UPDATE! SANTA IS AMAZING!!! Seriously, my santa is the kindest and most amazing santa ever. I got an amazing gift of macarons and apparently that wasn't even the brunt of my gift! I KNOW!!!

I got a huge package in the mail today and was so freaking excited! I brought it inside and barely waited to take a picture before ripping into it. Inside were some truly awesome gifts. First up - a letter with "Me First" written on it! Well, I must follow instructions! Santa wrote me a beautiful note and I was super excited for the presents. Also, Santa, I have been to Texas, twice, but never to Austin. I really want to go again someday and maybe next time I'll have to hit up Austin!

The first thing I saw was an amazing DOCTOR WHO BLANKET! It's so awesome, I am seriously always cold and Doctor Who is the best and I just love it!! But when I picked it up, I noticed the odd shape it was in. And it was way heavy to be just a blanket. Peeking under it, I noticed a wine bottle was wrapped up in it! I love wine and can't wait to open this up and truly savor it. What makes it even better is that it's from Texas, Santa's home state!! I'm so happy that they picked it out for me. Additionally, there was a corkscrew wine bottle opener! So excited - I only have a waiter's wine corkscrew and I'm surprisingly bad at using it. This one looks way easier to use and I can't wait to open my delicious bottle of wine with it!!!

Next! Two delicious-looking chocolate bars. Holy moly these look delicious. I think Santa is trying to fatten me up. But, hey, I'm not complaining!! Who can complain when it tastes this good?! Also, there was a GIGANTIC candy cane. Like, this thing is massive. It'll take me days to finish it. And I so can't wait! I'm going to make all the hot chocolate with it and it's all going to be pepperminty and wonderful!!

These were followed by a nail art starter kit! I've recently started getting into nail art and this kit will be soooo useful! I don't have any nail stickers or rhinestones and the brushes look really awesome. I can't wait to try it all out.

At the bottom of the box were two keychains from Texas! YAY!!!! I love collecting keychains whenever I go on vacation and it's so fun to collect them as gifts!!

Finally, an envelope with "Extremely Dangerous" written on it. Oh no, kinda scary! But in the letter, Santa had said this was near and dear to her and I excitedly opened it to find an AMAZING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE!!! Yes, Santa is apparently trying to fatten me up. And it's working oh so well! I feel so, so, so grateful that my Santa chose to share this recipe with me and I'm very eager to test it out! I could totally bake more this weekend. Totally. I mean, I made 200 cookies last weekend. But there's never enough cookies, right?!

Also, the picture of the recipe is blurry on purpose. This stuff is mine, people, MINE! And I'M NOT SHARING!!!

Just, really, again, thank you so much, safflefries. You've totally made my holidays and I truly love everything that you sent. It was obviously picked out with care and everything is so perfect. I really appreciate everything you've done and you've been a truly spectacular santa. THANK YOU SO MUCH! <3

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I seriously have the most amazing secret santa ever!! Truly!!

They messaged me a few times and we managed to bond a bit over a shared love of baking. Santa said their favorite thing to bake was macarons and it led to the revelation that I've never actually had one. I know, it's crazy, but it's true.

Flash forward a few days and I get an email telling me my gift has shipped!! I do a crazy happy dance and wait, severely impatiently, for my gift to arrive. I tried filling the time by shopping and wrapping for my own giftee but, man, can shipping be agonizingly slow sometimes!!

After what seemed like forever, I FINALLY GOT A PACKAGE!! I ran inside and tore it open and was greeted with: packing peanuts. Ok, guess I'll have to dig a bit. And then I found them...

MACARONS!!!!!!!

I honestly laughed out loud for a good couple of minutes. I was so excited!! I finally read the return label on the box and it came straight from a pastry shop!! Seriously, this gift got me all sorts of giddy. I couldn't stop smiling. And I hadn't even tried them yet!

I was waiting for my husband to come home from work. He's never tried one before either and I thought it would be a fun thing to do together. But as soon as he got home, we ripped into them. And they were DELICIOUS!!! Holy crap, how have I never tried these before?? The flavors were cinnamon and caramel. Santa did some amazing work there, those are my two favorite flavors. Seriously. I LOVE both cinnamon and caramel and, just, wow. They were so delicious, I can't believe I've never tried some before.

Santa, honestly, thank you so much!!!! You are truly amazing and it's been wonderful chatting with you a bit. I hope you're doing well and thank you for being so awesome! <3