I should’ve posted this Wednesday, but I didn’t have it done. I also wasn’t in a good mood, which would’ve been reflected in my writing. Now you get a bonus Thursday post, though. Yaaaay.
I love getting fun stuff in the mail so when Erin mentioned this swap hosted by Becky & Kristin I signed up immediately. The swap was open to folks inside and outside the US and I was luck enough to be pair with one of those adventurous participants! On October 9th I was paired with Elizabeth from Cheers, Elizabeth and I went right to work on collecting some goodies for her!
Elizabeth is originally from Virginia but she currently lives on a US base in Okinawa, Japan with her husband (& dog!). Funny enough, my mom is the daughter of an Air Force Colonel and she lived there years ago! Crazy! Elizabeth is super involved and she sent me so many Japanese snacks and goodies!
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I loved swapping with Elizabeth! I received the most unique items! If you read the little note she included you’ll see that the cute little pumpkin decoration was made by a military child as a fundraising project. I’m super curious about the Japanese coffee flavors and candies- I haven’t tried anything yet!
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I’m so glad I had the opportunity to “meet” a new blogger and participate in this fun seasonal swap! Thank you so much for hosting, Becky & Kristin!!
The pumpkin is so cute! What an amazing package.
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I love that it was handmade!! ❤︎❤︎
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Uhm. Does those kit kats have cherries or cranberries (or another red fruit) in them? I need them. SO fun to swap internationally! And, how crazy that your mom lived there too.
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My parents and I tried them tonight- there are dried cranberries on the Kitkats. They were weird… but pretty good! Ha!
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What a fun swap! You got lots of great things in yours. It’s pretty crazy that your mom lived there too!
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I know! When I found out where she was I was like, ‘WHAAAT??’ Pretty cool 🙂
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I’d want to keep that packaging just because its so cool.
I want to hear how those starbucks things are!
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My sorority little spent a lot of time in Japan and she brought me some pretty cool things a few weeks ago, too! I need to try the Starbucks packets this week!
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That is so fun!! I have heard about Japan’s crazy kit kat flavors and I want to try them.
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I fat fingered my URL by accident, woops lol.
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I didn’t know that was a thing! I was like, “Cranberries??”
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Oh what a fun swap! I don’t blame you at all for your post yesterday. 😦 Xo – Alexandra
Simply Alexandra: My Favorite Things
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If I’d finished this in time I probably would’ve left it scheduled for Wed… but I just couldn’t bring myself to write it Wed. morning
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What a fun swap and it looks like you got some great things!!! I want a kit kat now….
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I knew it was coming from Japan but I was still so shocked by all the indigenous goodies!
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This is just the BEST idea!
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I was so excited when I saw the package sitting on my front porch!
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What a fun package to receive from Japan!
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We tried a bunch of the goodies tonight- delicious!
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Thanks for joining in!
International swaps are fun 🙂
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Thank you so much for hosting! It was fun!!
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This box is great! So many curious treats to try. I haven’t seen that Starbucks Via mix set where I live.
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I’ve never seen it either- at least not those flavors! I can’t wait to try them this week!
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What a cool idea for a swap! Pumpkin themed is one of the more interesting themed ones I’ve seen!
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My partner definitely took the pumpkin thing and ran with it! It was a fun things to receive!
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