Gift Giving Guy

One year ago today, I started blogging on Gift Giving Guy. To celebrate my first blogoversary, I’m treating myself to gifts from the SomethingStore.com. And I have no idea what they will be.

The SomethingStore launched in October 2007 with this creative idea: you give them $10 and the store will send you something. The something gift could be almost anything, regardless of age, gender or interests. What might something be? The site keeps a Something Tracker, so you can see what the store has shipped out. Recent items from their eclectic inventory include a Targus Tripod, women’s blue jeans, a soccer ball and a red coral jewelry set. You can get up to five somethings in one order, and each item will be different. And they keep a Something Not list of what they won’t send out: nothing illegal, nothing highly questionable. The $10 cost per something, collected via Google Checkout or PayPal, includes shipping. All sales are final; no exchanges or returns, short of a damaged product.

The Something Store began as a way to send yourself mystery gifts, but the site has expanded to allow you to send a something gift to someone else. Not everyone will appreciate a something gift, so please exercise caution. You do want your gifts to be thoughtful. But a something gift might work as a surprise “just because” gift; the conversations this novelty will spark can be a present in itself.

I just ordered two somethings for $20. When I receive my mystery blogoversary gifts, I’ll post the details.

Update: Something I Won’t Try Again