This will be our very first YT GE and we are super excited and as much as I want to start shopping early for our buddy we just can't until we know if our buddy is a she or he; likes bows/doesn't like bows; clothes/no clothes; blankies/no blankies; food treats, etc. etc. BUT, what I did do was send out a PM to some of my YT vendors giving them a heads up that I would be getting some things from them for our GE buddy....going to support my YT vendors as much as I can.
I've been excited since the last one when I think I bugged everyone's hint thread..lol. (I just joined YT right when the last one started and it was still fun for me just to read all the threads of excitement).