Darn!! She really thought she had it figured out this time! Oh, well ;) We'll be very interested to see who sweet little Taffy's SB is, that's for sure!

I truly understand. Last GE I just knew who had Taffy. If I were a betting gal, I would have lost my shirt...LOL (I still couldn't really believe it wasn't who I thought it should be when I got the package 'cause I thought the postmark might be a trick...LOL) It only really sunk in AFTER we'd opened the box! I really had one pulled on me that time!

This time? I've been so confused from the get go that I haven't even known where to start. Seems like as I get worse (if that's possible) at making clues, everyone else gets better! This time I tried to leave it up to Taffy and we STILL ended up in a pickle...LOL

We are completely in the dark this time and our secret buddy is a super secret from us! All we have figured out (literally) is that it's someone who signed up for the GE...LOL

This is Baby Girl Taffy just once more with great news!

Daddy went to the brown store and sent my box to my SB. Hooray Arf!

Now Mommy says she needs the 'puter to tell the ad men some track numbers. Gee, I thought they did jingles...wonder why they need to hear about choo choo trains?

Anyway, before I go, I'll tell you what Daddy told Mommy...

He said the sekret box will be there on Munday!

Mommy and I are really :)

Sumbuddy is going to be verrrrrrrry happy, I think...arf, arf, arf!

It's me, I'm back 'cause my Mommy just noticed with ONE more post she'll hit one thousand!

She told me to write one more tiny post 'cause there's no where on YT she'd rather get that benchmark than where we'd made sooooooo many friends.......the Gift Exchange forum!

She said, "Woo Hoo, Taffy!"

I said, "Arf, arf!" back to her 'cause that's my favorite answer...LOL!

Then Mommy said, "Silly Taffy, you've got to put your paw on submit!"

And then...well, you'll see...we'll be at 1000.

I just love this thread!!

And, Taffy, good job on taking care of your mommy! It was so sweet of you to take her your toy!!

And to TOY, I hope you feel better soon!

Congrats on making it to 1000!!!

Taffy, your a good girl for taking care of your mommy and letting her play with your special toy. Hopefully mommy will feel better real soon.

dee dee is in her zipper is 15 and thanks mblab lolllll as i had no clue what a zipper was lollll

Hey, guys...

This is me...Taffy and have I got news! (I have to be real quiet 'cause Mommy doesn't know I'm on her 'puter right now...I sorta sneaked to the keyboard but it's okay 'cause I'm not chewing off keys, I prom-us.)

I herd Mommy tell Daddy that my buddy's box is in her state! Woo Hoo!

Then Mommy checked the map and told Daddy that my buddy's box is only about an hour from her...woo hoo!

I hope somebuddy is home at my buddy's house to sign for the package on Monday or maybe the brown shorts guy will take a paw print! Arf, arf!

Taffy I love you! .... your Mommy, too! :D :D

Nick mailed out my package and I completely forgot to tell him to get tracking... bleh so hopefully since I mailed it out last week it will get there soon so I will stop stressing!!!

Taffy I wonder who your super duper secret buddy is? hmmmmm I can't wait to see their pictures!

Did he happen to say how much yours weighed?

Taffy's was only 12.3 pounds this time. Does that seem too light to you?

I thought my first was about 14 but I had to send 2 boxes because of the tent. I can't recall at all what the last one weighed.

There are a couple of things in there that I absolutely love and I am on pins and needles for our SB to get them. I hope I haven't really messed up like I did with Christina's graduation...LOL (I'm still really glad she has such a great sense of humor!) Hi Christina, girlfriend (if you're reading this)...LOL...I did one of my "hope it's logical" guesses on something in this box, too. It's either a huge success or a big flop...not really any gray area in there but I'm sure my buddy will be gracious and I may never know for sure...hmmm...gosh I hope it's right.

Arf! Arf! Arf!

Mommy says that the brown site says that our package is out for
dee-live-er-ree. Then she said, "Woo Hoo!"

And that means something good!

Surprise! Surprise! I can tell from the tracking that it's been delivered so I'll stick in this explanation while I'm online.

LOL.....I was very careful to tell you that you hit on all the clues except number 12. If you go back to post #50, you'll see the sneaky clue in the first thing I wrote! I was hoping that it was so subtle you'd not notice.

Happy, happy GE, sweet little Bella! Hope you and Mommy have a great Thanksgiving and wonderful Christmas. Taffy and I feel like we've made some really great new friends!

It's US!!! Bella is Taffy's SB!!!
 

