yeah that's what i hear also. would love to get them for myself.... :P yes BEFORE the 13th is preferable- because i'm going to want to do some shopping for myself before i leave- and paypal takes forever to deposit stuff in my bank account. before i wasn't buying anything for myself so i would just be putting my money up before it got into my account- but now that i'm spending too- i don't want to not be able to buy something for myself because i'm buying stuff for other people. so please order NOW.