LovelyLici

Born, raised, and still living in The Bahamas. I plan to move in 2-3 years. Canada is my top choice, and the UK is in second place.

I went to university in Nova Scotia and loved it. I studied economics. I enjoy learning and would stay in school forever if it was feasible.

I spend a lot of time reading and writing. I write short stories, flash fiction, and I'm currently working on my first (to-be-published) novel. I'm in love with words.

I'm a bucket full of quirks. My sense of humour is ridiculous. I like it dry, dark, sarcastic, real, and highly hilarious. I don't like cheesy funny, and I'm not into standup comedy. Louis CK and Bill Burr are the exceptions. I like pretty much everything on WaldoPancake (UK friends, send me things from there for hearts!) and KnockKnockStuff.com.

Multipotentialite. Interested in lots of things. My work history is quite eclectic. Operations manager (ticketing company), yearbook editor (university), career assistant (university career development centre), youth worker, accounts manager (freight-forwarding company), administrator (non-profit). Add that to a truckload of volunteering, and you have my crazy resume.

Apple green is my favourite colour. I buy almost anything I see that's apple green. Love it! My bags, glasses, Pandora bracelet charms, cellphone case, water bottle... All apple green. :D

I love black tea (flavoured and unflavoured). I LOVE things with owls, elephants, and turtles. Other than those, I'm not fond of animals.

SWAP SPECIFICS:

The packages that make me happiest have a mix of things I like, and are not just 5 bags of tea if it's a 5-item profile-based swap. I like variety. :)

I use a family post office box which is checked every Thursday. I usually collect my mail from the pile by Friday, but sometimes it doesn't happen until family dinner on Sundays.

I rate as soon as I receive packages, right in the middle of all the excitement. :)

If you are sending anything larger than a letter envelope, please include a little typed invoice outlining what you have sent with $1 or less as the value for each thing. Customs duties here are brutal! Doing that will help me as I will have to pay less to receive the awesomeness you have sent.

I absolutely love private swaps. Contact me if you'd like to set one up!

SENDS & RATINGS

I ALWAYS send! Snail mail from The Bahamas is not the speediest. Please be patient! If you have not received your package from me in 2 weeks (5 weeks for UK, 6 weeks for Australia), please let me know. I want you to receive your package and love it. :)

If you do not receive an electronic swap by the deadline, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I have found that, unfortunately, people just wait to rate a one; if I don't contact to ask about the rating, they don't contact me to say they did not receive. There is no way for me to know you didn't receive something if you don't tell me. Please communicate!

UPDATE:

I have been having major issues with the local post office. They have been losing packages (incoming and outgoing), sending them late (maybe after they find them?), and taking a long time to get notices to me about packages I need to collect. I can't tell you how many times I received packages months later stamped MISSENT TO BERMUDA or MISSENT TO BARBADOS which is ridiculous. If I owe you a package that you have not yet received, it may be on the way, but it may also be lost. If it has been 4+ weeks, PLEASE send me a message. I will resend as soon as I possibly can. I apologize for this ridiculous inconvenience and will do my best to make up for it.

Gotye, Lisa Mitchell, Julia & Angus Stone, Scala & the Kolacny Brothers, Bedouin Soundclash, TaDa, The Illest, No Doubt, Austra, Sarah Blasko, Justin Nozuka, Ben Howard, Agnes Obel, The Xx, Fleet Foxes

I absolutely love finding new artists/bands, and I tend to like indie artists far better than mainstream ones getting all the airplay.

The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold); Lullabies for Little Criminals (Heather O'Neill); A Piece of Cake (Cupcake Brown); Shoot Me (Lesley Crewe); The House at Riverton (Kate Morton); The Book of Negroes (also know as Someone Knows My Name, Lawrence Hill); The Night Circus (Erin Morgernstern); To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)

Recently read: The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Currently Reading: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Modern Family; Downton Abbey; The New Normal; Switched at Birth; Criminal Minds; Homeland; Scandal; Person of Interest; Master Chef; Revenge; Rev; Little Mosque; Orange is the New Black; Newsroom; Californication; Orphan Black; Call the Midwife

THEMES:

• Owls
• Turtles
• Elephants
• Apple green
• Celtic
• Literary
• Bright colours
• Stripes / Polkadots / Argyle
• Willow Trees
• Tree of Life
• Vintage
• UK style
• Alice in Wonderland
• The Little Mermaid
• Celestial sun and moon

THINGS:

• Bookmarks (especially magnetic and bracelet style)
• Stationery
• Milk chocolate (No fillings; with nuts is okay)
• Fine point pens, black ink
• Cool socks
• Coins from other places (Not the USA)
• Bouncy balls (Like the colourful ones in the 50 cent machines in grocery stores)
• Notebooks/Journals
• Black tea (Flavoured and unflavoured)
• Ampersands
• Bakeware
• Almonds
• Colouring books
• Crayola crayons
• Gel pens
• Nutella
• Antique keys
• Leaf things (charms, art, rubber stamps, etc.)
• Long letters
• Postcards showing cool parts of a city/island/country (landmarks, major tourist attractions, statues, museums, interesting architecture, etc.)

