Lol, that doesn't count. (Although I do like to select the wrapping paper in the Gift Center.) Definitely not the same. I'm so horrible. I always want to make my wrapping paper or find something really cute to print out. And of course I can't just stick one of those sticky bows on top. I have a whole pinterest board dedicated and every time I wrap a gift I go there first for inspiration.

- I'm guessing we share an opinion on gift bags. :-P

Haha. For the most part, yes. I usually buy plain brown paper ones and make them pretty if I need to use a gift bag.

Evening everybody, how are yall doing?

Hi! I'm doing well. I'm at my country school right now. Classes are finished and I'm working on some more parcels and cards to send out for the holidays. How are you doing?

Good idea! I think I'll keep this up even when the incentive is gone. I've gotten 3 or 4 forum points so far, which are worth a lot, and that's exciting! Forgot about the achievement, but that's good incentive too!

Oh cool, i got about half my cards outs but i ran out of stamps and i havent gotten anymore yet. What time is it over there for you?

I will say ive gotten a bunch of extra forum points from this event

Korea is 14 hours ahead of New York time, which I think is the same for you, EST? It's almost 9 p.m. here currently, and it was 2 p.m. when we were messaging earlier today.

Yes, I'm loving the forum points!

Did you ever play Neopets, ?

- Gift bags are the best thing EVER. I hate wrapping. Loathe it. Would rather do just about anything else, so gift bags are WIN.

- I'm good. Working and wishing I were at home. Forum points are awesome.

- I sent out some real cards, but I'm doing more e-cards this year. My tech friends prefer them anyway.

- I'm glad you like your gift bags. :) They do come in handy when something is a really weird shape...

- HIYA! :-D

Has anyone gotten any of the birds from the old ornament boxes? I've gotten some of the new lanterns, but not a single bird.

I got two. I've been setting a timer and collecting boxes every 10 minutes.

ETA: Got three more today so far...

I've gotten some birds but I'm not sure if they're new. They're not worth much... I've gotten a few of the new lanterns that I've wanted, though!

They're not new? Huh. I have still only gotten one, but I have gotten several of the lanterns. Those are prettier anyway. I'm thinking about redoing my tree with them this weekend if I have time. I love decorating the tree and dressing up my HA.

And OMG at the pawn shop sale. What's left of my CSC will be gone. LOL

There are some older birds but not in the same style.

Personally, I'm in love with the new birds. I want a tree of the new birds only!

I'm a little sad that I missed some things in the cw pawn shop that I had my eyes on. I suppose it's okay though since I'd have to pawn some cws to get more csc.

I am resisting that pawn shop sale hardcore. I need to actually SAVE my csc, not blow it all on a wig that I'll probably never wear.

And Saya doesn't really need random cw water in a glass. Really.

Haha, yes i thought you knew!!

I started playing when i was 11 because all of my lame pets names were like madd_11 etc, i think i stopped caring about that site my first year of college, all my friends i had made either stopped playing or came here, and here is less strict and its so much easier to make money

I cant even get into any of my accounts on there anymore, i dont remember my pw and when i make it send an email i never get one

Heck yeah, i think i had 1 and now im backup to 20something :)

Hey , how are you?

- I'm pretty good! The BF is visiting me for a long weekend & I missed Melody twice, though. been on this site 6+ years and still no achievement... :-P

If I did, I forgot! Haha. That's cool though! I think most likely anyone playing Subeta played Neopets at some point. It was the initiation ritual into petsites for most of us. :D

I just bought CSC but I want it to last. I may look through the pawn shop, but I haven't used most of the CWs I have bought... It's nice to have CSC again. I felt naked when it was almost gone!

Sorry you missed Melody. :( I got it for the first time last year only because they had server trouble and allowed you to miss a day. So I got the achievement and the potion last year!

So far this year, I've gone every day, which is so unusual, and we're allowed to miss a day. Here's hoping I get everything this year! I think it's the bathhouse pools that are keeping me on track -- I'm really trying to do that every day, and I'm enjoying the gifting threads in the Luminaire forum. Strange to say, but I don't think I've ever done those before. They're awesome!

Hope next year you can find a routine that will work better for you. <3

How are everybody's Quest-A-Thon quests going? Personally I've gotten some old expensive foods that Pinna hadn't eaten yet, so I'm pretty pleased with that...

Also I had been mentally preparing myself to do All The Quests in early January (for the New Years Tokens) and so this Quest-A-Thon is probably going to burn me out. :-P

I did all my quests today (cept Sarah). I thought about buying a GA, but I don't have the gumption to do 15 quests right now lol. I might still do it later in the week.

Alexander gave me a bunch of books that Kuzaku had already read, but someone gave me an ocean-related item that Saya didn't have and I got a bandana-thing from Carl that I decided I liked.

I'm always terrified of missing Melody, luckily I'm pretty good about remembering (and obsessively checking to make sure I did it). Do you have the Melody widget on your sidebar? It's been a godsend this year for me.