Sisterhood of the Traveling Bloggy Box

So, Kristin over at Give Me A Minute, I'll Think of Something had this brilliant idea a few weeks back. She proposed that some bloggers get to know each other a little better and brighten each others' days by engaging in an exchange of stuff. Stuff being books, treats, pictures, trinkets... whatever.

She wrote this post proposing this awesome idea on a day when I was completely stalking my Google reader, and the second the post went up, I read it and got super excited and e-mailed her right away that I wanted in. Since I was the first person to e-mail her, I got the lucky advantage of being the first lady on the list to get the box. In the last few weeks, we've all e-mailed each other about ourselves... and they all probably think I'm crazy now. They all seem pretty cool, though, and I look forward to seeing what everyone gets. I'm almost done packing the box up again and sending it back to New York, but in the meantime, I figured I'd share with y'all what Kristin was nice enough to send my way down to Baltimore.

Here's the bloggy box sitting on my dining room table.


And the bloggy box when I first opened it. Phew... not a bomb... just lots of goodies!


So Kristin totally hooked me up. In the box, she packed for me:
--A bag of Smartfood popcorn
--Chocolate-drizzled caramel covered popcorn
--Minty hot chocolate
--Halloween shot glasses "for the Maestro and I"
--Gum and some 100 Grand bars
--A bottle of wine (because clearly from reading my blog, she knows my life priorities)
--Two books: I'm starting with reading Queen of Babble in the Big City because I need some levity in my life right about now but I'm getting to the Anna Quindlen title shortly.
--A pumpkin-scented candle
--A notepad of stickies

Here's all of the loot laid out


I've already indulged in the chocolate and caramel popcorn, we enjoyed the wine with some dinner guests last night (who loved it, by the way), and I am knee-deep in the silly Queen of Babble saga. I can't wait to get into everything else, and I'm thoroughly enjoying tooling around Baltimore getting the most fun stuff to ship back up to New York. Thanks again, Kristin, for a fantastic idea that added sunshine to my weekend. Check back here for some more posts about the loot Kristin sent my way and the box's journey across the rest of the country.