The official "I received my Secret Santa gift" thread - 2007

[taurus77]

OOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo........Hope you're talking to me!!!

 

[kluchetta]

Hee hee...this is the best part!

 

[sofiecusion]

Originally Posted by Taurus77

OOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo........Hope you're talking to me!!!

Good things come to those who wait...

 

[carolpetunia]

So this morning, I finally finished recreating my SS package and hurried down to deliver it into the care of the US Postal Service. It went Priority Mail, which they say should put it on _____'s doorstep Christmas Eve. Just barely in time -- I hope!

Of course, I planned it this way, to spare my recipient the agony of temptation: if her package doesn't arrive until Christmas, then she can't possibly be lured over to the Dark Side! (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)

While I was at the post office, by the way, I suffered the latest in a lifelong series of ironic little slaps in the face from Fate.

I'll post a thread about that in a bit.

But later, Fate took pity on me: when I got home, the package from my Secret Santa was on the porch! Oh boy! I slit the tape and set it out for the kitties to explore -- but St. John decided Clyde needed a bath first, so I had to wait...



Finally, Pearl decided to get to the bottom of things. "Here," said St. John, "let me hold the door for you!"



Just look what Heather (CatsAreBetter) did for us! In addition to two books of crossword puzzles (one of which is all about animals, and both of which were being perused by my mother when I shot this photo), Heather also sent us loads of wonderful kitty toys -- much more than are shown in the picture, because the kitties were already busy flinging them around the house.

There were special favorite toys chosen by Heather's own crew, including bendy straws, carton strapping, lots of those wonderful foam balls ("You can never have too many," Heather wrote, and it's true -- all our kitties just go crazy for them!), a gorgeous feather boa with a bell, and a Jolly Moggy bird that squeaks and chirps when you jiggle it. It sounds exactly like the green leopard toy that was St. John's favorite when he was a baby, and you should have seen his eyes light up when he heard it! He's so happy to have a new squeaker!

There were two books of really good coupons from PetSmart, which we can certainly use... and a big, beautiful candle in a dreamy scent called Tahitian Spiced Vanilla -- very soothing, and the kitties were drawn to it, too. And chocolate! Oh my, the chocolate -- three kinds of creamy-smooth truffles, which I shared with my parents (who had almost as much fun with the package as the kitties and I did).

And the piece de resistance: a nice lightweight drawstring backpack from the Hard Rock Cafe, with two gorgeous cloisonne Hard Rock pins inside -- one from the HRC's Sixth Anniversary and one of the same fabulous flaming guitar that's on the bag. I love 'em! And the bag will be perfect when I take my father to the Irish Festival in March -- so light and easy to wear, and with that supercool guitar!



All the kitties wore themselves out playing with their toys, and Clydie fell in love with the yellow plastic carton strapping, making it flop and bounce around. I wish I could have caught one of his backflips on camera -- he wrestled that stuff all over the living room!



Heather, you're a sweetheart!

You put such a lot of thought and care into our package. Thank you so much for making our first Christmas present of the year such great fun!

 

[oscarsmommy]

I'm starting to think my SS's package got lost? It wasn't going far and I sent it out last Thursday and sent it priority which should have gotten to this person's house Wednesday. I was thinking no less than yesterday but I still have heard from said person.......

Where is it????

 

[catsarebetter]

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

There were special favorite toys chosen by Heather's own crew, including bendy straws, carton strapping, lots of those wonderful foam balls ("You can never have too many," Heather wrote, and it's true -- all our kitties just go crazy for them!), a gorgeous feather boa with a bell, and a Jolly Moggy bird that squeaks and chirps when you jiggle it. It sounds exactly like the green leopard toy that was St. John's favorite when he was a baby, and you should have seen his eyes light up when he heard it! He's so happy to have a new squeaker!

They really did insist that I send the straws and the carton straps..Kahn stood on his hind feet and patted the drawer where the straws are and Joyeux and Pogue collectively dragged their piece of the strapping in and sat and yelled at me until I broke out the straws and strapping and put them in...the argument that they were not appropriate as a gift did not hold water with the little monsters...but they really do love them.

