Happy Birthday!!!!

Please post here once you have received your package, and when it is your birthday, open your package and let us know what you got!

As a reminder, you do not need to send a wish list book, or any book for that matter, just something nice that you think your partner would enjoy.

Please don't forget to send me a PM once you have sent off your partner's gift!

Just a reminder. Do not open your birthday parcel until it is your birthday!!

Participants:

January
2 - Xallroyx received from peachy93722 and received a replacement package
6- breeze144 received from Morsecode and xallroyx
22 - lizziwhizz received from Rootmartin and Hoserlauren
25 - Boogal received from Breeze and CheriePie and molekilby
25 - LadyJanet received from Aceofhearts and Sejent and Elsi
27 - nikel27 received from wss4 and LadyJanet and Giz-Angel
29 - MsJoanna received from Danesnboxers and Lexilewords and lovemylife

February
9 - Sunlightbub received from Shaunesay and Teachie
13 - Bibliocrates received from zzz and cosmic-gin
15 - cheesygiraffe received from azuki
20 - nvangel2073 received from mystery sender
20 - camis received from boogal and purple-pixie

March
6 - Megi53 received from MsJoanna
27 - Danesnboxers received from akashafamily and k_kay and ???
28 - alsgal received from PepperVL and bigcurlyloz and Chronicbooker
29 - rootmartin received from Sunlightbub and LadyJanet and nimrodiel
31 - luckaye received from Turtle and HoserLauren

April
2 - akashafamily received from catsalive and cosmic-gin
6 - wss4 received from mirp and nikel27
13 - lexilewords received from alsgal and terra57 and bibliocrates
24 - lovemylife received from boogal and kathyb

May
12 - Elsi received from lizziwhizz and lemonista
15 - molekilby received from camis and rootmartin
19 - gringuitica - partner refuses to send due to gringuitica's inactivity
21 - sejent received from momx3lovesbooks

June
1 - Kyrissaean received from shaunesay and ???
3 - Shaunesay received from wss4, peppervl, and hobbit
8 - peachy93722 received geishabird, dancing-dog, bluecat07
29 - TITurtle1 (1 parcel in transit)

July
16 - Geishabird
17 - zzz (1 parcel in transit)
21 - k_kay
26 - Azuki (2 parcels in transit)
28 - Darkpunkangel (1 parcel in transit)
31 - Amberkatze

August
12 - nimrodiel
15 - Juliet982
16 - AceofHearts

September
3 - SimplyCee
5 - hobbit
12 - momx3lovesbooks
17 - dancing-dog
21 - catsalive
27 - bluecat07
27 - morsecode

October
1 - PepperVL
14 - terra57
14 - cosmic-gin
15 - Teachie
16 - Purple-pixie
16 - Lemonista
20 - KathyB
21 - Chronicbooker3
31 - Giz-angel

November
4 - Cheriepie
9 - HoserLauren
12 - Mirp
26 - Bigcurlyloz

December
17 - Scifisstrs
20 - VeganMedusa
27 - blackadder75


POSTAGE GUIDE:
From USA, TO:
- USA (domestic): 2-4 weeks (Media Mail), 5-7 days (1st Class/Priority)
- Canada: 2-4 weeks (1st Class)
- Europe: 2-5 weeks (1st Class)
- Australia: 6-8 weeks (1st Class)

From Canada, TO:
- North America: 2-4 weeks (surface), 1-2 weeks (air)
- Europe: 4-8 weeks (surface), 2-5 weeks (air)
- Australia: 2-4 months (surface), 6-8 weeks (air)

From Europe, TO:
- North America: 2-4 months (surface), 1-2 weeks (air)
- Europe: 3-4 weeks (surface), 1-2 weeks (air)
- Australia: 3-5 months (surface), 2-3 weeks (air)

From Australia, TO:
- North America: 3-5 months (surface), 2-3 weeks (air)
- Europe: 3-6 months (surface), 2-4 weeks (air)
- Australia: 1-3 weeks (surface), couple day (air)

We're getting closer and closer!!

Please don't forget to send me a PM letting me know your parcel is on its way.

I hope the people who have birthday partners with early January birthdays have sent their parcels out :whistle:

About 7 weeks till my birthday. :whistle:

Just under 10 months till mine :rofl: :giggle:

Xallroyx - have you received your packages?

4 days until mine!!!

Not yet, but the mail has not come today yet!!!!

Well, nothing today, but it's OK. It is early and with New Years there is one less mail day!

I hope they arrive in time. It would be a bad way to start the year off otherwise.

I received a package yesterday from a Susan in Quincy, MA.

Thanks! :wave:

Liz!! :wave:

I sent out your birthday package today. Don't open it before the 22nd or else!! :nono:

I'll be good! Thanks b-day partner :)

I hope there wasn't a package sent sooner than that; about a week ago in my mail was one of those "your mailman was too lazy to deliver a package so you should pick it up at the post office" cards, except it hadn't been filled out at all. I assumed it was a mistake and didn't do anything about it...maybe on Monday I should swing by the PO just to be sure.

