2008 CSS Gifts and Guesses
 

Show us what ya got!!!

Isn't that what your other thread is for? It needs an update btw.

She said she would be making a new thread for the gifts and guesses...

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=18542&page=18

Um, I guess this thread doesn't pertain to cascading style sheets...
<wanders off>

It might, if somebody bought someone else something related to web site development.

Here it is! Here's the tree we all put our Secret Santy gifts under awaiting The Day .... of Opening.

[fidgit fidgit]

Just received mine. Woot! No guesses yet. I opened the white box, which contained cookies that I'll eat later tonight. I gave the gift for my wife to her (very nice touch, santa.) And she opened it right away. Earrings! But haven't opened the other three yet.

Thanks, Secret Santa!

I received mine awhile ago but I was waiting for someone to post first. Mine was from across the pond! Thank you Secret Santa :)

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...lar/ssGift.jpg

{the jar was opened by customs and there was leakage so opening now seemed essential }

I got a solar powered grasshopper electronic project kit! I love it... I'll have to put it together when my kids aren't around though! :D

(PS -- took the pic w/ my new webcam.)

Labrat told to Open it , NOW !!!!!
 

Everything was Nicely Wrapped
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This guy Jumped Out of the box !!
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Nice Card ,
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Lots of Silly Loot !!
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A Pickel Catapult /w Extra Ammo !!
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Evil Monkey approves !!!
he wants the Pickle catapult ,
To take over the WORLD !!!
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OH I Know who Zippy's SS is and I ain't saying.

Good Job Santa!

I like the ANGER bracelet and the pickle shooter. For a second I thought the gun shot the pickles instead of catapulting them. Their mouths looked like the opening of an Oscar Meyer weinie whistle. The only thing cooler than a catapult that launches pickles would be a gun that shoot whistling pickles.

I love the solar powered hopper! I liked it so much I found the site that has all of the beginner kits. http://robotikitsdirect.com/products/jrscience.html

I soooooo want the solar walking crab. (or the solar racing car)



BTW, they have a video for the grasshopper, but I didn't want to spoil it for you.

Oh Zip you really got a good one there!
I really resent high postage prices which lower my spending power :(

(actually I ended up cheating and going over, but only on the postage)

So - is mine there yet? is it there yet? has it arrived yet? Did you get it yet? I will try to me more calm. It's due Mon-Fri and I don't even want it opened until Christmas (but I guess that's down to the recipient).

I went over on the gift i sent, but that's pretty standard for me. I think the postage cost more than the limit anyway once you convert AU dollars to US. Isn't the limit just a guide really? If you want to spoil your recipient (or think they might need it) that's ok right? After all, it's not a competition.

lol, tell me about it :P I went way over budget if the postage was included...that's why I had to stay within the budget on the actual gift.

Yea, I chose to completely ignore the limit. Who cares. It's just a guide. It is Christmas ya know.

I looked for some things within the suggested allotment too, I'm just not that creative though. So I went a bit over - so what? Hopefully my recipient is happy. Thats the whole the real point isn't it?

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.....

No such thing as a lame gift! :)

I decided to open mine also. Here it is:

Not in the eyes of the receiver.....

I don't think anyone participating in this is expecting something that's going be 'the best gift ever'. That's not the point of the excercise from my perspective. To me it's just a fun way to do something which involves most of us who've posted here for a while and who have an understanding of each other.

If I were to stick to the limit, my giftee would be getting an empty box. I went at least twice over the limit, but I don't think my gift really suggests that. It's really quite simple, but i tried to be thoughtful and in doing so, I spent more than the allotted amount.

If anyone thinks the gift they recieve is 'lame', I don't think they're really entering into this thing with the spirit it's intended.

yeah, go on. make a pole of yourself. I treated the "limit" as a suggestion only too. All gifts are in the eye of the beholder. Lame gift? Lame eyes.

But, back to the thread topic.

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

THANK YOU SECRET SANTA!!!

I like the Big Clue on the package. NICE! :)

Got my SS gift, and it is REALLY cool. I don't need to guess who its from, because my SS is like me, probably the only active Cellar dweller in his location

The damn pic won't load. Going to work on it more later. It is an awesome little teapot, and a "12 teas of Christmas" set, and they will probably be gone by New Years. Thanks so much to my SS!

"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.

I got my SS gift, and will be posting pics when I get the cam back from the Mad Photohog who is my lovely boyfriend. By the way, my SS, THANK YOU!! A perfectly appropriate gift, which has seen use already. I LOVE it muchly! Let me know somehow (through LabRat if you wish to remain anonymous) if you want pics of said present in use! ;) Again, a delighted THANK YOU!

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! :)

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.

Cute gift!

Yes it is. Thanks so much Zippy

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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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?!?!?

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! :)

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

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

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:

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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!

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

Then a lovely card

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Including a short verse written on the back:

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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!

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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:

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...

I love Happy Face biscuits. Like Jammy Dodgers only better :)

Those cookies look so tasty! Awesome gift, Sundae!

Clod, you have some sexy hands.

Jammy Dodgers aren't what they used to be though...the jam's gone too soft.

*snicker* Never heard that before. Good to know. :)

Not by the time they get imported here... breaks yer fillings, that stuff! :lol:

Oh thanks for the wonderful documentation Clod, you have no idea how smiley you gave made me.
I hope you and your family have fun with these foreign foodstuffs - identifying them in the book and agreeng or disagreeing with the reviews.

I am a happy sender today :)

Hearing that makes me happy I spent the time on this.

Thanks again Labrat. This has been fun.

I second that...let's give a cheer for Labrat for putting her time and effort into this:

Hip Hip...Hoorayyyyyyy

Hip Hip...Hoorayyyyyyy

Hip Hip...Hoorayyyyyyy

Yep, this looks like fun!

(Reminds self to sign up for next year)

I thought that too, but then, what isn't sexy about Clodfobble?

Now that blue has posted her denial, I'll fess up.

It was me.

Take another look at the card ...

That and it WAS chock full of nutty goodness ...

(and yes, the McPhee's Mystery Bag was involved in your gift. I especially liked that they included the disturbing monkey.)

jim n jinx's gifts
 

mine came a few days ago, but I waited for jinx's to arrive before opening. Here they are together:

out of the shipping: