Soooooo. I checked on the tracking for my package and saw that it was at the door while I was at my internship today. My roomie was home, so I asked her to bring it in. When I got home, there it was! A brown box with my name on it! So I took it to the dining room, and after being unsuccessful in my attempt to locate one of my several pairs of scissors, I opened it up with my keys.

There was a cute postcard with sunflowers on it (I love sunflowers!!), and a little handwritten card on top of some other paper that told me to "STOP!" and open up the gifts before I read the letter. So I did as I was told!

The first thing I opened was a gray + purple bag. It had some candycane cocoa (I love peppermint hot chocolate! <3) and some candies called cherry mash. I tried one and it was delicious! Omnomnom.

The first wrapped present I got to was for my cat, Georgie. In the box for Georgie was canned food, cat treats, and cat toys! One was an adorable christmas cat toy.

The next present I got to said "Happy 1st!" on it, and upon opening it I found a purple christmas tree ornanment! Squeee! :D I love it.I later read that the rationale was because this was both our first time doing reddit secret santa. Awesome idea! <3

The next thing I opened was a box which had "For stressful days!" Inside was a stress ball with a radioactive sign on it. Loooooove it! So much! I can finally replace the balloon-and-sand stress ball that was given to me by my seminar professor from my senior year in college with an /actual/ stress ball, now that I am actually stressed out in graduate school! lol. I greatly appreciate it. Those things are so useful!

Next package was labeled as "To help with cosplay stuff!" It was a little sewing kit with pins, needles, thread, pin cushion, etc. all in a little nifty plastic case! This will be so helpful to bring with me to conventions in case I need to make repairs! I was actually meaning to get something like this, and a lot easier than packing my big box of sewing stuff.

Next I saw a little note saying "In honor of some of your favorite foods!" I opened up the present, and it was "Bacon Nation" - Oh yes. I got a bacon cookbook. SO MUCH AWESOME! I am so psyched for this cookbook.

The next gift said "To help you after college!" Opening it up, it was a book called "When Their World Falls Apart: Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters". This looks fantastic! I had mentioned that I intend on volunteering for the Red Cross once I'm done with school - I'm taking a course in disaster relief in the spring semester, and I am so excited for it! This was so cool. I look forward to reading it!

Lastly, "After a stressful day". It was a box filled with chocolate and tea and delicious stuff. On top of it was what I assume was a magazine clipping about "7 Foods To Soothe Stress"! Funny enough I was just reading about foods that lower anxiety at my internship today, lol. This was wonderful.

So I went back and read the letter. It gave a run down and a rationale behind everything I received, and a nice thoughtful letter. Thank you so much. <3 I love it all!