Goodie swap

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat September 27th, 2008, 11:08 am

Stopping in from my hotel room . . .

It does sound like a fun idea. If we just send little things, I think there's still time to exchange via air mail without it being terribly expensive.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sat September 27th, 2008, 3:32 pm

We did something like this in another forum. It started out as a holiday book exchange, with just one book. But people added a bunch of stuff to it so some people just got a book (which is in itself wonderful) while other people got chocolates, jewlery, and all sorts of other things. And there were people who couldn't afford to send more than just a book, so felt badly about it all. So - my suggestion is to either set a minimal and maximum price limit. It won't always be followed, but it will give us some guidelines (esp for those of us who tend to get a little carried away...)

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Sat September 27th, 2008, 11:03 pm

Count me in. This sounds like great fun. I'd take either overseas or just in the US, doesn't matter.

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Sat September 27th, 2008, 11:40 pm

This does sound fun! Count me in for whatever! I love the idea of Secret Santa between those in the same country. I have a group of friends that are all spread out over the whole country and we do Secret Santa every year...we mostly all get jewelry, lol! The way we do it is to pick one person to draw names out of the hat and then inform everyone else who's buying for whom. So one person ends up knowing who their SS is but it's still a lot of fun!!

pat · Post by **pat** » Sun September 28th, 2008, 3:26 am

I am happy to help co-ordinate too. If prople are happy not to recieve a book (that can be costly to post) then it does open the gifts to worldwide as jewelry and other smaller items can be sent without breaking the bank. Alternatively, a book supplier in the recipients country could be used to get one that is longed for without the additional postage costs.

Just some ideas....

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sun September 28th, 2008, 4:43 am

It might be good to have two people. Because say if someone wanted to give a tacky gift to the person with all the addresses then they know what they were getting. That way the person could contact the other person with all the addresses.

Plus its always good to have a backup.

pat · Post by **pat** » Sun September 28th, 2008, 6:13 am

PS. I love tacky!

I used to have a pen pal here in Aus, we sent things like tea towels and key rings from places where we had been.... I still have a red tea towel with a koala on it...its a bit holey as it is over 15 years old! We also made things, cross stitch and things for eachother.

Wonder how she is? She was poorley and stopped writing, then moved and didnt give me her addy, a paramedic that had an accident at work... sorry, gone off on a tangent!

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Sun September 28th, 2008, 4:29 pm

I think this sounds like fun! Count me in for whatever it is decided on - I have no preference.

Dani · Post by **Dani** » Sun September 28th, 2008, 5:25 pm

this sounds like a fun thing to do count me in

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Mon September 29th, 2008, 6:17 am

Sounds great ! Love all the ideas, count me in and I don't mind posting overseas.