ok, here's the skinny:
I've set up a Secret Santa group on secretsanta.com. If you want to be included, send an e-mail to me at:
FOTSecretSanta at gmail dot com
In your e-mail to me you should include your name and address. Also, if there is someone that you don't want to be paired with, let me know (i.e. Sarah wants to send food but knows that Jason won't eat food from strangers) When I receive your e-mail, I will send you an e-vite to the SS group. You must register and accept the invitation (RSVP) to participate in this particular gift exchange. On the SS group, you will be able to put suggestions of things that you like into your want-list or you can roll the dice and leave it completely up to the gifter.
Registering for the SS.com group closes Midnight of Monday, Nov 19th. That Tuesday, I will let the software match up the participants and it will dispatch e-mails to all of you letting you know who you are buying for. This should give us all ample reason to go out on Black Friday in search of the perfect gift.
Here is the only thing that I am not sure of: I may not be able to see the pairings after they are generated randomly by the webpage. If I cannot, I will broadcast an e-mail to the group requesting that you e-mail me who you were assigned so that I can get their shipping information to you.
This was a lot of fun last year and I think that it will be again this year. I feel like we have a good enough group of people here that monetary limits are not necessary, just please everyone genuinely try to give a good, meaningful gift. If you want to make something, give something or buy something, just make sure it's special.
