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Gothic Girl

12-12-2005, 11:39 PM

crap. I forgot to mail mine! *sigh* will do it tomorrow. Of course I gotta figure out what it is exactly I'm gonna be sending! :P And nope, haven't received mine yet either.

Kevster

12-12-2005, 11:49 PM

Mine went out today so my Secret Santa vict.. er.. giftee... should be getting it this weekend hopefully. ;)

Nija

12-13-2005, 03:02 AM

I just got home from work to find a package sitting on my table addressed to me. It was from tshirthell.com.

I have two new shirts:
http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a558/a558.gif

and

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a324/a324.gif

It's 3 a.m. and I can't stop giggling. Thank you, Secret Santa!and his operative!

kgsilvas

12-13-2005, 08:05 AM

Mine went out and has been received by the "giftee". Nothing received yet.

esme

12-13-2005, 08:23 AM

Received mine, thank you SS it was great! :thumbup:

Mine will be going out today @ lunch ....should reach its destination before or by friday :hehehmm:

BigJon

12-13-2005, 09:14 AM

Mommypooh and mine are going to the post office tomorrow at lunch. I'll update more then.

chadlnc

12-13-2005, 09:29 AM

Mine was taken to the PO today and was sent priority. Nothing received yet.

Jenny

12-13-2005, 11:07 AM

I sent mine! I know my SS knows what I gave him even though he hasn't started getting it yet.

esme

12-13-2005, 01:38 PM

yey!! ....finally got mine out today ....i have the tracking info so i'll be checking up on it :hehehmm:

ray

12-13-2005, 02:36 PM

Signed, Sealed, Delivered. OOH YEEAAH

Sirrich3

12-13-2005, 04:56 PM

I sent mine out today!!!! Hope it gets there...

sourdough

12-13-2005, 06:16 PM

I got my item a couple weeks ago. Someone sent me a refurbished Palm III PDA. Not really sure what I can do with it since I don't have any way to use it. Anybody want this? :/

Mommypooh

12-14-2005, 11:29 AM

BJ mailed both of ours today at lunch should be there Friday/Saturday type time frame I think.

ialsohaveadream

12-14-2005, 04:07 PM

Still waiting for my SS to get the gift I sent....

But I got mine! Thanks, not-really-the-most-Secret Santa!

BigJon

12-14-2005, 04:32 PM

Still waiting for my SS to get the gift I sent....

But I got mine! Thanks, not-really-the-most-Secret Santa!
Whadja get?! Whadja get?!

ialsohaveadream

12-14-2005, 04:46 PM

A 2-year magazine subscription. Good choice, too. I wonder how my SS knew.....

Jenny

12-14-2005, 07:09 PM

A 2-year magazine subscription. Good choice, too. I wonder how my SS knew.....

:hehehmm: :wavey2: :shrug:

I'm psychic!

Gothic Girl

12-15-2005, 02:19 AM

Mine was ordered and shipped today (Wed). hope you get it by next week. I'm cheap though so it's going middle class mail!

kgsilvas

12-15-2005, 06:04 PM

Oh my, still nothing received... Hope my Secret :santa: doesn't fail me. :neartears

ialsohaveadream

12-15-2005, 06:18 PM

According to tracking and my limited knowledge of my giftee's state, I think mine will be arriving at its destination tomorrow.

BigJon

12-15-2005, 06:21 PM

Today was the shipping cut-off, wasn't it? How many stragglers do we have left?

Sirrich3

12-15-2005, 07:39 PM

Got mine in the mail today! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nija

12-16-2005, 03:05 AM

Today was the shipping cut-off, wasn't it? How many stragglers do we have left?
:wavey:

I hate my SS as far as I can tell. To make it up to them, I'm going out in public tomorrow, and buying a replacement to send.

(j/k aboot the hating part. Not j/k aboot going out and getting a replacement)

topane

12-16-2005, 10:06 AM

Mine went out yesterday.

topane

12-16-2005, 02:48 PM

Effin' sweet! My Secret Satan sent me a Napoleon Dynamite DVD and and a friggin' g|a? tshirt. That's right kiddies - I have a g|a shirt and you don't! Nyah nyah nyah.

Thanks Santa!

Cheesypuff

12-16-2005, 02:52 PM

I sent mine out 4 days ago!!! I got some candy bars and a microsoft wireless mouse. (but the right click button doens't work - so I'm gonna regift it to one of my mac user friends) =)

YanksFanRy

12-16-2005, 09:53 PM

Okay I do apologize to whoever I picked, I have not sent yet... I'm flying home from college tomorrow, I already have the item but I haven't sent it yet. Once I get home I will do it... Please forgive me.

Though I haven't received either and I leave tomorrow from the address I gave... Oh well I guess.

MikeD

12-17-2005, 07:17 AM

chadlnc

12-17-2005, 08:29 AM

Mine came in yesterday!

Family Guy playing cards in beer can.
Florescent Black Light Bulb
and.......Napolen Dynamite keychain that says six phrases from the movie!

Thanks SS! :santa:

ShawnLee

12-17-2005, 02:12 PM

That's right kiddies - I have a g|a shirt and you don't! Nyah nyah nyah.That's odd... I've had a G|A? t-shirt for a while...
:hihi:

Mine was sent out via Amazon. In two packages. You'll know who you are when you get it, await the second one.

nickel

12-18-2005, 12:21 PM

got mine Saturday, a CD and a book. thanks so much to my secret santa. although i have an idea who it is so....it's a not sooooooo secret. :)

i really like what you got me :woohoo:
(nice little note, too ;) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/BedBunny/gotapss.jpg

ialsohaveadream

12-18-2005, 02:45 PM

My SS hooked me up! I got a cool shirt of my favorite college team (must have hurt buying that one) ;), as well as a bottle of BBQ sauce / marinade. The wife is already in the lab concoting recipes with it... :D

Thanks SS. I'm definitely buying the first few rounds next time...
Not that I know who your SS is or anything :shifty:, but I bet that BBQ sauce is fantastic, and it's made where your SS lives. Call it a hunch.

And while it would've been less painful to buy a Cowboys gift, there wasn't a Cowboys item in any store around here.

chadlnc

12-18-2005, 03:55 PM

got mine Saturday, a CD and a book. thanks so much to my secret santa. although i have an idea who it is so....it's a not sooooooo secret. :)

i really like what you got me :woohoo:
(nice little note, too ;) )

I don't know who your secret santa is either, but I bet he is really sweet and probably hot.

Jenny

12-18-2005, 06:40 PM

I don't know who your secret santa is either, but I bet he is really sweet and probably hot.

:wow: Why thanks! ;)

LOL Funny. :)

nickel

12-19-2005, 09:10 AM

I don't know who your secret santa is either, but I bet he is really sweet and probably hot.
i knew it ;)

easy process of elimination with your address.

Airencracken

12-19-2005, 10:06 AM

w00t! Got a trashket ball shirt from threadless! (Will post pics later)

chadlnc

12-19-2005, 10:24 AM

i knew it ;)

easy process of elimination with your address.

I almost used Welfareloser's address from last year.

Mommypooh

12-19-2005, 01:41 PM

I just got mine. WOO-HOO. I love it!

It is a Back To Basics Cocoa~Latte maker. It looks great. I will have to try it when BJ gets home tonight. I think we are having Cocoa with dinner tonight.

P.S. I also have 2 very happy kids as there was brown stuffing paper in the box and they are jumping on it, and throwing it around, ripping it, they are having too much fun right now. They are also being very loud too.

THANK YOU SECRET SANTA!

*(I can't wait for 5:30 when BJ comes home).*

:thumbup:

BigJon

12-19-2005, 07:53 PM

:stupid:
this thing freakin' rocks!

Can't wait for my SS gift though! I haven't gone to work for 3 days straight...just so I can sit by the window and wait for the mailman.

j/k :P

nickel

12-20-2005, 04:40 AM

:stupid:
this thing freakin' rocks!

