Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!

I was doing so so good at keeping my cupboard and tea spending under control. Then over the past few days I got my black Friday 52 teas order, my 52 teas 12 days of Christmas, and my 3 months worth of handmade tea. Whoah. And I am still waiting for my black Friday Andrews and Dunham and Teavivre orders (cupboard staples). Oh well. If I start over now I will be ready for next years black Friday.

I got my mini Teavivre Black Friday order today! Black dragon pearls and peach jasmine pearls :D

I got my BF teavivre package today!!!
-oriental beauty
-black dragon pearls
-golden tip
-chrysanthemum puerh mini tuocha
And
-superfine jasmine pearls? I though I ordered the peach pearls hmmm… I’ll have to double check

I also got my verdant blends box:):):) I had to order because of the Yabao snicker doodle!!!!

And last but not least a package from red leaf!
-Bavarian cream matcha
-cookies and cream matcha
And samples of egg nog and caramel:):)

I’m really glad I had my mail held this weekend since I was a day late getting home. Instead of enjoying a hockey game and birthday celebration in STL I got to spend my weekend at the ER with my husband. On the bright side, at least I was staying with my parents and they could watch the baby for me. The ER with a 2 year old would likely have driven me crazy.

I came home to a lot of mail today, although several of my orders are missing items so I have a lot of emailing to do tomorrow.

My Verdant orders came in, all neatly packaged in one box. (Thank you Lily!)

As well as orders from TeaVivre, DAVIDsTEA, Tiesta Tea, Della Terra and the Persimmon Tree Tea Co.

Friday I had orders from Fusion Tea and Art of Tea come in.

I’m pretty sure everything I ordered is here, except for my father’s Christmas present. It’s a shame it isn’t all for me, but I think my friends and family will love what I got them this year.

Oh! I am remembering to participate! I got my Teavivre black friday order. Wow, that was INCREDIBLY fast.

I got the puerh tasting kit, the black tea tasting kit, 100g of the premium keemun, and a few extra samples. So excited to try them all and share them with people this winter.

Amoda Butiki Box! I only subscribed for this month to get the Butiki teas, but I’m so charmed by the presentation that I’m going to keep my subscription for a while and see what they send next month. Also, I am oddly amused by the fact that my tea was blended in NJ, shipped to Canada, packaged nicely, and sent right back to NY.

Aaand my Verdant order, with an added sample of Qilan Wuyi Oolong. Yay!

And I found a slip from USPS claiming that they tried to deliver my Secret Turkey package on Saturday, which is ridiculous because I was home all frackin day. So at least I know where it is now and was able to schedule redelivery.

And some pretty jewelry that I picked up at 75% off on BF.

I’m starting to seriously doubt my judgment as these teas start stacking up…

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Sampler from Janelle~everything I could ever want ♡
Thank you so much!

My mini order from Teavana came in. I couldn’t resist 50% off with a free tin, free sample, and free shipping. I think that order actually ended up costing them money, because all I paid was $4.99.

Of course, once the Spiced Mandarin Orange Oolong came in I realize I had somehow overlooked the “apple bits” on the ingredients list. Well, instead of enjoying it today, the package is going into the Christmas gift pile. It will probably replace the Adagio I was going to give someone. I am so glad that I had extras of those, so I could try them first and discover how bad they were before I gave them to someone.

I still get to organize something with the tin and enjoy the (apple free!) Maharaja Chai/Samurai Chai sample.

And that’s less shopping to do for someone.

Win.

I’m feeling pouty as so many people have gotten their Verdant orders and my order was last seen on the opposite coast as me. It went away from me for a few days and I actually have no idea if it’s really coming my direction yet.

I know I’ll love it when I get it but I’m not good at being patient. Then of course after that hopefully my butiki order will ship. Has anyone gotten notice that theirs has shipped yet? I know they said up to 5 business days before anything would get shipped so I’m not as anxious about that yet.

OK enough of my pout. I have plenty of tea to enjoy right now and I’m going to focus on the present.

OK I lied earlier – I commented on my Teavivre order not being here. It’s here and so is my Della Terra order!!! Good mail day today.

Orders are fun to get, but nothing is better than getting surprise packages from wonderful people here on Steepster. I got a really nice surprise package from VariaTEA today. Thank you so much!!! I am always/still just awed by the generosity of everyone here. :))