My wee little x-mas tree (made of rosemary) with secret santa and other gifties starting to pile up: [link]

I'm at my sister's place in MI until Saturday afternoon, so if my Secret Santa present has been delivered I probably wouldn't know. It'll give me something to look forward to when I get back home after Christmas. But if my Santa is waiting on my reaction, it's not that I'm unhappy with the gift, it's just geography getting in the way of me appreciating it just yet.

This is me, except MA not MI, and Sunday not Saturday.

Safe travels, Buffistas who are travelling, and Happy Holidays for those of you that celebrate something. With that, I am out of here until next week.

DEAR MY AWESOME SECRET SANTA:

I miss Chicago too! I love the colour-coordinatedness of this all, especially the brilliant notepad! That will remain on my desk all year round, for scribbling accounting babble and murder mysteries and grocery lists on. I can't wait to go home and try the sour cherry liqueur, and though I'm very sad one of the nifty little glasses broke, I will cherish the other. And the book made me laugh out loud in the office lobby!

THANK YOU!!

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Yay, it got there! Thank goodness it was a glass that broke and not the bottle. You'll just have to come back to pick up the matching glass. t hint

Oooh, incentives. I like incentives! Thank you, Brenda. ::mwah::

Ok, I am a very bad giftee. I got my box days ago, but didn't open it because of...life stuff. Anyway, I just opened it!

It's from London! There is a wonderful book on London Architecture, 2 different bags of tea - Chai and Soho spice!, some super dark chocolate-Green & Black!, lavender incence and a lovely burner and a huge amethyst pendant!!!

I love everything! thank you Secret Santa!

Wow, SA's gift looks wonderful and perfect..

I sent my gift yesterday. Unfortunately 1, I didn't have enough on me to make it travel super fast, so it'll be there in a week's time. Unfortunately 2, it seems like the post decided to get a little bit... enthusiastic with packing my package, so it (the nice package I had in advance) got torn and I had to mail it all in a usual, big, fluffy white envelope.

Nevertheless, it's on its way, and I can't wait for it to get there.

quester ~ you did get it in time for Christmas! I'm so glad - I was worried it wouldn't make it across the Atlantic in one piece. There's another part on the way, but it went the slower route :D

I'm so glad you like it. It was so much fun shopping for it!

quester ROCKS! like woah.

First off, everything was wrapped individually, so I had many things to open. YAY!

Second, everything in PINK TISSUE! Awesome.

Third, the stuff: adorable card with a removable reindeer magnet, beautiful magnetic bookmarker/line markers, MONKEY magnetic bookmarks (c'mon MONKEYS!), a cute kitten calendar, pink red and while bookmark pens all with love quotes on them, and 3 packs of blue wrap Trident gum (my favorite). BREATH.

no no, that is not all. Then, there is this awesome local handmade stuff from IA. A warm/cold rice pack, a GORGEOUS handblown glass pink poppy ornament (which may need to stay out year-round in my room), a soy wax Christmas Past candle that smells of pine and wood fire and spices, hot chocolate and chai mix, strawberry rhubarb jam, AND a carved wood ornament that says it all "Joy".

THANK YOU! Really great gift AND you made my Christmas morning, you have no idea!