Can't wait for my SS gift though! I haven't gone to work for 3 days straight...just so I can sit by the window and wait for the mailman.

j/k :P
alright... that reminds me of Charlie Brown waiting for a Valentine's Day card to show up in his mailbox. :P

ShawnLee

12-20-2005, 05:41 PM

Thanks esme!

I got a set of jammies for the winter and an AXE gift set!

BigJon

12-20-2005, 06:30 PM

It came! It came!

I recieve a box that has been scrawled on with magic marker...not sure who it came from...but somewhere in California.

I open the box to find a note:

Happy Holidays from your Super Secret Santajedininjasniper

Hope you enjoy the gift. I have something just like it and use it ALL the time. :D

Merry 1337mas,

.....
At first I thought....Oh God....Nija was my SS.... :eek2:

Digging through the paper...I find....

A Freaking 2 Million Candlewatt Hand-held Rechargable Spot Light!!!!11!!!11!!

I totally can't wait the reccomended 12 hours of charge time to play with it in all it's glory.

Thanks Airencracken! :thumbup:

Nija

12-20-2005, 10:28 PM

It came! It came!

I recieve a box that has been scrawled on with magic marker...not sure who it came from...but somewhere in California.

I open the box to find a note:

At first I thought....Oh God....Nija was my SS.... :eek2:

Digging through the paper...I find....

A Freaking 2 Million Candlewatt Hand-held Rechargable Spot Light!!!!11!!!11!!

I totally can't wait the reccomended 12 hours of charge time to play with it in all it's glory.

Thanks Airencracken! :thumbup:

:heh: They decided you had been traumatized enough the last time ;)

Gothic Girl

12-21-2005, 04:32 AM

Man! My SS is friggin AWESOME! I got the coolest Nightmare before Christmas stocking with Jack the Pumpkin King on it. So far, it's my favorite of all the stockings I've owned!Good job, I love it! I will totally post a pic of it X-mas morning when it is stuffed to the brim with whatever! And I also got 3 buttons that I put on my purse. The buttons say Hugs Not Drugs (which my best friend's niece always says), Friend Request: Denied (lol totally loved that one) and the last has a Care Bear on it and it says Stubborn (which basically explains me!)

I love my SS! You were very right on when you picked my gift! (Thanks MommyPooh & Big John! You guys rock!)

BigJon

12-21-2005, 04:33 PM

It was actually Mommypooh...I just helped pick out the buttons. The SS person I had hasn't guessed who I am yet. :hihi:

Jenny

12-21-2005, 04:46 PM

I haven't gotten anything yet. :(

chadlnc

12-21-2005, 05:43 PM

It was actually Mommypooh...I just helped pick out the buttons. The SS person I had hasn't guessed who I am yet. :hihi:

Or so you think.

kgsilvas

12-21-2005, 05:46 PM

I haven't gotten anything yet. :(
:agree: Me either. :shrug:

BigJon

12-21-2005, 06:48 PM

Or so you think.

:heh:

ray

12-21-2005, 07:36 PM

Got mine yesterday!

"FUP" by Jim Dodge
and
Batman Begins 2-Disc DVD

Thanks ShawnLee!! :)

Happy Holidays everyone :)

Kevster

12-21-2005, 11:05 PM

I got a nice coffee cup full of chocolates and a GC to Starbucks. This was great and my coworkers definitely liked the chocolates after I set them out for everyone in my office area to enjoy. There is only one little catch though: I don't drink coffee. :heh:

I liked the card and everything though - thanks SS! My boss liked the starbucks GC I gave him for Christmas along with the 3-stooges calendar I already got for him. ;)

speedracer120

12-21-2005, 11:21 PM

Got mine yesterday!