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

And the piece de resistance: a nice lightweight drawstring backpack from the Hard Rock Cafe, with two gorgeous cloisonne Hard Rock pins inside -- one from the HRC's Sixth Anniversary and one of the same fabulous flaming guitar that's on the bag. I love 'em! And the bag will be perfect when I take my father to the Irish Festival in March -- so light and easy to wear, and with that supercool guitar!

All the kitties wore themselves out playing with their toys, and Clydie fell in love with the yellow plastic carton strapping, making it flop and bounce around. I wish I could have caught one of his backflips on camera -- he wrestled that stuff all over the living room!

Heather, you're a sweetheart!

You put such a lot of thought and care into our package. Thank you so much for making our first Christmas present of the year such great fun!

Just as an FYI, because I forgot to tell you, both pins and the bag are from NYC Hard Rock.. it may be the 6th anniversary pin for HRC NY.. not entirely sure, and supposedly one of those pins you can only get from HRC if you are an All Access passholder.

 

[sims2fan]

Sorry I have not been around. I am out of town right now. DH told me that the package has arrived and he is under strict instruction not to open it. I will let you guys know on Boxing Day!

Thank you my SS!

 

[gemlady]

Originally Posted by lookingglass

Chester&Piper is my SS! I'm so excited!

I'm waiting for her to tell me if she wants me to open my gifts or not....

Aww, just go ahead and open it. You want your cookie, don't you?

Recipient - SS
Miss Mew-Tari
Paulena - ConsumerKitty
Sibohan2005 - Duchess15
Clixpix - AbbysMom
jean-ji - jennyransom
SillyJilly - Ali012881
AlleyGirl - Miss Mew
snosrap5 - felineorc
sharky - KittyLover4Ever
Ali012881 - ????
tierre0 - Rang_27
twstychik - Samantha1979
lnbandcats - Taurus77
Rang_27 - TNR1
GailC - AlleyGirl
laureen227 - ????
Abigail - Renovia
felineorc - Rapunzel47
Jenny82 - Bella713
KittyLover4Ever - Rubslutsmommy
gemlady - Jenny82
KitEKats4Eva! - ????
Pookie-poo - ????
gardenandcats - tierre0
pushylady - pookie-poo
rapunzel47 - katachtig
halfpint - gardenandcats
ConsumerKitty - lnbandcats
Samantha1979 - Graciecat
Duchess15 - ????
sherral46 - Abigail
aktotx - ????
katachtig - eilcon
Valanhp- Pami
Pami- Clixpix
Catsarebetter - Twstychik
Roxie225 - ClaireBear
emrldsky - Roxie225
Oscarsmommy-emrldsky
katiemae1277-snosrap5
sofiecusion - celestialrags
TaviasMom - gemlady

 

[gemlady]

Originally Posted by CatsAreBetter

They really did insist that I send the straws and the carton straps..Kahn stood on his hind feet and patted the drawer where the straws are and Joyeux and Pogue collectively dragged their piece of the strapping in and sat and yelled at me until I broke out the straws and strapping and put them in...the argument that they were not appropriate as a gift did not hold water with the little monsters...but they really do love them.

How lovely that the kitties wanted to share! Ari loves that plastic strapping, too.

 

[snosrap5]

Katie it was my pleasure to shop for you!

You were open to anything except lotion. As long as I stayed away from the lotion I was good to go!

I could have kept going but the box was getting a little heavy.

 

[carolpetunia]

Aw, aren't kitties amazing? Tell them Clyde and Pearl and Dylan and Sassy and Abby and St. John all send purrs of thanks!

And yes, on the guitar pin, it does say "ALL ACCESS" across the bottom! How very cool! And I've never been to the NY HRC, so that makes these even more special! Thank you thank you thank you!

I forgot to mention the cool cat wrapping paper -- in two different colors, yet! Woohoo!

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Originally Posted by CatsAreBetter

They really did insist that I send the straws and the carton straps..Kahn stood on his hind feet and patted the drawer where the straws are and Joyeux and Pogue collectively dragged their piece of the strapping in and sat and yelled at me until I broke out the straws and strapping and put them in...the argument that they were not appropriate as a gift did not hold water with the little monsters...but they really do love them.

That is the cutest thing!!!! What sweet babies you have!!!