EXPERIENCES:

• Long term pen palling
• Learning about other countries
• Travelling
• Finding new music/books
• Finding new blogs and websites
• Cooking and baking
• Extreme/Thrilling Adventures (like skydiving)

• Pastel colours
• Used items
• Pencils
• Hair things (my hair is only 1 inch at longest. Haha)
• Sewing items
• Chocolate with fillings (Nuts are okay.)
• Floral prints
• Coffee
• Cartoons/Cartoon Characters
• Animal themed items (aside from owls/turtles/elephants), but I can get down with funky coloured prints, like hot pink zebra
• Girly items (overly pink things, too many hearts, glitter)
• Scented items
• Craft supplies (Sadly, I'm terrible at crafts.)
• STASH tea
• Fruity tea
• Green tea

• Cool, textured paper a bit stiffer than copy paper (I can print my letterhead on it)
• Envelopes in bright colours
• Small envelopes for tiny goodies (to fit into regular envelopes)
• Apple green earbuds
• Decorative tape (for envelopes/packages)
• Magnetic bookmarks
• Bracelet bookmarks
• Apple green mug
• Kraft fold-up envelopes
• Notebooks
• Magnets w/ quotes
• Magnets from different places
• Runner's caps (black, lime green, hot pink, or any bright colour)
• Shoelaces in bright colours/fun patterns
• Cool socks
• Shot glasses from around the world
• Novelty items with owls/elephants/turtles
• CDs with great indie music
• Stationery (especially in themes I like)
• Elephant fabric
• Willow Angels
• Things with the letter "A"
• Things with ampersands (&)
• Supplies for Zentangling
• Zentangle pattern books
• Journals (especially in themes I like)
• Magnetic poetry
• Celtic knot earrings

• Souvenir shot glasses
• Cool socks (US 10)
• Lime green trinkets
• Notebooks/Journals
• Black Teas (Note: If you're only sending one thing, I'd rather it not be a teabag. Feel free to add a teabag to a package, but please don't send it as THE item.)
• CDs w/ great indie music
• Bookmarks
• Funny/Nerdy badges/pins
• Notebooks/Journals of any kind
• Peacock things (for my partner)
• Things w/ elephants/owls/turtles
• Things w/ the letter "A"
• Foreign currency
• Old currency (for my partner)
• Writerly items
• Cool Chopsticks
• Indie music suggestions
• Lip balm (especially Carmex!)
• Alice in Wonderland items
• Things with the sun and moon together (where they blend together to make a face)
• Funny notepads (Like those available on knockknockstuff.com and waldopancake.com)
• Mixed CDs
• Packages with a variety of goodies

Please include a letter in packages you send to me. I love reading all about people and where they live. :)

I'm really not hard to please, especially when it's obvious that you read my profile and did your best to make me smile.

I know some people are all about the hearts, so if you want to be sure you'll get one, here are some items that guarantee it:

• Willow Angels
• Marabou Mandelsplit/Hazelnut chocolate
• Magnetic or bracelet bookmark
• Cool Socks
• Owl Timer
• Shot glass from your city/state/island
• Anything peacock (for my partner)
• Owl Magnetic Page Markers
• Owl/Elephant/Turtle/Tree of Life/Willow tree rubber stamps
• Owl/Elephant/Turtle stickers
• Lime green notebook/journal
• Willow Tree or Tree of Life themed item
• Raspberry Earl Black Tea from Zhena Gypsy
• Pilot P-500 pens, black
• New books, fiction (Especially by Kate Morton, Lesley Crew, or a classic)
• Zentangle pattern books
• Zentangle supplies
• Return address labels (considering my likes)
• Alphabet stamp set
• Kinder Surprises
• Vintage-looking brown paper fold-up envelopes and/or note paper
• Curl Junkie hair products
• Lime green stationery set
• Colourful, short, strapless summery dresses (Small)
• Havaianas flip-flops in fun colours (US 10)
• Funny/Nerdy Writer gear (totebags, stickers, magnets, notebooks, etc.)
• Sponsor my Camp NaNo novel - All funds go directly to The Office of Letters and Light, the organizer of National Novel Writing Month and all affiliated events

THINGS I CAN'T FIND/AFFORD LOCALLY:

• Paul Mitchell Sculpting Lotion
• Paul Mitchel Foaming Pomade
• Curl Junkie moisturizers/leave-ins (any one)
• Aveeno lotion
• Dark/Dry/Sarcastically funny things
• Kinder surprises
• Washi/Deco tape
• Rubber stamps
• Pretty Bubble Mailers
• Ink pads (other than black)
• Cool/Funny/Nerdy stickers, magnets, and notepads
• Pretty writing paper
• Dove go fresh cool essentials deodorant, cucumber and green tea scent
• Buckley's White Rub
• Buckley's Cough Mixture

Zentangling

I finally decided to look into the whole zentangle thing that everyone loves. Now THAT is art I can handle. I have focus and can follow instructions, so maybe I'd be good at it? Haha.

If you're into zentangling and have any tips (the best supplies, where to find low prices, best pattern books, etc.), please let me know! And if you have any extras you'd like to pass on, I'd dance dance dance!

PRIVATE SWAPS

Yes, please! I'd love to do private swaps for:

• Tea
• Letters
• A few weeks of letters w/ little trinkets
• Profile surprises
• Country/Island/State exchanges (souvenirs, traditional recipes, coins, info about your country/island/state)
• Postcards