It could be. One of your partners sent something out a week or two ago :shrug:

Happy Birthday, Bree!

You should have gotten the main part of your b-day present from me today :)

Thanks Karen...nothing yet....just enjoying a quiet day on the couch before going back to the nut house (aka Kindergarten)!

In other news, DH's little sister just crashed/rolled her Dad's explorer...she's okay (they think - never know about whiplash and stuff like that, right?) but the truck is totalled...no charges or anything and thankfully no one else involved or in the vehicle!!!

Glad she is ok. Somehow, not all that surprised that happened from the stories you tell me. :rolleyes:

Oh oh oh oh Karen thank you so much!!! The e-mail just arrived!!!!

Morsie (what a sweetheart) sent me a Chapter's gift certificate via e-mail!!!! Was that complicated to do from the States???

Thank you! :kiss:

No kidding, eh? She didn't even have a good reason like bad weather or swerving to avoid hitting a mother duck and 5 little ducklings.... :wacko:

Actually it wasn't complicated at all (I think it may have been if I wanted to send a physical gift card to you), it just seems like they held my order for a while before processing it and sending the message to you.

I'm just glad that it came through!

I hope you are having a fantastic b-day!

I checked at the PO and they couldn't find a package, so the random card in my mailbox was an error on the part of the mailman. I was going to feel so bad if a package got returned! :rolleyes:

Your parcel has been mailed today. Do not open because it has a self-destruct in effect before Jan 25 :D

From the help of Catsalive and Giz, I've added a postage guide to the very first post. This should let you know approximately how far in advance you should be sending out your parcels so they arrive in time!

In the North America section, though I realize that includes Canada as well, it's very different shipping from the US now since we no longer have surface mail options for International. Also mailing domestically, you can consider your mail to be either Media Mail vs. First Class/Priority (First Class Mail automatically becomes Priority once it's over 13 ounces).

So in case you wanna separate the USA out, here's some new numbers for you, at least for the top two:

From USA, TO:
- USA (domestic): 2-4 weeks (Media Mail), 5-7 days (1st Class/Priority)
- Canada: 2-4 weeks (1st Class)
- Europe: 2-5 weeks (1st Class)
- Australia: 6-8 weeks (1st Class)


Of course, feel free to have others from the US pitch in with their experiences if you decide to separate 'em out. :)

Thanks Cherie, I've added it.

No packages received yet?? :sigh:

I received another package from Susan in Quincy, MA (I don't remember who that is...) and a package from Breeze. :boogie:

Huh... is that someone here? Cuz we're planning a Mass meetup and we don't know any Susan from Quincy. :thinking: Perhaps it's a BookMooch member and someone's mooching stuff to be sent directly to ya? :whistle:

Just a quick note to say that I mailed a package off to you yesterday. However, I just realized that I didn't note that it was for the birthday exchange..... :wacko:

So, do not open any book-shaped packages wrapped only in a plain manila envelope (not padded) with hand-written adresses on it until your birthday!!!!!! :P

And, you should be receiving a couple of notices of other parts of your birthday treat in the next couple of weeks. So, if something surprising arrives in the mail.....it might be me! :wave:

Yes it is from bookmooch!

Not yet. Everyday I check.

She got something from me, but I'm not part of the exchange. :giggle:

I received a package from Morsie today!!! Birthday card, bookmarks and a bookmooch book! :lol:

With the Chapters gift card I got Twilight by Stephenie Myers and A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews, which coincidently is one of the books that Karen wanted to get for me!

You're great Karen, thank you so much!!! :wub:

I had a package on my porch this morning from peachy93722!!

Thank you soo much. I love the Huskies ornament:) and everything else of course!

Yay packages are starting to arrive :bananadance:

I received this today! I admit that I got it halfway opened before thinking twice and coming to check the thread to ask :blush: It's still taped up, though, on the shelf waiting! Thanks so much b-day partner :)

:waiting: :woot2:

Note to my Birthday Exchange Partner:

I am also in the Valentine Day Exchange. I'm sorry but maybe you can find out who my partner is from Rosie. Them being a day apart and all. :blush:

16 days until my birhtday.

Wish both Xallroyx :bananacheer: and breeze144 :bananacheer: a belated "Happy Birthday"

Hope you both had a great day.

take care Nicole aka nikel27 :fairy:

They can also contact me if they wish, as I have been contacted by your V Day partner already :)

I received a package yesterday, it's postmarked from Canada. It sat out all night! :angry: My husband grabbed the mail yesterday and there were NO packages, but when I was leaving the house this afternoon there were two big boxes sitting there. Grrrr...the only thing I can figure is the mailman did his usual walking route, hubby grabbed the mail, then the mailman swung by in his truck on his way out to drop the packages.
Anyway there's hopefully nothing to be damaged (I didn't read the claims label!), and it's been warm lately so I doubt it got far below freezing last night, if at all.
Anyway, thankyou birthday partner! :)