I got Spirit How bout You?

It's NEVER to early to start thinkin bout Christmas...

I have decided since this will be the first ever Secret Santa Soiree(like the name?) to keep it simple and just do a gift exchange-I have tried to outline the important stuff below. If you want to show the bloggy world you are participating I made a banner and some buttons(below) feel free to grab them and post them on your blog a link back is appreciated but not required and IF'n I knew how to add a code to the buttons I would, so that you and others have easy viewing to this post-but I don't...IF anyone does and wants to help a sistah out lemme know....

This is going to be A LOT of fun and I am so glad you all want to be part of the first ever Secret Santa Soiree...so on with the show...

*How It Works*

You will first fill out a little q&a(below) about yourself-so your Secret Santa will have an easier time shopping for you. When the sign up ends(around Oct 18th) I will match everyone up with a SSS exchange partner-I hope to have that done by Nov 1st then you will ship your gift by Dec 10th

*411*

1) You must have a blog so that when your gift(s) start rolling in you can post pics and blog your lil ♥ out about how GREAT your Secret Santa Soiree exchange partner is.

2) You must not share your partner's address with anyone else-
The only two people who will ever see your full name and address will be myself and your partner. Under no circumstances are you to share that private information with any other blogger. Unless you all wanna send me B-day gifts then by all means share my addy I kid I kid

3) The spending limit will be between $10-$15(not including shipping) if you choose to spend more PLEASE do not be upset if your SSS partner does not

4) When you're ready to ship your gift, make sure you buy delivery confirmation(DC) for about $1,This will serve as proof that you actually did ship your gift to your partner.

5)In order to sign up you may leave a comment BUT you will need to email me(the stalk me link) your Q&A's along with your shipping info-this will be the ONLY way I can be certain you want to be a part of the SSS PLEASE put SSS in your subject line and also include a link to your blog-obviously I dont know everyones real names yet so it's helpful if you give me the name you post under along with your blog link

6) You MUST ship by Dec 10th-feel free to get creative with your return address while keeping in mind the rules and regs of USPS or your shipping carrier of choice

7) Prolly the most important bit of 411-This is a SECRET santa soiree so PLEASE do not share who your exchange partner is...you want to keep them guessing right?

*How to Participate*

In case you are still a lil bit confused, email me your shipping info along with the answers to your Q&A(you may also post your q&a answers in the comment section) by Oct 18,shop for your SSS partner and remember while you are out trying to find the perfect gift(s) your SSS partner is doing the same for you. Ship By Dec 10th-dont forget the DC,when your gift arrives BLOG about it,take pix,let the whole blog-O-sphere know what they missed out on.

*Q&A*

Favorite fast food restaurant: Subway,Quiznos,Panera

Favorite Candy:I am not really a huge candy eater I prefer salty snacks

Favorite Scent: I love holiday scents for candles and clean scents for lotions

Favorite books or types: I Love Janet Evanovich but I have read all her books-I however DO NOT mind already been read books if you wanna turn me on to a new author.I also enjoy cookbooks

Do you have animals: 1 dachshund ginger 1 black lab pepper

Do you collect anything: Not anything specific-I love kitchen gadgets and snowman related holiday items,rustic moose and bear items

Favorite color:GREEN

Is there something you would like that you never buy yourself: I rarely buy myself nail polish and I like neutral shades of light pinks and light beige. a Plain Venus razor every time I buy one of these oldest bean and middle bean steal them...yiyiyi

Anything else you would like your secret santa to know about you: My home is a hodge podge of this and that and I just love the thought of a surprise. I am an OU fan. I have 3 beans,a mr gp,2 dogs and a snake so I rarely splurge on anything for myself. I Love anything that is personalized with a big Ol' 'G' on it-that seems to be the only way the girl beans don't take my stuff! Like a canvas bag,stationary etc...

Likes: Yankee candles holiday scents, anything from sephora-gawd thats my FAVORITE store,soft N dri deoderant is my fav,personalized items

Dislikes:I am so not a scrapbooker

T-shirt size:XL

That is my list filled out to give you an idea of how you can elaborate to help your SSS partner

Feel free to be as creative with the q&a list as you would like-the more info you provide the easier it will be for your SSS partner to shop fo you. You may choose to buy a few smaller priced gifts or choose to buy one item-that option is yours. You can shop via brick and morter stores or you can shop online,again the option is yours.

Once all gifts have been recieved I will post a list of who had who and some of you super sleuthers may have already guessed correctly thats fine too-also if you have an amazon wishlist it may be a good idea to include that in your emal to me.

Here are a few very generic buttons-I am sooooo not good at button design BUT if anyone is and wants to again 'help a sistah' out feel free to email/comment me.

My confession for today: this post took me over 5 hrs-that has to be a record