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Nerd Christmas Came Early This Year!

When I was applying at ThinkGeek, and especially when I got called in for an interview, I did my research. I checked out the company history, looked at their competition in the market, and while familiarizing myself with their inventory found out they were having a big online sale! Being the good little nerd that I am, and being married to the awesome nerd that I am, we naturally ended up picking a couple things out and deciding that we were getting each other our Christmas presents early. We ordered everything Sunday night. My husband had to go out of town for business Tuesday so I was home getting overexcited about the delivery. I even stayed home all day Thursday because I didn't want to miss the delivery. Then, I realized everything was scheduled to be delivered Friday. OOPS! So, I stayed home all day Friday, too, because I was far too dang excited to possibly miss the delivery and have to go to the office on Saturday to pick it up. Let it be know that when UPS says something will be delivered "by end of day" you may have a nail-biter on your hands. Just before six PM I heard a big truck in the parking lot and, like a little kid waiting for Santa, I took a peak to see his sleigh.... I mean the UPS truck! Several seconds later there was a knock on my door and when I opened it up there it was! A beautiful brown box with my name on it from ThinkGeek! It was all I could do to wait until husband got home to open it. It was worth the wait!
That's a Wesley Crusher Ensign hoody, Flux Capacitor Key Chain, Lego Christmas Wreath (sorry- Build on Brick Christmas Wreath), and a Planets Glass Set. The Wreath is super cute. It's just under a foot across and you can use other Legos (*ahem* Build on Bricks) to make little ornaments for it. You have to put it together yourself, which was very intuitive. Some of the bricks don't fit together as firmly as you would like, but I'm willing to donate a little glue to the project to make sure it stays together. The bricks that hold the green wreath pieces in place also double as keyhole style hangers so it'll be easy to hang up on the wall when it's time to decorate.
The Glasses are AMAZING and look great on top of our shelves. And, oh yes, they kept Pluto.
And, we ended up with bonus nerd swag! Somehow we got a toddler Star Wars shirt. We have no toddler, but we do have a medium size dog who is okay with me dressing him up sometimes. (He's a rescue and I think it old owners used to dress him up. He sits patiently while I put his shirts on and wags his tail as he runs around in them.) For the record 4T is a little big on him, I bet he could rock a 3T easily.
It says V is for Vader. This was our first time ordering from ThinkGeek and everything came in perfect condition. The box or planet glasses was dented to the point of having a hole in it, but the glasses were packaged very well and none were scratched or cracked. Everything was delivered exactly when they were estimated to arrive. All in all a good experience. Plus it was all on sale and we ended up with free shipping!

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