Green killjoy
I hate putting a green custom sticker on gifts. I hate how it also spoils the fun for the packages I get. But without it the package gets stuck in the customs and you have to stand there, watching a mean-looking officer get his dirty hands on your precious gift and give you the third degree.
If I got a wrapped present that I had to pick up at the customs and I obviously wouldn’t know what is in it, would they make me open it there — or worse, open it themselves?
Well that’s a nice looking card you designed. This year for the first time I actually went out and bought some cards to mail, which I never do. But the card was so cute I figured WTF.
And BTW, I’m accepting birthday cards as of today *subtle hint*. I’ll only be this old once. Then I’ll get older.
That was a very nice looking card. Sucks about customs, doesn’t it say exactly what it is on the sticker?
Happy Birthday Jafer. I know Minna’s a capricorn as well. Birthday’s all around.
Oh noooo! Yesterday was the 20th! Happy Belated Birthday!!! I wasn’t on the computer at all (except at work, duh) yesterday — I was so knackered from the day and meeting up with a friend (plus running in shops, bought a stack of printing paper — woo) I went to bed at 11:30 which is nuts.
Kory, yeah, it should say exactly what the package contains on the sticker but I try to be creative (or, vague). Last year I sent “kitchen fabric”, this year I couldn’t think of anything so I just put “calendar, tea”. Too precise, dammit.
I had to go dig it up, but a friend from Canada sent me some Canadian candy a couple years ago. I thought maybe she wrote “Christmas / Birthday gift” on it, but she just wrote “candy”.
I guess it didn’t matter since I knew in advance; plus if you shook it, it just sounded like candy.
But either way, I wouldn’t expect customs to have a very festive attitude. But couldn’t you say something like “printed materials” for a card? Or simply “fabric” for kitchen fabric? They don’t actually need to know what room it’s intended for, do they?
Kory, I’m Sagittarius, not Capricorn. I made it just at the end which is a good thing, cuz I’m the walking epitome of a Sagittarius. People would flog me if they thought I was Capricorn, not the least bit like Minna (who knows all and sees all)
Jafer, I had to look it up, I always forget the dates.
I guess I meant as well as I. Mine’s on the 25th. I don’t think Minna ever mentioned to me what date her’s was on, but I figured it had to have been posted somewhere.
Kory, email on March 29 (holy cow, March?!):
That would suck.. opening the beautifully wrapped gift v__v;
Aww..no one is a Taurus here ‘cept me.
Too bad =p.
Hey, I’m a Canadian too ahha.. xD