Off the Couch - and Crowned!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I received my White Elephant box today!

Arden Ranger is the Queen of White Elephant. Not of The White Elephants, because then that would make you one.

In said box:

-A tiara. A TIARA! I’m wearing it now. I may not take it off.

  • a ship in a bottle.
  • a cute little stuffed white tiger holding a heart that says ‘Wild About You’ and makes kissy sounds when squeezed.
  • a kitchen whisk, just like my mom has. I love this.
  • a Mickey-mouse shaped pancake mold
  • a ‘carrot patch’ stake with a bunny holding carrots.
  • bookplates
  • a trivet
  • a Winnie-The-Pooh keychain dooey that puts out stickers
  • a Star Wars: Phantom Menace dishes set - cup, bowl, plate
  • a red metallic candle holder
  • a movie - The Mask of Zorro (I’ve never seen it)
  • ornamental soaps. Yellow, even, to go in my bathroom
  • a pillow with the words “Live well, laugh often, love much” on it.
  • Oklahoma Cowboys shirt, mini-frisbee, and shot glass
  • green glass candle holder
  • teacup and saucer with wild cherry tea bags
  • a teeny little wind chime in the shape of a garden gazebo
  • Coca-Cola binder with assorted keeper things inside
  • a plastic ‘get-the-ball-in-the-hole’ game
  • a halloween silly slammer in the shape of a pumpkin that lights up when you slam it
  • books! Zorro, Escape from Kathmandu, The Dilbert Principle, Romancing the One You Love, and Romantic Fantasies & Other Sexy Ways of Expressing your Love
  • September 2001 issue of Stuff For Men with JLo’s big ol butt staring at me
  • something for a gaming convention - this frightens me. Its says “Sign up your unexposed friend”. That can’t be good.
  • a promo thingy for Lord of the Rings, book-movie tie-in with pretty pictures.

Boy shall appreciate the wisdom gleaned from a couple of the books, and I’m gonna watch Zorro first chance I have.

I’m not taking off this tiara. Ever. I shall wear it into surgery. Arden, this was well worth the wait, and then some. You are the Queen.

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:o

Man, I had completely forgotten what all was in that box!

Those Korean newspapers that some of the stuff was wrapped in (it was still wrapped in that, wasn’t it?) is from the original White Elephant gift exchange. Astrobiy used it in his gift to his person, who in turned sent it to me. So you have a White Elephant heirloom. :smiley:

See * The Mask of Zorro*. Antonio looks, oh, so yummy in the outfit. :wink:

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Bah. That would be Astroboy who started the paper trail.

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It was still wrapping, but it was kinda soggy. It’s keeping the MONDO AMOUNT OF PACKING PEANUTS company.

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Heh. I think Mail Boxes Etc is the breeding ground for styrofoam peanuts worldwide.