Nov/Dec SS Thank You

OK, I received my box of goodies in the mail today..from Mass I think..I"m not good with abbreviations of states..and by scanning back I think Tygab is my SS. THere was no name only a return address. MY gu and sharkbites were froze. (It is like 18degrees, windy and snowing presently and they were out on the mailbox for a little too long). I have never tried the sharkies before, am excited as I've heard about them. Havent' tried that flavor of GU before. Gosh, I wish spring would get here..the water bottle and socks are perfect. One can never have too many blinkies (mine received damage from my last ride when it fell off so its perfect). THanks so much for the thoughtful gifts--they will be well used in the upcoming cycling year...thanks again..

i received my package last week, but work and a nasty cold have kept me from properly thanking my SS. IFjane sent me a most wonderful package that wsa full of lots of fun things. i'm wearing the warm fuzzy socks right now and they are helping while i battle my cold bug and fell chilly all the time. and there is a package for making eleven bean soup which will be yummy when i make it and i bet will help fuel me in my spin class. and the tote bag that everything was packaged in is perfect for carrying my shoes and water bottle to spin - something i had been thinking i needed to find and had yet to do anything about it. several other fun things round it all out and i couldn't be happier. thank you so much, it cheered me at a time when work, life and health had been dragging me down!

now i've got to get out and get shopping for my SS, as the whole work, life and health thing have delayed that as well. but i promise that i will do that this weekend and get mine in the mail soon too!

i'm so glad i joined this, it was such a nice surprise at my door!

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shellyj you guessed right though I am not sure how! Heh, anyway, glad you got your package - hope you will enjoy everything and that it un-freezes!

-T

Possegal - I am so glad it all arrived safely! Welcome to the SS exchange - isn't it fun??

Now, to my still mysterious SS from NJ - your package arrived Monday! thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! What a wonderful box of goodies, starting with the Sackpack! I am sure - once spring arrives and I can commute to work (call me a weenie but I don't commute in the dark - it is an 18 mile one-way ride) - that I will put it to good use. I love the oak leaf dish and the goodies inside, the apple tea light holder is beautiful and the rest of my haul is wonderful. Thanks for the bottle stuffed with snacks & such - even if it is not from your favorite LBS! OH! and the socks - how did you know blue is my favorite color???:D :D Thank you so much again - now, will you please reveal yourself to me????

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Originally Posted by IFjane

wonderful box of goodies, starting with the Sackpack!

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What's a Sackpack?

Sue!

I'm sorry I've been so late to post but I got your box 2 days ago and I was overwhelmed with goodies!

I got some magnets (which I collect, so it was a great gift) and have been dubbed an honorary Cheesehead! Yay!
I also got a book on Wisconsin with beautiful pictures, a Harley Davidson mug with coffee (yum!), cycling socks, and Green Bay packers decals. I hope I didn't leave anything out. Oh wait! A Wisconsin ornament which unfortunitely can't go up this year as we're not doing a tree :( since we won't be around at Christmas.

I was so happy to receive your box, and my husband was jealous that I get all these goodies and no one sent him anything. :)

Thank you so much, sending warm wishes accross the ocean.




* To my SS, I'm sending your box out today and I'm truely sorry you've had to wait so long. I hope you like everything.

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Originally Posted by withm

What's a Sackpack?

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http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/index....ROD&ProdID=864

This is a similar one - mine is not the pink ribbon version.

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Now, to my still mysterious SS from NJ - your package arrived Monday! thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! ...................
............Thank you so much again - now, will you please reveal yourself to me????

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It was me....so glad you liked everything! I was a such a loss, this go round, with what to get. I thought you had commute, happy to hear I was right. You are very welcome!!

Kerry

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It was me....so glad you liked everything! I was a such a loss, this go round, with what to get. I thought you had commute, happy to hear I was right. You are very welcome!!

Kerry

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Kerry, thank you!!!! Yes the gear was right - it was perfect. I can't wait to use it all. Actually, I must confess that the dark chocolate dipped pretzel is in my desk drawer right now.....calling my name......hmmmmmm.......*as Jane reaches down and pulls the drawer open*

Thank you SS Cindy! The box was dropped at the house yesterday - the chai looks delicious and I love chai, so that will be a great winter cheer. Loved the other goodies too - the snow socks will actually inspire me to snow bike this year I think, and the LBS water bottle is great too! Also enjoyed the Atlanta themed glass - I haven't been in a while (used to go every few months for work) and this is a nice way to remember the fun parts of the city!

A wonderful mid December surprise... :)

Thanks so much to my secret sister! I got the package last week and I love everything. :D I'm a newbie so it's my first taste of Shot Bloks. :) I like it. Also, the wreath ride socks are my first riding socks. They're so cute. And I love the sconce night light with the bike outline.
Sorry for not posting sooner, but I wanted to get my package to my secret sister in the mail first. I've been working long hours, but finally got to shop this past weekend and got it in the mail yesterday.:cool:

Cathy

Secret Sister, your package arrived yesterday. What a great assortment of gifts and treats! Thanks for the Triathlete's Training Diary; you must have done some post/thread research to know that I do triathlon. The bike ornament is adorable and the candy was yummy. Thanks, also, for the LBS water bottle and tee. :D :)

Wow, I came home to my SS package. Such nice stuff...I love the t-shirt. I am looking forward to trying the coffee's and 'real' hot chocolate. Love the lip balm, my favorite too. And of course the water bottle will be well used. The calendar is a good size to keep at my desk. I was reading the chocolate package to see what it takes and was curious what 'Mexican Molinillo' is? Anyway, THANK YOU, my SS from Liberty Hill TX...is it you Aggie Ama?