"FUP" by Jim Dodge
and
Batman Begins 2-Disc DVD

Thanks ShawnLee!! :)

Happy Holidays everyone :)

Get it right ray, it's Fup Duck! :hihi: I love that book.

nickel

12-22-2005, 05:30 AM

Nija

12-22-2005, 06:43 AM

So, still pending is:
Jenny
kgsilvas

Anyone else?

thresher

12-22-2005, 07:23 AM

Ahh, the beauty of living a few hours from my SS - sent out moments ago and assured it will arrive Saturday (kick ass!). I found it last night while shopping for my wife. I said "I'll take these two items (nighty -hubba hubba, purse) and this please". Third item so far removed from the first two that the woman asked if I wanted it shipped. LMAO.

faither

12-22-2005, 08:42 AM

Nothing here...yet. Serves me well, mine is yet to go out. :santa:

If mempry serves, I generally get hung out there a while.

BigJon

12-22-2005, 08:59 AM

aren't there other drinks besides coffee at Starbucks, and food, too?
mmmm....hot caramel apple cider :drool:

thresher

12-22-2005, 10:18 AM

Nothing here...yet. Serves me well, mine is yet to go out. :santa:
Don't worry, Faither Christmas :santa:, you just might see a package on your doorstep Christmas eve. ;)

Jenny

12-22-2005, 12:05 PM

Ok, here's what I have by my count.

Delta
MrGreg
LegendKiller
YanksFanRy
Prisoner 24601
Roniman

have not gotten theirs. Or if they have, they haven't posted here that they have.

YanksFanRy, cheapie & AlpineJay have said they have sent theirs. AJ said his tracking shows that his was delivered. But haven't heard from his SS yet.

Roniman
LegendKiller
Cheesypuff
ramazank2

have you sent yours?

kgsilvas

12-22-2005, 03:29 PM

Nothing here...still. :cry: Secret :santa:, please don't let me down.

My SS recipient has confirmed receipt of his/her gift. Thanks for checking Jenny! Hope you got yours.

Cheesypuff

12-22-2005, 04:06 PM

I sent mine on the 12th!! but my person is still not on the "not received list"

Kevster

12-22-2005, 05:01 PM

Jenny,

I sent mine over a week ago and from the UPS tracking number I copied you with, it shows it was received yesterday.

sourdough

12-22-2005, 05:38 PM

Sirrich3

12-22-2005, 05:39 PM

Sent mine out last week. I recived my SS gift too!

Jenny

12-22-2005, 05:54 PM

Jenny, how could you forget your favorite sourdough round?

I sent mine a couple weeks ago and the person was extremely happy with their gift. :)

I received my SS gift too, but I can't use it because I don't have a 9-pin serial port. I only have a USB interface and an adapter won't work. :cry:

I knew you had both gotten & sent yours and that your SS got it already. :) That's why you weren't on the list. ;)

Jenny,

I sent mine over a week ago and from the UPS tracking number I copied you with, it shows it was received yesterday.

Ok :) I'll mark it down on my list, then. Hopefully the right person got it. lol Damn UPS.

Nija

12-22-2005, 11:20 PM

I sent mine out earlier this week. The giftee should be receiving it via USPS anyday now. It didn't have THAT far to go...

ramazank2

12-23-2005, 02:22 AM

I got a polaroid portable photo printer. You stick a CF card in and you can print polaroid pictures.

kimchicowboy

12-23-2005, 06:57 AM

i did get mine. i haven't had a chance to take a pic, open the card, or anything yet. but i will AFTER i come back home on monday (i'm going out-of-town straight from work today).

but to whoever sent it....THANKS! I LOVE YOU! :)

kgsilvas

12-23-2005, 10:40 AM

Dude! My Secret :santa: came through!

Scored a Final Conflict wallet & decal plus a happy penguin Target gift card. Thanks SS!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not saying I know who my SS was, but after guessing, I was SHOCKED to find no KY! :D

faither

12-23-2005, 08:00 PM

Mine should have received their present. Check your email.

