My husband and I went shopping.  I noticed boxer shorts in the cart while we were in the checkout line.  Thought he picked them up for himself.  When we got home he asked me who the boxers were for. I said I thought he bought them. He asked if I looked at the size. No, I replied.  XXL boxers came home with us! (not his size).  Of course I had to convince him that he really didn't want to spend time returning them (oh, dear, now why would you want to waste all that time waiting again in a crowded line? I'm only thinking of you! HAHA!).  Maybe I could find someone who could use them.......Of course I did!

your more excited about all the "freebies" you can pick up at the NASCAR race than you are about the race itself!....and...you have you have everyone your with doing the same...and you answer survey questions just to get the free t-shirt .....

When you go to a friends house for dinner and you can't be there 15 minutes without having to check the forum. Then an idea hits you and u right away email Marty from her computer, after you leave and get home you find a forwarded message from your sister friend and you're wondering how Marty got her email addy and emailed her but the email starts off "Diana". LOL. I did that exact thing today

Diana

You go to the eye Doctor and he tells you, You might have to have emergency eye surgery...You go home and finish packing your 5 boxes and get them to the post office and sent before you call any family...Good news is, I didn't need surgery and I packed my boxes in record time...I also didn't want anyone coming to the house and seeing my anysoldier staging area...They would be shocked ...They would admit me to a hospital...but a different ward !!! LOL...

I actually thought of this forum topic this morning.

My husband had taken the kids out of town to see his family (and um,, yeah bad idea, cause Mommy went shopping. oh how I hope the money fairy visits soon to cover what I bought for the soldiers.. I tried to cover it up so that hubby would not notice).. anyway,

I bought a boomerang type toy/stick for my kids (clearance at Target!) and it was sitting on the table.. my oldest stared at it and I said "are you just now noticing that?" she looked at me and said " Is it for the soldiers? " and I said "no it is for you" and she said " well it should be for the soldiers" -I said why " and she said " cause they got the other toys you bought and they need something to play with"

 OOPS -- I have my kids a little too much in tune now :) 

My husband told me happily about this neat thing he salvaged out of a VW which was on it's way to the junkyard- then he went and got this flat square thing- about the size of a spiral notebook with a cord dangling from it- I never saw anything like it before- it was a solar panel with suction cups you can put in your car window to charge a battery- it has a cigarette lighter type plug on the end of it...

"Oh wow" I exclaimed- "I am SURE our soldiers will be able to use that!"

He looked dumbfounded for a second.. and I quickly backpedaled... "Oh, you didn't get that for the soldiers?"

 "No, I didn't know why I grabbed it- I just thought it was such a cool thing and too good to send to the junkyard- but now that you mention it- it's perfect for them!"

 Then he spent quite some time online researching all sorts of RV batteries and air conditioning units which will run off that type of charger and then he went and picked some soldiers of his OWN to pull together a package for (first time for him) And he also decided that he was going to try to get the guys in his shop involved.  He asked me to write a note to one of his friends who he thought might contribute some sports mags or cigars.  I told the guy that if he didn't want to do his own package he could contribute some to ours... well... my husband just heard back from that guy and it sounds like we lit a fire under him I think- he's raring to go with his own packages... and this all came around because of a gizmo in the trunk of a totaled car.

...you stay up until midnight because you just can't wait to select two more soldiers!

-You carry a Sharpie marker in your purse at all times! (For last-minute package addressing!)

-You keep an extra roll of packaging tape in your car glove box (for last-minute taping in the P.O. parking lot!)

-At any given time, on any given day, you can find a spare Customs Form lying around your house. You have stacks of them stashed away everywhere!

-Your "spare bedroom" looks more like a 7-11 than a place you could sleep... beef jerky, powdered juice mix, chips, peanuts, cookies... everywhere! 

P.S. Sarah, Sara B., vtleogal, tessajangel, Edie.... you have the cutest little stories!  Your husbands/ kids sound so sweet!

Your local post office sends customers to your office to pick up flat rate boxes. 

You know you're an Any Soldier junkie if....you finish the grocery shopping and return to the truck, where hubby awaits, and he says "Did you buy anything for us?"  And you say, "Ohhh...I forgot...LOL!"

Pat

your Mom asks "Where are those French Vanilla flavored Splenda packets I bought?" and you answer, "Ummm... I think I sent them to Baghdad."

the grandchildren have become so accustomed to having AS things stacked all over Gran's house that they always ask "Are those for the Soldiers?", and when you tell them "Yes, but you can have some too", they say, "You can send them to the Soldiers.".

Gran

...you make, pack, and mail 20 lbs. of fudge and holiday trail mix  to Afghanistan a day before having gall bladder surgery. I was so happy I did it because it turned out to be the only Christmas mail my guys received on time due to weather/transport problems. One e-mailed me, "The fudge was WONDERFUL, and it made the worst Christmas I've ever had more bearable. I'll never again take Christmas with my family for granted!"

the postal clerk gives you the name and phone number of people (with their permission) who have cartons of FRBs left over from a project so that you can pick them up to use instead of them returning them to the post office.

You must be an AnySoldier Junkie if your kids call Slim Jims "Soldier food".