 

[bella713]

Recipient - SS
Miss Mew-Tari
Paulena - ConsumerKitty
Sibohan2005 - Duchess15
Clixpix - AbbysMom
jean-ji - jennyransom
SillyJilly - Ali012881
AlleyGirl - Miss Mew
snosrap5 - felineorc
sharky - KittyLover4Ever
Ali012881 - ????
tierre0 - Rang_27
twstychik - Samantha1979
lnbandcats - Taurus77
Rang_27 - TNR1
GailC - AlleyGirl
laureen227 - ????
Abigail - Renovia
felineorc - Rapunzel47
Jenny82 - Bella713
KittyLover4Ever - Rubslutsmommy
gemlady - Jenny82
KitEKats4Eva! - ????
Pookie-poo - ????
gardenandcats - tierre0
pushylady - pookie-poo
rapunzel47 - katachtig
halfpint - gardenandcats
ConsumerKitty - lnbandcats
Samantha1979 - Graciecat
Duchess15 - ????
sherral46 - Abigail
aktotx - ????
katachtig - eilcon
Valanhp- Pami
Pami- Clixpix
Catsarebetter - Twstychik
Roxie225 - ClaireBear
emrldsky - Roxie225
Oscarsmommy-emrldsky
katiemae1277-snosrap5
sofiecusion - celestialrags
Bella713-Halfpint

 

[mzjazz2u]

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

So this morning, I finally finished recreating my SS package and hurried down to deliver it into the care of the US Postal Service. It went Priority Mail, which they say should put it on _____'s doorstep Christmas Eve. Just barely in time -- I hope!

Of course, I planned it this way, to spare my recipient the agony of temptation: if her package doesn't arrive until Christmas, then she can't possibly be lured over to the Dark Side! (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)

While I was at the post office, by the way, I suffered the latest in a lifelong series of ironic little slaps in the face from Fate.

I'll post a thread about that in a bit.

But later, Fate took pity on me: when I got home, the package from my Secret Santa was on the porch! Oh boy! I slit the tape and set it out for the kitties to explore -- but St. John decided Clyde needed a bath first, so I had to wait...



Finally, Pearl decided to get to the bottom of things. "Here," said St. John, "let me hold the door for you!"



Just look what Heather (CatsAreBetter) did for us! In addition to two books of crossword puzzles (one of which is all about animals, and both of which were being perused by my mother when I shot this photo), Heather also sent us loads of wonderful kitty toys -- much more than are shown in the picture, because the kitties were already busy flinging them around the house.

There were special favorite toys chosen by Heather's own crew, including bendy straws, carton strapping, lots of those wonderful foam balls ("You can never have too many," Heather wrote, and it's true -- all our kitties just go crazy for them!), a gorgeous feather boa with a bell, and a Jolly Moggy bird that squeaks and chirps when you jiggle it. It sounds exactly like the green leopard toy that was St. John's favorite when he was a baby, and you should have seen his eyes light up when he heard it! He's so happy to have a new squeaker!

There were two books of really good coupons from PetSmart, which we can certainly use... and a big, beautiful candle in a dreamy scent called Tahitian Spiced Vanilla -- very soothing, and the kitties were drawn to it, too. And chocolate! Oh my, the chocolate -- three kinds of creamy-smooth truffles, which I shared with my parents (who had almost as much fun with the package as the kitties and I did).

And the piece de resistance: a nice lightweight drawstring backpack from the Hard Rock Cafe, with two gorgeous cloisonne Hard Rock pins inside -- one from the HRC's Sixth Anniversary and one of the same fabulous flaming guitar that's on the bag. I love 'em! And the bag will be perfect when I take my father to the Irish Festival in March -- so light and easy to wear, and with that supercool guitar!



All the kitties wore themselves out playing with their toys, and Clydie fell in love with the yellow plastic carton strapping, making it flop and bounce around. I wish I could have caught one of his backflips on camera -- he wrestled that stuff all over the living room!



Heather, you're a sweetheart!

You put such a lot of thought and care into our package. Thank you so much for making our first Christmas present of the year such great fun!

Ohhhh I see how you are! You don't want your SS recipient to cross the dark side but you did!