ShawnLee

12-24-2005, 11:59 AM

Well, for those of you that missed out... There's always this to feel good about.
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/humanfund.jpg

Sirrich3

12-24-2005, 12:27 PM

It is Xmas Eve... Who is still missing their gift?

faither

12-24-2005, 08:22 PM

Thanks SS for the cool helicopter. Based on my results, it's a good thing I'm not piloting the real thing.

thresher

12-27-2005, 03:35 AM

I, too, am good-to-go but was away from the 'puters at my inlaws lake house. Thanks SS. My wife was mystified by a virtual SS from a community of folks I have never met. ;)
Thresh

Jenny

12-27-2005, 10:24 AM

Updated list:

http://forums.gotapex.com/showpost.php?p=960246&postcount=63

nickel

12-27-2005, 12:07 PM

guess i got lucky.

i hope all you SLACKERS :nono: have your gift in the mail.

AlpineJay

12-28-2005, 12:11 AM

I got mine. Thanks SS!

Jenny

12-28-2005, 01:43 PM

w00t! I got mine! It's a Star Wars Darth Tater Mr Potato Head! OMG. Josh is going to DIE! lol He LOVES SW!

Thanks Prisoner 24601!

Prisoner 24601

12-29-2005, 09:24 AM

Good, I was a little but skeptical but something told me to send him to you!
But I havent received mine :bonk:

Sirrich3

12-29-2005, 04:55 PM

I got mine. Thanks SS!

You're Welcome AlpineJay!

YanksFanRy

12-31-2005, 05:00 PM

Still haven't got mine, have receipt what I sent was delivered

Jenny

12-31-2005, 05:17 PM

Update:

I show that YanksFanRy & Prisoner24601 have either not gotten theirs or not told us that they have.

LK was going to check and make sure the mailroom sent his out like he asked.

Roniman said he sent his.

Sirrich3

12-31-2005, 07:22 PM

Looks like we have a narrow field to figure out who didn't send items out!

kgsilvas

12-31-2005, 09:30 PM

Poor Delta, MrGreg, YanksFanRy, Prisoner24601 and Roniman. That sucks to have your SS bail out on you.

MrGreg

12-31-2005, 10:25 PM

Just one more reason to cry myself to sleep at night. :cry:

sourdough

01-01-2006, 02:39 PM

Just one more reason to cry myself to sleep at night. :cry:

You want my gift? I got sent something I can't even use. I can have my baker send it to you if you want.

brainsmile

01-01-2006, 02:49 PM

boo... boo... :(

MrGreg

01-02-2006, 11:55 AM

Score one for the good guys...

Got something in the mail that I can only assume came from my Secret Santa. Thanks!

Jenny

01-02-2006, 01:36 PM

Cool. :)

ramazank2

01-02-2006, 02:00 PM

Update:

I show that Delta, YanksFanRy, Prisoner24601 & Roniman have not gotten theirs.

I haven't heard from ramazank2, Roniman, LK & Cheesypuff as to whether they sent theirs or not. C'mon guys...

I sent mine out a long time ago. I posted it in the other thread:

http://forums.gotapex.com/showpost.php?p=955808&postcount=105

According to USPS the item was delivered at 10:35 am on December 15, 2005 in CLIFTON HEIGHTS, PA 19018.

Jenny

01-02-2006, 03:15 PM

Sorry, I probably just overlooked it. :)

YanksFanRy

01-03-2006, 01:52 AM

Still nothing.
:confused:

Prisoner 24601

01-03-2006, 11:54 AM

According to USPS the item was delivered at 10:35 am on December 15, 2005 in CLIFTON HEIGHTS, PA 19018.

Ok, by the address there I know you arent/werent my secret santa :disa:

Jenny

01-05-2006, 07:56 PM

Nija

01-17-2006, 02:33 AM

Alright slackers!

Time to fess up! Who sent? Who never received? Who should have it beaten over their head until they send their S.S. gift?

I think it's time for some outings!

Sirrich3

01-17-2006, 06:59 AM

Ya I want to know too

Jenny

01-17-2006, 10:44 AM

Roniman & LegendKiller both said theirs were sent, I believe. Their SS's are the only 2 that (as of last time they let me know anything) hadn't gotten them.

