Something to think about...

Something to think about...
last month I ordered from USPS online site, the flat rate boxes for the military and the customs forms. I ordered them over 15 (working days) before we needed to send the cookies. On the site it says it takes 7-10 business days and I did not receive my order until the week after we sent out the cookies. So I had to go to the post office and pick up the boxes anyway, but at least I do have them for the coming rounds. Anyway, I just wanted to share that information.

A good thing to add about the post office...
is that the lady that was working the day I sent them was very nice and helpful because my mom put together a box of goodies for a man whose family belongs to our church that was getting ready to deploy. She put everything in a regular box and not a flat rate box and it would have cost me almost DOUBLE to mail it in the small box my mom packed then to put it in their small flat rate box. So keep that in mind that it is probably best to use their boxes since the goodies we are mailing are heavy!

One last idea...
I created a sticker from the picture that is on the Operation Baking Gals site... and put it on the outside of the box. I thought that was a good idea and something that I would pass long!

That's all for now.

Thanks for looking!