OMG, it's us, it's US!!!! :cheer: I was so excited when I saw there was a box waiting when I got home! (P.S. my bf was home and signed for the box and he did NOT tell me it was here!! And I even talked to him several times today too!! You're both sneaky!! :D)

What's funny is when I read the clue in #50 the first time, I was like "hmmmm....I can't think of a song", LOL! Then, I was going back through posts trying to figure out who Bella's SB was, and I read through again, and this time I was like "Duh!" I soooo thought we had it figured out and got really excited, but then when you said "everything except number 12", I thought MAN!!! You totally got me, because I really thought we must not be it! Robin has been asking me if I had any clue, and I told her I didn't!! Oh, well, that was sooo much fun!! We had a BLAST, and you and Taffy SERIOUSLY out-did yourselves!! I'm still in complete shock!! I'm working on resizing pics now, but we should have our thank you thread up soon. A BIG, BIG, HUUUUGE thank you Debbie and Taffy!!! :thumbs up We're so happy to have made new friends too!! This has be the BEST experience and was sooo much fun!!

I'm so glad you thought you hadn't figured it out because I thought you had it sewn up...LOL

That's why I tried to word what I said about your point 12 so carefully...LOL

Whew...Taffy and I are not the best with clues so we really tried this time and still thought we hadn't pulled it off.

We're so glad you were surprised!

Uhh... just now seeing this post. I don't have a clue how much it weighed... If I ask him he may remember but he's at work right now. If I remember to ask him, I will... I don't think mine weighed much over 10lbs if that...

LOL, Robin! Now that I've seen it laid out in her post, it looked like alot more than I remembered so I guess 12 pounds was okay. It just seemed light to me for some reason.

Now for you guys who came over to find out about the doggie treat jar!

It's regularly $39.99 which I could never have afforded for Bella nor would I ever have spent that much on Taffy for a treat jar even though it is adorable.

I just love the way it turned out though and you'll never ever believe the price! (It's the reason I felt like I was gambling on a gift and was floored at the quality!)

Anyway, here...I'll let you discover the price for yourself...LOL

Getting a good bargain requires you "discover" it...LOL

Personalized Pet Treat Jar - Miles Kimball

Be aware though that it takes 2 to 2.5 weeks to get it.

If you don't mind my asking, who made the sweet little blanket and the OSU harness dress?? I was thinking maybe it was someone here on YT, and I'd love to thank them too! :D

Strike the dress....just saw your post on the thank you thread :p

I ordered the blanket on ebay. It came from a seller named scootertrashridingear from South Carolina. (Funny thing about that...LOL...Taffy has a pawprint blanket now that says "Bella" because after I read you liked soft colors and patterns, I ordered the pink one for Bella. It was too late to cancel the pawprint so it's a good thing Taffy can't read...LOL. I had ordered the personalized pawprint from a catalog.)

The OSU dress that I think was absolutely made beautifully was purchased from Cathy, a lady I have ordered items from before. Her site is called www.piddleronthewoof and her creations are exquisite in my opinion. I can't wait to see Taffy's UT dress that I ordered. Like you, I'm hoping for a great basketball season from Knoxville! It's going to be my husband's birthday or Christmas present for Taffy but he doesn't know it yet...LOL

We've had such a happy day around here knowing that Taffy's box was a success at your house. (It looks like I spent a fortune but I honestly didn't. I get everything online and usually buy on sale with free shipping, etc.) I still love to shop but my fingers hold up better than my feet and legs these days.

It was such fun to shop for a little girl. We've had boys both times before and while they were a fun novelty, we enjoyed Bella immensely!

LOL...we must be on here at the same time. I had to go back to check ebay history to find out about the blanket. Then when I posted, I saw your comment about the dress...LOL

Sorta like a modern "ships that pass in the night," I guess...

Except in this case we're mere code that pass in cyberspace...LOL

(By the way, I wasn't even sure what that Kitty...Hello Kitty...stuff was until I looked around. It was much cuter than I expected and looked just adorable on Bella. Since I've obviously not "with it" as far as current fashion and trends, I had a difficult time making the "Hello Kitty" concept mesh with canine fashion...LOL)

LOL...sometimes getting old and trying to still "get it" can be so amusing!

Oh, no!! We would have loved the paw print one I'm sure! I appreciate your thoughtfulness though. By the way, Bella has really been enjoying napping on her new blanket! She has to get it all scratched around to juuuuust the right spot, and then it's perfect! lol :p

I love to online shop too!! I can't stand going 10 places and still not finding what I'm looking for....sheer exhaustion! Plus, when you shop on line, you get to be please you found something you really like AND THEN when it arrives on your doorstep, you get that pleasure all over again, plus a little more, because it's like opening a present! And I'm a BIG sucker for free shipping too! :D

Well, Bella enjoyed having Taffy IMMENSELY too! I can imagine it might not be as fun (for me at least) to buy for a boy...that's probably one of the reasons I have a girl!! :rolleyes:

Oh, my!! In the mail today came another teaser post card. Probably didn't make it until after the box because it came from...HONOLULU!!!! Lol!! Now that would have really thrown me off! Too bad sunshine and salt water didn't come with it! ;) Taffy, you really outdid yourself!! :p

Kisses,
Aunt Tara!

Guess it's pretty obvious we had MAJOR help with that one!

LOL