I thought the secret part was only leading up to the sending.

oops.

I also fail at getting to the post office today due to today sucking at work. So, I am sorry Secret Santee, will be even more later! But everything is bought and boxed and ready to go I SWEAR>

Mine won't go out until tomorrow at the earliest. Sorry, Secret Santee!

I also emailed Deena at the non-gmail address, both to add my update to the database and to request info about my giftee, and didn't hear anything back. I'm pretty sure I used the address that Deena gave in her Press post, though. Hmm. Deena, can you tell us which address is best to use for you?

I thought the secret part was only leading up to the sending.

I think it varies. I like to know who sent me my gift, so I tend to let my giftee know who sent theirs, too.

lisah, what Kate P said. It is completely up to the sender.

I mail mine out with "Secret Santa" in the sender block, but there's usually something in or about the package that will give it away.

My SS gift got dropped off at the UPS store today and I was told it should be in my giftee's hands in time for Christmas. Cheapest package I've mailed from there to date. (They keep very good records.)

I am *hoping* to get mine out tomorrow.

Yeah, I'm hoping to get mine out tomorrow, too. It depends on how things are here at the House o' Plague. (Pete's down with it now. Whee.)

Part of mine went out, part has yet to go. Tomorrow, I hope.

you are now on the suspect list.

I have been super-stealth Secret Santa-ed. A couple of weeks ago I received a pair of gorgeous lake glass earrings that I posted about in full glee. I figured that was my present, and a delightful one at that. So when I came home today and found a package with international stickers on it, my first thought was that I'd screwed up posting to my recipient, and that Buffista wouldn't get Secret Santa-ed until well into 2011.

But no! It was a second package from Sue, who sent me poems from a totally new-to-me Canadian poet (Margaret Avison--who, at first glance, looks similar to Mary Oliver, whose work I love); yummy looking coffee, chocolate, and hot pepper jelly; and three of the cutest bird ornaments that I've ever seen for my tree.

Thank you, Sue! It was a lovely surprise.

oooooooohhhhhhhhh, you are good mystery gifter. esty lady is all "I was told it was a secret santa gift, so I don't know if I can say." I SEE HOW YOU ARE! And your etsy minions too. The gnome, too. He sits there smirking, MOCKING MY NOT KNOWING!

never fear, I will carry on, sniffing about, gathering evidence. YOU WILL BE FOUND OUT AND THANKED PROPERLY, DAMMIT.

shakey fists.