 

[duchess15]

Recipient - SS
Miss Mew-Tari
Paulena - ConsumerKitty
Sibohan2005 - Duchess15
Clixpix - AbbysMom
jean-ji - jennyransom
SillyJilly - Ali012881
AlleyGirl - Miss Mew
snosrap5 - felineorc
sharky - KittyLover4Ever
Ali012881 - ????
tierre0 - Rang_27
twstychik - Samantha1979
lnbandcats - Taurus77
Rang_27 - TNR1
GailC - AlleyGirl
laureen227 - ????
Abigail - Renovia
felineorc - Rapunzel47
Jenny82 - Bella713
KittyLover4Ever - Rubslutsmommy
gemlady - Jenny82
KitEKats4Eva! - ????
Pookie-poo - ????
gardenandcats - tierre0
pushylady - pookie-poo
rapunzel47 - katachtig
halfpint - gardenandcats
ConsumerKitty - lnbandcats
Samantha1979 - Graciecat
Duchess15 - Jujubee
sherral46 - Abigail
aktotx - ????
katachtig - eilcon
Valanhp- Pami
Pami- Clixpix
Catsarebetter - Twstychik
Roxie225 - ClaireBear
emrldsky - Roxie225
Oscarsmommy-emrldsky
katiemae1277-snosrap5
sofiecusion - celestialrags
TaviasMom - gemlady[/quote]

 

[alleygirl]

Recipient - SS
Miss Mew-Tari
Paulena - ConsumerKitty
Sibohan2005 - Duchess15
Clixpix - AbbysMom
jean-ji - jennyransom
SillyJilly - Ali012881
AlleyGirl - Miss Mew
snosrap5 - felineorc
sharky - KittyLover4Ever
Ali012881 - ????
tierre0 - Rang_27
twstychik - Samantha1979
lnbandcats - Taurus77
Rang_27 - TNR1
GailC - AlleyGirl
laureen227 - ????
Abigail - Renovia
felineorc - Rapunzel47
Jenny82 - Bella713
KittyLover4Ever - Rubslutsmommy
gemlady - Jenny82
KitEKats4Eva! - ????
Pookie-poo - ????
gardenandcats - tierre0
pushylady - pookie-poo
rapunzel47 - katachtig
halfpint - gardenandcats
ConsumerKitty - lnbandcats
Samantha1979 - Graciecat
Duchess15 - Jujubee
sherral46 - Abigail
aktotx - ????
katachtig - eilcon
Valanhp- Pami
Pami- Clixpix
Catsarebetter - Twstychik
Roxie225 - ClaireBear
emrldsky - Roxie225
Oscarsmommy-emrldsky
katiemae1277-snosrap5
sofiecusion - celestialrags
TaviasMom - gemlady
Bella713 - Halfpint

(reposted because Helen keeps getting left off somehow

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[bella713]

Originally Posted by AlleyGirl

(reposted because Helen keeps getting left off somehow

)

Thank you...Why are people leaving me off

 

[AbbysMom]

What fun gifts everyone is receiving.

I love the pictures of the kitties getting involved.

My package is here!

My SS gave me instructions to open something and then contact her, so I am waiting to see if I have further instructions before continuing.

 

[graciecat]

Mr. U.P.S just left my house

IF the camera worked I'd have taken pictures, but alas the camera has gone to the big dead camera place in the sky.

I THINK I know who's it's from, but I"m going to PM her first just to be sure.

I got a beautiful wall wreath with sunflowers on it...my kitchen is full of sunflowers.
Some pecan flip overs...YUMMY!!!!
Bath fizzies that smell wonderful, there's an orange one, a strawberry one, a pear one, and a lemon one.
Two cute plaques for the wall...one says "I love cats" and the other which I just love says "People Who Don't Love Cats Were Probably Mice In a Previous Life"

The kitties got balls which Gracie has claimed as her own...she gathered them all up and rolled all over them for about 15 minutes then she batted them under every piece of furniture in the livingroom....I've had to crawl under and pull them all out 5 times already

I don't think she's going to allow her Brother and Sister to touch those balls.
They also got a 5 pack of treats and some cat grass and I'm sure Gracie will chow that all up too...she doesn't like to share.

ETA: I forgot how cute the card with the hint on it is...it's a picture of a cat decorated like a Christmas Tree.

Thank you SS we love everything.

 

[sillyjilly]

WOW!!!!

What great great gifts everyone! I love it! Great thought by all the SS's and some of the wrapping is just gorgeous!!!

Great year so far!!!