SBC- the little taste of Texas is from me. I honestly couldn't tell you what Mexican Molinillo is but I have had Mexican style hot chocolate in San Antonio and it is tasty. The cinnamon is what makes it for me! I am not a coffee drinker but pecans are a fall staple in Texas and the other just sounded yummy. :p

I wanted to tell you the story behind the shirt.... The shop did an inspirational contest of what every mile meant to customers. You wrote what your miles meant on a card, it was quite beautiful, humorous and inspiring.

Glad everything arrived safely, it was an adventure once I got an envelope too small. :rolleyes:

Mountainchick,

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful items! I look forward to using the tea set and have already eaten quite a few of the citrus candies! The lucky cat is sitting on my desk and the wreath is above the door. DH took the coffee mug immediately (I'll have to figure out how to get it back). Thank you!!!!

Hmmm, maybe I'll have a little warm tea right now!

A wonderful thank you to my west coast SS! It was wonderful to receive a package full of fun things from the wet and windy wilds of Seattle! (thanks, Teigyr!) I always enjoy getting these little bundles of warmth from people oh so far away!

Thank you thank you!

To my SS....the package has flown the coop. You will have to forgive my lateness, but I hope that the goodies inside will make up for it! Fear not...the Postal Service will come through soon! :D

Well, I was way late sending out my SS package, but it went out over a week ago and I haven't heard anything from her.:( Hopefully SS, you'll get it soon!:rolleyes:

I'm awaiting a package however i'm sure the overloaded postal services will deliver it soon.

That & my mom's package should arrive soon..

C

Sarah,

Thank you so much for the package. I've been a bit blue lately and your package brought an immediate smile to my face not to mentioned warmed my heart and touched my soul. Thank you for all the "warm" goodies. I love the toe warmers - how did you know my supply was running low? I can't wait to sample the hot beverage mixes you sent and am looking forward to coating my lips in the tastey lip balms you enclosed. Once I finish the book I'm currently reading I'm looking forward to reading the collection of ghost stories you sent. The foot massager will be put to good use for my toes/legs are always tired after a long day of standing/walking my classroom. The box of goodies was great! Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

I don't want to sound whiney - well I do actually. I am begining to wonder if my SS's package has been stolen from our letterbox. One of my son's birthday presents was stolen about 5 weeks ago & given I have recieved nothing in the post yet I am wondering if my SS parcel has come to the same ends. If so... then to my SS - thankyou. I do hope it's just the slow Xmas mail from the other side of the world.:confused:

NMT..me too..:confused: I've come to the conclusion it's about the postal services @ this time of year..

The post office gremlins are back

C

I'm also a little concerned about my secret sis package. It's been awhile since I mailed it. But I keep reminding myself that some people are still on family holidays and might not be in town until after New Year. So I'll wait a little longer.

NZ gals, i think it's the postal gremlins. No one i know in Italy has gotten their packages from the USA (OR NZ) yet either and it's been MONTHS!

Kim/Possegal,

Thanks for the items! :) I love the hand lotion, it smells oh so mmmmm. Good thing you placed it in a bag as i think customs may have opened it but not sealed it properly. The tiny jars are really cute! I sure hope I can keep Ian away from the water bottles! The Burts Bees items are cool! (they didn't melt either!!!)

:( One of the Heinz items was siezed by customs and will be destroyed as it didn't meet customs regulations :( The letter states "Due to the specific risks presented by the items sent to you, treatment is not possible."

I guess the upside is Ian won't have to deal with my smelly behind :o :rolleyes:

Thank you again for sending the package & I hope your trip home to PA wasn't too cold!

Is anyone still waiting for their package??

how weird that one of the heinz jars was taken, i'm going to guess it was the mayo one and the ketchup and mustard made it?? i had no idea what to expect from the customs issues, i am used to mailing to canada to my family there, and adept at getting around the system by a number of tricks. :) but this was my first package to australia. so glad it made it safe and sound and so sorry for the huge delay. if it is any consolation, my hectic life lately has me equally as scattered at work so my bosses are dealing with my "oooops, when is that due again" problems as well!

Hey Possegal,

It was the beans that didn't make it through :o Aust & NZ quarantine rules can be a wee bit strict :eek:

It's totally cool about the delay! I was worried that some postal gremlin had it. (some postal gremlin must have my mom's package too!)

I hope you can go for a ride & get rid of the scattered gremlins :) can you bike atm where you are?

oh too bad, it was a cajun bean soup. oh well, i should have figured.

i felt so bad that i was so late, but as i've said on the board in darn near every post it seems, my sister has cancer and my life is rather taken over by it. the last two months was a lot of follow-up scanning after radiation and chemo and lots of appointments to determine the next plan of attack. now i'm off to PA again as she's going to have a lobectomy to hopefully take out the upper left lobe and the tumor (location of the tumor has us worried that he won't be able to get it with one lobe and he won't take them both). i am a dr of pharmacology and toxicology who coincidently works in the oncology field, so i'm the family member of choice to be present for all these things. i wouldn't be anywhere else, but it does cause me to drop a lot of balls in other areas of my life. :)

i'm a weather wimp so i get afraid of riding in the cold and wet weather. i have been able to keep running and spinning though and i plan to bring my bike to PA for the surgery since i could be there for many weeks and even in pittsburgh we do get some oddly warm days in january and february, so i'm going to count on a few of them. :)

anywho - so glad it made it, relatively safe and sound. :)