Mailed December 5, 2011 to base near Kandahar....
Box #1 12X12:
Hot Chocolate Mix ... 50 Dark Chocolate and 50 Rish Chocolate. Total 100 individual packages
Flavored CoffeeMate ... 50 each Irish Creme, Hazelnut and French Vanilla. Total 150 individual packs.
Box #2 12X12:
Hot Chocolate Mix .... 50 individual packages Dark chocolate
Flavored Coffee Mate .... 50 individual Creamy Chocolate packs.
7 Toothbrushes
1 4oz can French Vanilla Maxwell House coffee mix.
72 Candy Canes.
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I have 48 more candy canes but need something else in box. Do we need more hot chocolate mix? If so, I can pick up more Wednesday which would put it in Thursday’s mail.
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With the box I mailed today and the one you just mailed we now have totals of 700 cocoa mix envelops and 713 candy canes on their way to the base near Kandahar.
You have 48 candy canes left, that’s 61 more candy canes than cocoa. If I had my preference I’d say get 6 boxes of cocoa mix to go with the candy canes so they are even and can be passed out together by the chaplain. However, 700 is 100 more than I promised them, so if you want to keep the candy canes and forgo sending more boxes, I say give yourself a break! You did great!
I don’t know what you’re paying but my local supermarket was charging almost $4.00 a box for those rich and dark chocolate brands of cocoa mix. I opted for the store brand at $2.00 a box so I could send them to FOB Joyce and even out the cocoa and candy canes sent there, a total of 100 each to our adopted unit there.
I wiped out WalMart. That was great at $1.29 a box while it lasted.
So, my vote is “put your feet up and pat yourself on the back!”
I have one box left to send out to FOB Joyce, and then I’m going to do the same.
JustAmy (see post 637) also mailed out a final box to Kandahar today, with more cocoa and candy canes.
That brings our total candy canes send to Kandahar to 713 and total cocoa mix envelops to 700. FANTASTIC!!
In order to fill the space left in my box I added the movies I was going to send early January for the Superbowl. If anyone is interested in sending some knoshes or nachos for the soldiers in January, please let me know.
Mailed December 5, 2011, to base near Kandahar, 1 box 12x12
Box 10, value $44.11, postage $12.95
3 boxes 10 Swiss Miss cocoa
2 boxes 22 Peppermint candy canes
4 DVD movies:
Hoosiers (Gene Hackman)
Trouble Along the Way (John Wayne, Donna Reed)
Groundhog Day (Bill Murray, Andie McDowell)
The Longest Yard (Burt Reynolds)
7 packs 12 Orbit berry red sugarless gum
1 calendar 2012 Landscapes
2 perfume sheets
sheet angel stickers
2 angel card