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Originally Posted by SteveDallas (Post 511690)

"partridge in a pear tree" flavored tea doesn't sound very appetizing to me. :greenface Nor any of the rest... but hey, whatever floats your boat.

True, but the 10 lords a leaping aint bad

binky's gift:

(for the record, I am totally jealous :D)

I like that teapot. They look really cool. We can get them here too.

Yes it is. Thanks so much Zippy

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 511554)

But, back to the thread topic.

I received this last week-ish. I'm storing it in the refrigerator.

THANK YOU SECRET SANTA!!!

Yes, it is within the edible theme.
No, there is no need to keep it in the fridge.
It requires some culinary input on your part for the accompanying dishes, but I am sure you are up to the task!
Actually probably best prepared for eating on 25th January.
Hope you enjoy it and Merry Christmas to the BigV household.

My Pleasure Binky

And to my SS Thanks for the silly stuff !!

Im guessing Wolf , or Bluerecaro

The cookies were good. Just finished the last one with lunch today. Now If I can just figure out which dwellar lives in the Savannah, GA area.

Thanks Merc! :)[/quote]
RATS! yer welcome. Ignore my opinions. I really am a good guy. Merry Christmas Glattster and family.

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 511515)

Shall we have a poll? How far over the "limit" did you go? :headshake

...I'm thinking it's only "in the spirit of the thing" if you don't make a song and dance about it. Think about the recipient just scraping by, who had to wait until their paycheck was cashed to buy and send their present. They receive an awesome gift! Wow! Their SS must be an awesome shopper! Then they learn that their SS thought they were a good charitable cause and deserved it, and spent three times as much as they did on the present. What if their recipient did the same and as a result thinks the gift they received is lame.....

I had no intent of "making a song and dance about it."
I am very pleased with the SS I got this year. I hope they appreciate the prizes. But putting together something which costs £X (just under the limit) and finding the postage is £X x 3 is frustrating. It doesn't mean I want to broadcast "Oh I spent SO much money!" because the exact opposite is true - I am genuinely watching my expenditure at the moment and I know other Dwellars are too. But on the other hand, just there is a frustration in literally only being able to send a paper item (as I did last year - a piece of original art) to stick strictly within the limit.

I will receive my SS at some point before this week. I will love it. Why? Because it will be from somene in another country I have never met, and it will have been sent with affection. I don't think I have received a lame present in my life, although I have gifted some on - well with the best will in the world, it was more pleasureable to give than receive!

I think the guideline amount is a great idea. But I think anyone sending to/ receiving from a foreign country should be allowed a little envy when they see what $15 buys and sends in-country.

Here endest the lesson.
PS - is it there yet, is it there yet? 9 days since posting - has it arrived yet?!?!?

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

PS - is it there yet, is it there yet? 9 days since posting - has it arrived yet?!?!?

Just arrived in today's mail!! :jig: I'm being good and not opening until Christmas like you said you wanted earlier in the thread, though it's very hard to be patient... But thank you in advance, I'm certain it's going to be lovely. ;)

I got my gift! It was waiting for me when I got home. Grabbed the camera...batteries dead, but I will photograph tonight.

I got some smoked salmon from the Alaska Smokehouse, and a jar of pickled herring. I love salmon. I don't know I will be brave enough to try the herring, but I am taking it to the 'rents this weekend because I have a feeling my dad and brothers will love it.

The best part was the salmon came in a beautiful decorated wood box...something that fits right in with my stuff. I so wish I had a pic now but you will see it tomorrow. I kept looking at it last night.

I was so excited and thrilled.

Now, let's see...from the great state of Washington...gotta be BigV, no?

THANKS SO MUCH SANTA. YOU MADE MY WEEK! :)

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 512119)

Hurray! Hurray!
Not a bad job by the postal services after all.

Now I just have the grand opening to look forward to.

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Originally Posted by zippyt (Post 511801)

My Pleasure Binky

And to my SS Thanks for the silly stuff !!

Im guessing Wolf , or Bluerecaro

Er...no, not from me! I won't be going to the post office until Friday.

Ah ha! I have been given permission to indulge in instant gratification. So here we have the box. As you can see, it suffered a bit coming overseas, but who doesn't really?

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_01.JPG

All damage was superficial, thanks to excellent packing materials:

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_02.JPG

Note the curious monkey peeking over the table in the background. And what exactly is this cushy padding protecting my delightful gift? Why it's a torn up British celebrity tabloid!

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_03.JPG

Actually quite fascinating. I didn't recognize anyone named in it, except Gordon Ramsey and Britney Spears.

Then a lovely card

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_04.JPG

Including a short verse written on the back:

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_05.JPG

Fob, Fob, lovely Fob
Better than snow
Yum, yum, yum.

I'm going to assume this is a British reference of some kind... but it's true, I am better than snow. I've never once had to be shoveled off the driveway.

First gift item: cookies!

http://cellar.org/2008/SS_06.JPG

No wait, biscuits. And you can't have biscuits without tea:

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And you can't have either unless you're prepared to eat them the right way!

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This last looks to be a very funny book on the history, traditions, and general consumption of both tea and biscuits. From the introduction:

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There can be few more relaxing things in life than a nice cup of tea and a sit down. A good hot bath is one, but that's not always an option, especially if you are at work or doing your shopping. Or maybe like us your bath is fairly short and small, and you have to sit bolt upright in it. If you do lie down in it then your legs have to stick out at the tap end, halfway up the wall, and they get cold. Playing loud music and drinking a glass of brandy or whiskey go some way to diverting us from the fact that our bath was designed for a lost race of people with an average height of 4ft 6ins, but it's far from ideal. Anyway, a nice cuppa while sitting down is the cornerstone of British society, possibly even more important to us than television or queueing up for things.

Wonderful! Thank you so much, Sundae. I love it! I am in fact going to go eat a few biscuits right now (in no doubt the wrong way, but I'll be learning soon!)

awesome swesome awesome! I so want to read that book...