YanksFanRy

01-17-2006, 10:43 PM

I still haven't received mine, but I also am no longer in California... so if it was sent to that address, I guess I'll get it in March.

brainsmile

01-17-2006, 11:50 PM

I never got mine

Jenny

01-18-2006, 12:28 AM

brainsmile... I don't even have you on the list man...

Yeah, YanksFan, It was sent to Mission Viejo. :(

Prisoner 24601

01-23-2006, 11:41 AM

I never got mine :angry:

Jenny

01-23-2006, 12:30 PM

I never got mine :angry:

LegendKiller was your SS. He said he had the mailroom at work mail it, but he's never let me know what they said when he talked to them, so... :shrug: Sucks. :(

Prisoner 24601

02-01-2006, 06:05 PM

OH DEAR!!!

THANK YOU SECRET SANTA 2!!!!!

:hug:

Jenny

02-01-2006, 06:07 PM

:) I had several people volunteer to send gifts to the 2 that didn't get anything, so cool. Glad you got one finally!

eSDee

02-01-2006, 06:22 PM

Who knew LK was such a deadbeat Santa? :hihi: Oops ;)

YanksFanRy

02-01-2006, 06:26 PM

Even though mine was sent home, I don't believe there's anything been received back there. I dunno...

Sirrich3

02-01-2006, 07:03 PM

Now that Prisoner received a gift, who is left?

YanksFanRy

02-04-2006, 07:58 PM

I guess that just leaves me...

Jenny

02-04-2006, 08:11 PM

You should be getting one soon, courtesy of another great GA member. ;)

brainsmile

02-04-2006, 08:34 PM

I feel so left out :P

Jenny

02-04-2006, 08:52 PM

I feel so left out :P

Shoulda signed up when we started. :P

LegendKiller

02-04-2006, 09:23 PM

I didn't get one either...I know I suck though. Too late?

Jenny

02-04-2006, 10:36 PM

I could swear you told me you had gotten yours. I have no idea who had you as their SS... I don't have the list anymore. :|

thresher

02-07-2006, 09:50 AM

You know, as much trouble as all this is.... I just got my first Excellence magazine http://www.excellence-mag.com/ from my secret santa and on the cover was Yellow Bird: the most significant Porsche ever in my life. It makes it all worth it. Total Absolute Warm & Fuzzy. Thanks GotApex. Thank you all very very much. :) :) :)

faither

03-09-2006, 08:58 PM

Anyone recently receive a package? I sent something out a couple of weeks ago to one of the sorry humps who hadn't received anything but I don't have a screen name to PM him directly.

nickel

03-10-2006, 04:41 AM

Anyone recently receive a package? I sent something out a couple of weeks ago to one of the sorry humps who hadn't received anything but I don't have a screen name to PM him directly.
nice of you to do faither. i hope the person responds so you know he/she received it.

i motion that someone who renegs on sending out their gift in the Secret Santa or a White Elephant exchange gift here, unless they have a really good excuse, be exempt from participating again.

MikeD

03-10-2006, 05:58 AM

Anyone recently receive a package? I sent something out a couple of weeks ago to one of the sorry humps who hadn't received anything but I don't have a screen name to PM him directly.

You the man. :lovega: for this type of thing...some good folks here.

welfareloser

03-10-2006, 06:19 AM

well, i missed christmas, but hey, is it almost time for the spring white elephant pass-the-crap thingamajiggy? if so... me first :P

YanksFanRy

03-10-2006, 07:15 PM

I've been so busy I hadn't noticed this post... I'm thinking you were referring to me, Faither, and actually I haven't received anything at either address I gave. I dunno what's up, but I appreciate the thought and your kindness in the matter. It's very nice of you!

faither

03-11-2006, 07:43 PM

You're welcome. Me thinks you have a thief in your midst.

For the record, per USPS, it was delivered on 2/24:

Label/Receipt Number: 0305 2200 0000 3216 3944
Status: Delivered

Your item was delivered at 10:22 am on February 24, 2006 in COLUMBIA, MO 65201.

I provided Jenny the addy to which the package was sent.