I'm awake and I have my Valentine package in my hands so I'm opening it right now. Just starting the thread and the opening wave. :)

:bananadance: :rockon: :thumbsup: :bounce: :devil: ^_^
And we're starting!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Who would have thought there were so many goodies in that red package? I opened it in front of my brother and he was even more excited than I was because he was shuffling through everything as I read the card I was sent. My most adoring, lovely and generous Valentine was Wendy, aka, wss4, and just check what she sent me!!!

• Four volumes of The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper and that made me squeee, because I've heard so damn much about this series, that practically everybody seems to have read and I've wanted to read them for a long while now. So thank you so much, Wendy! The books made my day and I'm not even half through the package. :)
• The most adorable Valentine's Card, with this oh so cute bear holding a bouquet of flowers. I loved it.
• Sweets!!! There was a heart candy ring and a box of heart-shaped chocolates my brother wanted to steal right away but I didn't let him. Grrr grrr, *my* chocolates. ;)
• Two heart-shaped bath fizzers. My brother was so disappointed those weren't chocolate too. :P
• Stationary items, including two pens (one of which has a love light!!! LOL), two butterfly-shaped notebooks and a heart-shaped paper holder.

Plus, she sent me the two Fantasy VBB books I got out of the box. Yay! :)

Thank you so much, Wendy. You're the sweetest! :wub: :wub: :hug: :flowers: :kiss:

Yahoo the fun has started :bananadance: :bananadance:

Great parcel X! :)

And it seems that would be it from Europeans <_<

Ok you are giving me some V-day opening envy!! (approx 3 hours 15 min. here til midnight)

:cry: It's 5 and half hours until Valentine's Day here on the west coast..and I'll be long asleep by then. I am going to try and get up a little earlier than normal tomorrow morning so I can open my box before I head to work. Which means I have to set the alarm for at least 4 a.m. :blink:

after staying up late last night i didn't think i'd be staying up 'til midnight tonight, but i'm looking everywhere for my spare keys (which includes my one and only mailbox key) and I can't find 'em anywhere! :cry: :cry:

aww.. hope you find your keys Sand!!

(meanwhile i'm getting antsy!!the suspense is killing me!)

I finally found them buried under some clothes on my bed!!! And I got the Dead trilogy from you when I finally was able to get to my mailbox! :bananadance: Maybe you posting helped me out! :D

Ohhh I'm excited too! Not sure if I will be up or not! Guess I'll see how tired I am.. I have to get up early tomorrow to go breakfast with some friends so I will probably do it in the morning!

They switched my shift from 7am to 9am tomorrow, so I will have some extra time in the morning to open mine. Yay!

24 minutes :sleep:

I am so happy that it arrived on time and that you enjoyed it. I will keep my eye out for that last book in the series. I was so disappointed that I could not find it for you too.

Hope you have a fantastic Valentine's Day!!!

6 minutes :zzz:

I'm not going to make it!

F5, F5, F5

Where are all the east coasters? Its after midnight there now....

Okay... I'm extremely exhausted & my throat is hurting, but I had to stay up! I have a small package and a huge box sitting here! The first package kinda gave away my partner due to they wrote on it "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL VALENTINE's DAY! ORDERS FROM BOOKCROSSER LOVEMYLIFE!" :lol: So... Thank you Gerda for all of the following that I'm about to tear into! :D

The first package contained a Japanese graphic novel (in Japanese... cool!) It appears to be Rorouni Kenshin Vol. 2. Awesome! Thanks to you and your helper! :)



Now... for the monster box!

The cover is decorated with all sorts of hearts on it... very cutely decorated! Upon opening the box I see red tissue paper and a few sprinkles of heart confetti (UH OH!!!)

Pulling the tissue paper aside I see lots and lots of stuff, but start pulling out things 1 by 1:

a V-day decoration... not sure what these are called, but basically a "string" with little hearts springing off of it all around it

Next up is a card that has a cupid on the front carrying a rose that says "Valentine Greetings". Very pretty card!

More confetti...

Oooh... a spiral bound Sudoku book!!! I can never get enough of these puzzles!!!

Okay, gonna list stuff now but will probably make comments about most as I go... just too many items to keep saying "next up... next up" :lol:

a pair of ankle socks... light blue with white stripes

inside the socks I pulled out a Hello Kitty ornament in the shape of a cell phone! I absolutely love that! I collect the Hello Kitty Christmas ornaments and don't have this one yet! I hadn't even seen this one, but a cell phone for me is perfect!

a 2-pack of black sharpies! (can never get enough of these!)

