HGG From San Diego

Yesterday was a busy day.  And also yesterday, I collected a lot of mail from the PO Box; including a little parcel from San Diego.  When I opened it, I found a coin purse with a bookmark inside it and a note from judygreeneyes.  

I love this little something from the States; as I love to received coin purses from all over the world.  Anyway, it's a little something I can use this Saturday while I'm at the Logan Art Gallery as this coin purse matches a bag I scored at a charity store.  Thank you so much judygreeneyes for being so kind in sending me this wonderful little gift.  

HGG from San Diego 

Belated Secret Santa Present

Earlier this month, there was a big concern about whether I'd receive a gift from my Australian Secret Santa.  You see, an Australia Post mail truck caught fire and the whole lot burnt to the ground!  And the whole truck was heading from Western Australia to here in Queensland.  A lot of people were not going to receive their presents over Christmas.  

When I heard about this, I filled out a form immediately online to Australia Post - however, they didn't keep track of the item I was looking for.  This was unfortunate.  To my amazement, I checked the mail yesterday and I found a blue parcel pick-up card... and what do you know?  It was my parcel from my Secret Santa!  Thank you so much Romy86 for sending this off to me... and now it's here where it belongs, I'm not letting it out of my sight!

A Vouch for World Peace!

Today, my day started off very early.  It had to so I could get my last shop for the year over and done with.  So, I was up at 7am, ate breakfast, fed the fish and Little Miss Stevie and out the door just before 9am... a good record.  The mail was collected; and my little PO Box was filled to capacity with not only my mail, but my parent's mail as well - as I take their mail while they're away on holidays.  So, I took out the bundle of Christmas Cards (theirs) and three pieces of mail (mine) and walked off to the bus stop down the road.  Once there, I opened my mail and found that Southernfrye had sent me a lovely collection of things for my HGG collection; including a bumper sticker promoting World Peace.  Yes, this year, I had asked for World Peace.  I know that sounds a little out in the left field, but really, if I can ask Santa Clause for it, why not ask for it as a HGG?  And today, I received an incentive - the bumper sticker suggests that we try for it before 2021.  Now, not only does that sound like a plan, but it also sounds like a goal too.

There were other things inside that envelope.  I found a recipe, some labels, a bookmark and a few other things as well.  Thank you so much Southernfrye.  I appreciate you thinking about me at this time of year.  I wish World Peace upon your part of the world as well.

Label Exchange From Shemchin.

I received two parcels today at the post office.  The first one was from Shemchin chock full of labels, bookmarks and stickers.  I opened the parcel at the post office, but didn't realise how full it was until I got it home.  

As I opened this parcel, I pulled out a collection of labels, sheets of home made labels, stickers, two bags and some postcards... all of Bookcrossing!  Thank you very much for this wonderful lot of labels.  I'll definitely get in and use them this year.

Label Exchange Returns!

Today, I returned from Garden City and checked the mail where I found I had little bit of junk mail and an envelope from hyphen8.  This business-sized envelope was full of labels of all kinds, shapes and sizes.  I was amazed as the number of them; the ones I sent off weren't that many (as I thought I had a lot, but I didn't; so I posted some bookmarks with them as well).

I didn't open the envelope straight away; as last year, I did this and the labels went everywhere!  So, what I did was waited until I got home and then opened the envelope.  And aren't they just lovely?  I'll definitely use them in my BC books. Thank you hyphen8, I greatly appreciate your generosity.

Mixed Favourites Book Baggies Returns Home

There are times when I have the fun of organising a Book Baggie.  Sometimes it's themed; sometimes it's not.  This one was a Mixed Favourites one.  This means you can toss in any book you loved reading and recommend to anyone to read.  I also included a little pink plastic pencilcase that was for any goodies that may be collected and swapped along the way.

When I posted the baggie off four months ago around Australia, there wasn't much in the pencilcase and the baggie was full ( and I think it was a 5kg bag).  And it came back in a 3kg bag bursting at the seams with books; as did the pencilcase.  And just look at the amount of books that you all sent to around to each other, checked out, swapped and packed back in!  The last person on the list - Juli2007 - must have had a little trouble with packing the bag as when I unpacked it on the kitchen table, I couldn't re-pack to take it upstairs.

There was so much in the pencilcase too!  From a mini-bible to teas, moisturisers, sunscreen, bookmarks, ear-rings, stickers (loads of those!), magnets and other cute things!  And the books were of a wonderful assortment!  I even got two of my own back... how brilliant the world works.  And the funnier thing was that I couldn't fit the pencilcase on the table with the books; and so had to take a separate photo of the contents... how's that for amazing?

