Things Olivia received in Georgia:
- Dorito Chip
- Olivia found the chip in pretty good shape, considering it's even difficult to get these to the lunch table intact!
- Lip Balm
- These met my sister exactly the same way as I shipped them. Apparently, mailed items don't go through very big temperature fluctuations.
Return to Sender
- Easter Bunny
- This sweet rabbit had to wait in Olivia's room for her to get back to Memphis.
- I like to think this little treat couldn't get to her because postal workers didn't want it to get dirty on its trip, but really, it could also be that I didn't actually ask anyone at the post office how to send it.
Learn Something Every Day
- In another, less adventurous, encounter with the Postal Service, a friend and I found out that the USPS has a heart.
- I sent goodie filled Easter eggs to a few friends this year after reading about the idea all over Pintrest.
- Even though one of the eggs arrived looking like this:
- A kind postal worker let the recipient know this was truly an accident by bagging the egg in this:
Who knew?
How sweet of them!
Did you know?!: http://boingboing.net/2011/04/11/mail-a-coconut-from.html
ReplyDeleteI also found this: http://visual.ly/can-you-really-mail-coconut-and-6-more-strange-mail-questions
I wish were on vacation in Hawaii so could test out that idea! The other strange mail ideas are also pretty interesting!
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