Lots of Confetti...

a medium size notepad with a cool picture of a tiger on the front in front of a moon and the earth

more socks... 3 pack of spandex socks that look really comfy in various colors!

LMFAO! A card game called "Management Material" (The card game of cubicle denizens)... I may have escaped my cubicle when I switched jobs, but I'm sure this game will still be hilarious!!!

*taking a quick break because Noumena keeps messaging me to hurry!* :P

Books...

Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb (Wishlist)
Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb (Wishlist)
The Crepes of Wrath by Tamar Myers (Wishlist)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (looks good!)
Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman (from teen VBB)

Under the books...

a 25 count box of 6"*9" mailing envelopes (definitely can use those!!!)
a 4-color cube of sticky notes
Hello Kitty stickers
Lots of Dove heart-shaped candies

Did I mention confetti?!?!? LOTS of Confetti!!!

Oooh... and the best of all... 2 big packs of Cherry Pull 'n' Peel Twizzlers! *DROOL*


Thank you so much Gerda! I truly appreciate everything and really could use the pick-me-up right about now. I hope you have a fabulous Valentine's Day!!! :wub: :kiss: :hug:

I'm off to bed now as I have to get up in 7 hours and am hoping my sore throat will go away. :zzz: :sleep:

I wonder if I should wait to see if my other package arrives tomorrow or open up what I have now?

Actually, Mike's about to head to bed soon and I have a bunch of books strewn all over the bed as I was trying to organize more of them into boxes based on genre today, so I gotta take care of that so that he can get to bed. Otherwise, he'll totally undo the sorting I did into piles so he can clear the bed off.

So I'll be back in a few...

Ok, ok!! My lovely cupid was CdnBlueRose (would have never known! lol). :wub:

In my package I received:~
3 candy bars! w00t!! I will proceed to eat them within the next 24 hours. *hehe*

Cemetery of Angels by Noel Hynd (wishlist)
Shattered Silk by Barbara Michaels (wishlist)
Sons of the Wolf by Barbara Michaels (wishlist)

ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyou!!! :bananadance:

Yay!! :hug: I can't wait to start reading them!!! :D

I can't stay up any longer...4am wakeup call. Hopefully, I'll be online tomorrow afternoon!

Sand I sure hope you are not catching strep. We have it running rampant in our house at the moment!

Since I am up, I figure I might as well open my packages too.

The first package which came via PBS contains---

Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley (a wish list book :bananadance: )

The second package contains -- 2 more wish list books, which help me complete a series that I have been trying to find-- The Sorority Merilyn & The Sorority Samantha by Tamara Thorne!!

Thanks so much to my fantastic Valentine pal Three104!! It always makes my day to complete a series so that I can read it and Amanda Ashley is an author who I have been wanting to read, so you picked perfectly. Thank you so much and I hope that your valentines day is a wonderful one!!

I just finished Merilynn earlier today (my review should be up on my blog within the next 1/2 hour as I just finished writing it a couple minutes ago. :D I liked it and Eve that I've read so far. Once I finish Samantha, these are reseved for karendawn from October's series swap. :o

I am heading home from work now. I want to open my packages as soon as I get home but BF could change those plans. :evil:

Okay, I figured I'll wait until tomorrow day to see if my mail carrier delivers my other package from Franci, rather than open the one PBS package I've got here now and the rest later. I know we're supposed to get a Northeaster, though the snow hasn't started here in the Boston area yet, but you know, that shouldn't hold up the post office anyway, right? Through rain, or sleet, or snow... and all that. :rolleyes:

However, I did open the email from her, so I'll paste that below:

Awww Franci! I love :wub: that idea! I donate regularly to the MSPCA and other animal shelters myself, one of the few things I do donate to, so I'm all for what you did. How thoughtful! :hug: And I like knowing that the money that would've otherwise went to the PO and thus the government instead went to help provide food and shelter for homeless pets, and bunnies too! :kiss: :kiss: and from Rudy and Sasia


As I said above, I'll hold my PBS package to see if the rest arrives here tomorrow, and if it doesn't, then I'll just open the one. But I wanted to have the chance to keep them together if possible.

Thank you sweetie!! Happy Valentine's Day to you too!

The post man was just here, but no parcel. Off to work now, and be sure to open yours in the mean while so I have something to read when I arrive at work :D

A great Valentines Day to you all!!

I'm of to pick up an amazon parcel from the PO in a minute ;)

Great parcels so far :D

Still hoping that postie will bring mine today.

I have my parcel at home, but I will only be able to say what's in it when I get home from work, in a good couple of hours... :cry:

So I can open my package.

