My Embarrassingly Long List of Items I’d Like from the States (updated 1/17/12)

I am no longer living in Honduras so this list is irrelevant now...


Hello!  I've finally had the time to sit down and put together a list of items that I miss and items that would help me over these next 2 years.  That said, I'm in no hurry to receive these things.  I will very gladly take secondhand items.  Also, some things I can probably make myself here, I just have to be a bit creative ;). 


I realize the list is extremely long and certainly don't expect to receive 99.9% of it.  I would be grateful to receive even just a handwritten letter :).  So much more personal and special than e-mail!  Also, please let me know what you plan on shipping so that I can cross if off the list.  I've included links for some items for easier recognition.

Instructions for mailing:

• Remove all price tags, stickers, or any other sign that the item might be new.
  
• Do not write exactly what the box contains (especially if it is expensive).  You can write boring stuff like books or clothes.
  
• Write: "JESUS TE BENDIGA", "JESUS TE AMA" and/or draw crosses on the packages (don't go too crazy though).  People will be less likely to open the package and steal.
  
• Try to use envelopes or padded packages instead of boxes whenever possible.  Boxes are more likely to be broken into.
  
• Try to share shipping costs with other people if you want to combine items.
  
• Use REGULAR mail, not a shipping company like UPS or FedEx.  The companies do deliver here, but they charge a high fee to pick up the package.
  
• Please number the letters/packages you send to make sure that I am receiving everything and nothing has been missed, since it takes 3-4 weeks to arrive here.
  
• Click HERE for USPS Website for mailing guidelines and prices for Honduras.

Mailing Address:
Nancy Hagan
La Municipalidad de El Negrito
El Negrito, Yoro
Honduras, CA
Teléfono: 9880-8900


Requesting:
Personal Care Products (these are all things I use and have/will run out):

• Bed Head's After Party hair styling cream
  
• Mitchum Power Gel deodorant x 4 – Flower Fresh scent ONLY! (Can be found in CVS)
• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel (not lotion) with pump – 4.2 fl oz size
  
• Superfloss
  
• Estée Lauder Perfectly Clean Splash Away Foaming Cleanser for Normal/Combination Skin
  
• Shaving Razors
  
• Anything from Sephora :)

Food Items:

• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (enormous bag please, they can be the cheap brand from Albertson's!)
  
• Tea – Any tea, looseleaf or teabags.  Favorites are Earl/Lady Grey and English Breakfast, and probably anything from Teavana.
  
• Vitamins – Iron, Vitamin C, Multivitamin, Calcium, B (to be less delicious to mosquitoes)
  
• Spices – Ground Ginger, Nutmeg, Ground Turmeric, Crushed Red Pepper Flakes, Sesame Seeds, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Ground Coriander, Ground Cardamom, Ground Marjoram, Indian food spices (including Garam Masala), Asian spices
  
• Sriracha Hot Sauce!!!  The bottle with the green cap.
  
• Health food – Raisins, Granola, Walnuts, Almonds, Flax Seeds, Anything Kashi brand, Trader Joe's, or Whole Foods
  
• Cereal – Grape Nuts, Kashi Go Lean Original, Multi-Grain Cheerios, All-Bran, Honey Bunches of Oats, Smart Start
  
• Pure Vanilla Extract, Mint Extract
  
• Chocolate – namely, M&Ms, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (mini size is better), Kit-Kats, and Butterfinger Crunch.  Nothing else please, I don't really eat other candy, or everything else I can get here.
  
• Gum – "5" brand – Elixir and Cobalt flavors only
  
• Peanut Butter!  Crunchy or Creamy, doesn't matter.  Please no Nutella.  No me gusta.
• Kettle Brand Sea Salt & Vinegar Chips (Blue bag)

 Books/CDs:

• Catch-22, Life of Pi
  
• English Dictionary (not translation)
  
• Educational books about any subject – I love to learn!
  
• Baking/Cooking/Arts & Crafts
  
• Any secondhand children's Spanish books or English books so I can start adding to the library here
  
• Magazines (used are fine!) – travel, home, cooking/baking, women, wedding (no I'm not planning a wedding - although according to all the Hondurans here I'll be married to a Honduran with 2 kids by the time I leave -_- but the pictures are prettttty), fitness
  
• Psychological thrillers, fantasy, willing to try other romance novels even though the one book I read sorely disappointed me (so please, no Danielle Steel).  Some of my favorite books are Harry Potter, Xanth novels, Angels & Demons, The Andromeda Strain, and The Kite Runner just so you have an idea.
  
• CDs/DVDs packed full of movies and TV shows (please ask me since I have a specific list), photos, etc
  
• Educational CD-ROMs about learning Arabic, Burmese, or Mandarin (starting with the basics)

Household Items:

• Thin 3-Hole punch (there are super flat ones that only punch a couple papers at a time but that is good enough)
  
• Swim Goggles (they may be at home in a box – family please let me know if you can find them)
  
• Small erasable whiteboard with dry-erase marker that has magnets to be stuck to the fridge
• Compressed air can to clean my computer (can that even be shipped?)

Fun Stuff:

• Tea lights - I really love the red-colored tea lights from Target, scented like something tropical I think.
  
• Incense (not the ones used in temples) and incense holder (don't want the ashes falling on the table)
  
• Wall Calendars for 2011 and 2012 (of beautiful nature/travel/home scenes - can be found at 99 cent store) – must have some space for me to write events in the date boxes
  
• Items from the 99 cent store that can be used as gifts, arts & crafts, or useful items in general for the house
  
• Exercise elastic stretch band

Expensive Items:

• A new camera.