So I saw the hint, hint. Since I just got back from my big obligation for the summer and know that many are dealing with outside eBay life situations, I thought I would get an idea of how many want to do it this year?
I will host it, unless I can get a volunteer, lol. I am open to suggestions. We can do it for a end of July reveal. If we start now, that gives us plenty of time to get ready.
What do you think?
Hope you don't mind that I cool off while taking names. So far we have ......
| flipping_treasures |
| mforjan |
| theshoppingmom2 |
| scifidaughter64 |
| gauntlettgems |
| 1940fc |
| bat197 |
| evelyb30 |
| thirry |
I'm going to be a sideline spectator and enjoy the show while I'm cooking up another contest 
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TIME LINE:
I will take names for those that want to participate in the August Secret Santa until July 14th. Please send mailing info to me by the board's private messenger after submitting your name.
I will start a likes and dislikes thread on July 15th.
I will send you your giftee's name by July 16th through the board.s private messenger.
Mail out to your giftee by August 4th.
Reveal on August 18th.
If this meets with everyone's approval. If not let me know what would work better.
Remember the gifts don't need to be expensive. After all, we are experienced bargain hunters!
Sounds good to me!
For any newbies joining.. This is just our simple Secret Santa thing..not like our 'go all out' Secret Santa in Dec right? 
Right. This is just a little distraction during the hot, HOT summer.
Making my list checking it twice .... and all that.
The list of participants ... so far.
* denotes I have mailing info.
| flipping_treasures * |
| mforjan * |
| theshoppingmom2 |
| scifidaughter64 |
| gauntlettgems |
| 1940fc |
| bat197 |
| evelyb30 * |
| thirry * |
So I was thinking ... which always gets me in to trouble. Since we will be doing our big Annual Secret Santa starting probably around October, why don't we make this a White Elephant Exchange?
For those that don't know what that is:
White elephant gift exchange where we choose a wacky, funny or entertaining gift can be previously owned or something you just ran across. So just one gift. With a funny fun theme.
What do you all think? We use to do a White Elephant Christmas exchange in July back in Iowa and it was a blast. The wacker the better. We even had a paper mache dinosour that stood about 4 feet tall that was exchanged every year. Who ever ended up with that had to add something new to it every year in order to exchange it. Don't ask where the baby bottle ended up!
So what do you all think? So far these are the people that have signed up for the exchange so if we all agree we can do this crazy thing.
* denotes mailing info received.
| flipping_treasures * |
| mforjan * |
| theshoppingmom2 |
| scifidaughter64 * |
| gauntlettgems |
| 1940fc * |
| bat197 |
| evelyb30 * |
| thirry * |
SORRY!
One of the board members PM me and asked that their name be removed from this White Elephant get together. They also asked that I remove the post they had written to say they were in. I tried to remove just their post ... but apparently it removed the posts that were beneath it too. So if your post was removed, sorry. This is the current list I have to participate in the White Elephant Gift Exchange; * denotes I have your mailing info.
| flipping_treasures * |
| mforjan * |
| theshoppingmom2 * |
| scifidaughter64 * |
| gauntlettgems |
| 1940fc * |
| bat197 * |
| evelyb30 * |
| thirry * |
| tbearsgirl * |
| oncoyotemountainart |
So once again .... we have put the elf back on the shelf until the big Secret Santa at Christmas.
Mean time this guy is taking over....
The rules are very simple.
Start looking for 1 gift. Should be something whacky, fun, or unusual, or all three. It can be, but doesn't need to be useful. It can be something either old or new ... no sheds, please, but bird cages are OK. LOL
We will keep the same time line ... except there will be no likes or dislikes for this exchange.
- I will take names for participants until July 14th.
- I will send gifters the name and address of their giftee on July 16th.
- Gifts to be mailed out by August 4th.
- Reveal on August 18th.
Threats of what you might give as a gift is welcome. Remember, nothing alive and no explosives.