Let me get my scissors.
Drank my coffee, so most clouds have dissapeared. :wink:



It is very heavy and it came from Canada!!!!!!!!!!

struggling with the scissors. :ph34r: (as usual)
Hey it is open. :bananadance:


Okay Here I go.........................

I just go with my hand in it and I feel some weird thingies.
I grab the littlelest hingy. What is it? it feels like candy?


Lol It is a red cinnamon candy thingy. sugarfree. :D

O I think I feel a book?
I am getting so exited.

I grab something that does not feel like it is a book.
Something wrapped in plastics.

O It is red and this is fun. Floating Candles in the shape of a red heart.

I love it. I love candles as it is but these are fun!!!! Thank you (who ever you are. I will find out though :evil: )

and I grab something else. so many thingies?
I find a spiral notebook in the shape of a heart. I like it a lot!
Always handy. thank you :kiss:

My God there is more
Bath and Body Care gift Set. A lovely one. Favorite colour pink , little soapies in the shape of roses., body lotion and shower gel.

Got to hide this from Rowena. Or we can share? ;)

and there is the wish list book!!
102 minutes The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive inside the Twin Towers.A Book I really really wanted. :hug:

More goodies.
A lovely photo thingy, in the shape of a heart. Nice to out in a pic of Rowena. (Or Marat Safin?) :whistle:


Hahaha Valentine Jewellery.

I will try to make a picture later on. I have to show this and last but not least, more of the candy.

It is lovely. Now I feel stupid that I did not wait for Rowena to help me open it.
She loves the goodies.

OK Now off to make JE so I know who my Valentine is :hug:

Happy Valentine's Day!

I got:

Boy in the Water by Stephen Dobyns
The First Weford Omnibus by Ruth Rendell

THANK you secret Valentine's gorgeous person - now who are you? :wub:

Perfect timing! The door bell just rang (several times!) and there was a delivery man with a parcel for me :bananadance:

Nothing on the box to say it was for Valentine's, but I kind of guessed it was :lol:

After 101 questions from the children (what is it, who's it from, what's inside, why haven't I got one!) I opened up the box to find...


*2* wishlist books

The Dim Sum Of All Things by Kim Wong Welter

and

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins which has been on my wishlist since one of the first ever YBS!

plus

a bag of chocolate conversation hearts and a heart shaped box of chocolates with a cute frog on the front saying 'You've Got Me Hoppin'

Again - the children are very interested in the contenets of both these packages :lol:


Thank you so much Cheesy for the thoughtful gifts :kiss: :wub:

Wow that is perfect planning by cheesy camis. :D

OK drum role.
My Valentine is ...........................Lauralooooooooooooooooooooooo :bananadance: :wub:

Thanks hon.
O and i just discovered that together with the lovely floating candles there are also pearls in the package.

I am going to buy a little vase, scale to put them in. I needed one of those anyways and now i have a good excuse. :hug: :wub: :hug:

Can't wait for the US and Canada to wake up now so we can see their goodies!

Time to open mine! :bananadance:

Hmm...oh thank you so much for the shoe box, I really like it! :lol: :joke:

Conversation Hearts Yum!

Two wishlist book:

The Hunt for Read October By Tom Clancy
Neurotica By Sue Margolis

Hershey Kisses which I ate all of then! So goooooood!
A Travel Mug (You read my mind, I was thinking of getting one :lol:)
BC Bookplates (safe and sound)
BC Release bags
A book mark with penguins on them and it says smile (Did you make this my valentine?)
Valentine Memeo pads
Expresso Beans from Starbucks.
A Lovely card
and...so cool a 20 piece bill from Israel, sweet :bananadance: :rockon:

My secret Valentine is...Bree

Thank you so much, I :wub: everything. What a great start to the day!
Also thank your BF's dad for me, This is a great addition to my collection

:kiss: :hug: :wub:

Happy Valentine's Day!

DPA - I hope you enjoyed openeing everything! I can't believe you're up earlier than I am! Yes, I did make the bookmark!

To my secret Valentine...I took a trip to the emergency room last night with burnt fingers instead of going to to PO to see if my package arrived....so I will go tonight!

I have school at 8 so I have to get up early! :cry: Why can't it be a snow day today! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Bree, I hope your ok! :hug:

Oh no! Hope it doesn't hurt too much!

(Oh -- not that I'm your Secret Valentine, but I still hope that anyway! :wink: )

Aw poor Bree's paws :kiss:

Ooh Bree - hope you are ok.