Thank you all for taking part and for all the wonderful goodies that came back home safely... well, I do look forward to next year's 'Mixed Favourites Book Baggie'... don't you? 

A Big Bag of Goodies!

Wow!  It's been such a long time since I received something... a month or so!  And this morning, I felt really down as I have new neighbours who are making me feel very depressed because of their attitude toward me.  So, it was a total surprise to find a parcel pick-up card in my PO Box when I arrived at the Post Office; and an even bigger one when I found out it came from Julie2007!  

Thank you so much for all the great goodies inside this one from your desk clean out!  There's ear-rings, rings, post-it notes, joke American $1 note and Australian stuff.  I found all kind of bracelets and a tiny deck of cards along with dozens of others cute things too.  Just have a look at the photos!  I couldn't fit all the things into one photo and had to take two separate ones to make it all fit!  Wow!  And Julie2007, you gave me some great stuff to put into the Surprise Parcel I'm giving away soon.  Thank you so much for this!  

An Aussie RABCK!

I love getting mail! And it seems that a lot of the parcels that were supposed to arrive on Monday arrived today. So, when I looked inside my little PO Box, I found this parcel and blue pick-up card. I had some things to post off anyway, so I went inside to collect my parcel and to organise my parcels to send off. I also opened the parcels I had received in case there was anything fragile I should know about - but truthfully, I'm excited about receiving books and parcels that I just love to open them. And this one was from earthangelash; a prize in her Aussie RABCK she hosted.

Thank you so much for this. I do look forward to reading the book and have decided to add the heart into a parcel I'm organising today to be sent to the coast to Tinina67; the first person in my 'Mixed Favourite's Book Baggie'. Where the heart goes from there, well, it will the way of fate, but it will still travel.

A RABCK from Juli2007!

In the mail today, I wasn't expecting much; actually there's usually an empty box looking at me most Friday's. So, when I found a medium-sized envelope looking at me, I was very surprised and pulled it out. On opening it, I found it was was from Juli2007!

Inside it was a collection of stickers, Dr Sues stickers, labels, alphabet stickers, postcards, bookmarks (homemade and bought ones) and cute post-it notes too! What a wonderful lot of things I can use and give to my niece as well (the horse stickers are the ones she'll really go for!). Thank you again for your wonderful RABCK that you offered up on the RABCK Forum! All these things will come in handy.

Introduce A Newbie Prize Pack Arrives from Illinois

Today was my lucky day. Seriously, it was! And it began at the post office with this envelope in my PO Box and kept going from there. I pulled it out and it was from the great state of Illinois! Thank you so much for the beautiful home-made labels ChicagoGuy5049. They are big, bold and definitely won't be missed in the books I plan to use them in.

Oh, and what else happened to make this my lucky day? I won 2 cds from a music station (Powderfinger and Bon Jovi's most recent ablums), I was on time for the bus, I paid off a lay-by just in time for Christmas and almost everywhere I went everything was half-price! Yes... today was my lucky day. I've saved more money than ever!

A Belated Birthday Gift.

When Loey came to pick me and Stevie up this morning, she told me there was a parcel for me in the car. Once I got my little bird settled in the back seat, I opened front passenger door and found the parcel that had traveled a long way from Pugwash, Canada. Yes! Queenfrog, your parcel arrived safe and sound after being in transit for so long. As we drove along Logan Road in the heat today, Unwrapped the many little gifts you had picked out thoughtfully one by one and I must say that I love each and every one of them!

Thank you so much for putting the thought and time into this present. I really do love the book cover. It will be used this Christmas when I'm down the coast - as the salt air really isn't good for books down there. I have found a place for everything from my parcel of goodies you sent to me; no matter how late it has arrived. You are wonderful!

Arty and Fun

This was the last one that I opened yesterday at Loey's house; and there was plenty of things inside! There was no first thing that caught my eye; but I do love the arty postcards and the Donald Duck stickers; they're so cute! Mum loves the birthday card which has 'Happy Birthday' in your home language on the front (I love that kind of thing too); which had joined the rest of the birthday cards on the piano. The Anne Geddes note book will be put to great use as will the bookmarks and post-it notes.
Thank you so much chamonix44 for sending all these cute and lovely things to me for my birthday. They'll most definitely find a place in my house. Some of them will be used in the Bookcrossing basket Loey gave me.