai
5. Do you like chocolate? I like milk chocolate
6. What type of music do you like? All kinds of music
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Target, Khols, Gap, LOFT, DSW
9. Do you collect anything? Ornaments, mainly ballerina ornaments. I also collect vases of any shape and color.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I really don't have a genre, I'll read just about anything you put in front of me.
11. Favorite sports teams? Longhorns and Texans
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about?
1. What is your favorite color? dark blue
2. Any colors that you don't like? not really
3. What are you favorite types of food? Mexican, BBQ
4. Foods you dislike? Thai, Indian...
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes. lots.
6. What type of music do you like? I listen to pretty much everything. I prefer country and contemporary christian music.
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? BB&B, Target, Lush...
9. Do you collect anything? Rustic-y crosses
10. Favorite author / genre for books? Nora Roberts is my favorite author. I like romance mysteries and smut.
11. Favorite sports teams? Cowboys
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about?
2. Any colors that you don't like? Not a huge fan of yellow.
3. What are you favorite types of food? Love Italian and Mexican food!
4. Foods you dislike? Seafood, all types and forms.
5. Do you like chocolate? Yes please! (especially dark chocolate)
6. What type of music do you like? A little of everything.
7. Do you like personalized items? Yes!
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Yes. Sephora, Target, iTunes and Amazon.
9. Do you collect anything? Not really.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I like historical fiction.
11. Favorite sports teams? Longhorns.
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? I'll try and update my wishlist list tonight. This past week has been crazy. I'm very easy to please.
1. Blues and purples
2. Orange and yellow
3. I like food in general. Love mexican food. I love cheese
4. I'll eat most anything. Not a peanut butter fan
5. Yes. Yes I do. Especially fancy fun chocolate
6. It varies. Radio is usually on 94.5
7. Not a big personalized item fan
8. Sure. Gift cards rock. I like Amazon and Target especially.
9. Not really? We don't have a ton of room. I have a weakness for art glass. I have a huge perfume collection, but most of it is from a specific company and their catalog is huge.
10. I mostly read speculative and historical fiction. I own tons of cookbooks.
11. Not a sports fan
12. I'm pretty easy going, whatever works for me.
I'm a few days late, but I figure I'll go ahead & answer in case my Santa is wanting me to.
1. What is your favorite color? Blue & Maroon
2. Any colors that you don't like? Orange & Pink
3. What are you favorite types of food? I have a lot of food allergies, so if you buy me food you're probably throwing your money away.
4. Foods you dislike? Anything with gluten, artificial sweetners, red meat or red wine.
5. Do you like chocolate? Oh yeah, but the gluten allergy makes that difficult.
6. What type of music do you like? I don't really listen to music. KSBJ is my favorite radio station & I love going to Country concerts
7. Do you like personalized items? Very much.
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? Starbucks, Amazon, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor
9. Do you collect anything? Nope.
10. Favorite author / genre for books? I have very random taste in books. I will pretty much read anything that will sit still long enough. If I had to pick a favorite author it would probably be Francine Rivers, or JK Rowling, or...never mind I could never pick a favorite
11. Favorite sports teams? The Aggies
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? Can't think of anything.
1. What is your favorite color? Red; Hot Pink
2. Any colors that you don't like? Not really
3. What are you favorite types of food? sweets!
4. Foods you dislike? spicy things
5. Do you like chocolate? yes!
6. What type of music do you like? all types!
7. Do you like personalized items? yes!
8. Do you like gift cards? What stores? of course. Target, Old Navy, Sephora
9. Do you collect anything? Not really
10. Favorite author / genre for books? drama, true crime, love most books!
11. Favorite sports teams? The Cougars
12. Is there anything else you'd like your secret santa to know about? nope