{"id":752,"date":"2006-06-25T22:59:37","date_gmt":"2006-06-25T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=752"},"modified":"2006-06-25T22:59:37","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T22:59:37","slug":"rockin-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"rockin’ swap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gimme Your Stuff<\/a>, an international swap\/exchange deal, sounded like a great idea that sounded even greater once I found Anjali<\/a>‘s cute and crafty blog. Based in Japan, Anjali offered up for swap all manner of things that make my heart go pitter patter. Luckily, she did not catch on that I was a little too freakishly excited about swapping with her and thus agreed to a swap of fabrics, lip balms, and matcha treats.
\nIn just over a week the mailman climbed up our stairs carrying a big blue padded envelope. He’s lucky I didn’t knock him down.
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\"gys<\/a>\"gys<\/a><\/center>Matcha sweets, including some delicious matcha yokan, little felt patches spelling out my name, an issue of Cotton Time magazine, and some killer fabrics.
\nBut wait, there’s more! My mother has a lip balm she got in Japan that has put me in a bit of an obsessive state. It’s called Sakura Pink, and though the balm itself is white, it goes on pink. I swear. Magic. I requested this balm from Anjali, and she came through.
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\"gys<\/a>\"gys<\/a><\/center>I think I need one in every color now! I tried to take before and after shots of my lips to show you, but they came out completely goofy, so you’re just going to have to take my word that it really does dispense a light pink hue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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