1. What is your age range? (grumble) 40, OK???? I'm freakin' 40! (tough birthday year)

2. Gender? Still female

3. Do you have a favorite color? Purple, Emerald Green, Saphire Blue-gem tones.

4. Favorite authors/type of book? Stephen King, Robert B Parker, James Patterson. I love local "haunted" or "oddity" type books, too.

5. What books have you really been wanting? Please...no more books. I'm overwhelmed as it is

6. What type of music do you like? Classic Rock. :-)

7. What CDs have you really been wanting? Nothing comes to mind - my Santa's stuff would be nice...

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD Player) I would love to have True Blood, any of the 4 seasons. I'm also missing Dexter Seasons 1 and 2 ( I have the others)

9. What is your t-shirt size? 3X

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? Anything with black cats

11. What are some of your other hobbies? I'm a big Washington Capitals fan...

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Silver

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like: I'm pretty easy to please.

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful. I have a lot of fragrance allergies so please, no scented products. I am also allergic to wool and have extremely sensitive skin. So no wool underwear, please.