Yay, Perkins! I'm so glad. Sorry it took me so long to get it to you, but how perfect that it arrived on a Monday! (Psst - it's an ornament, not a cat toy. Though the former certainly frequently serves as the latter, goodness knows.)

I also retract my USPS criticism, since I mailed it Thursday and it got there today.

I tell ya, giving/getting Buffista Secret Santa gifts was a total highlight of my holiday season.

it's an ornament, not a cat toy.

Though the former certainly frequently serves as the latter, goodness knows.)

But yeah, pretty much this.

It was very well timed, and much appreciated!

it's an ornament, not a cat toy.

In my experience, all ornaments become cat toys eventually.

Hey, Shir, there appears to be a marijuana leaf on this box of chocolates. Should I be worried about eating them at work?

(Oh noooo, there's only one more left.)

Hee. I'd be lying if I said that I carefully examined the box before sending it, but on the other hand - that stuff is that good, I couldn't care less nor would be surprised if there are illegal drugs in it, God dammit.

I just hope it wouldn't get you in trouble in work.

Hey Smonster, I forgot to ask if the ornament is handmade. It looks like it might be, in addition to being really cute.

And not a cat toy.

And not a cat toy.

Which, for some reason, makes me ask - Hec, what did you sister send this year? It was your sister who sent Belinda, yes?

Hec, what did you sister send this year? It was your sister who sent Belinda, yes?

Shit tons of sutff! All of it from Wal-Mart I suspect.

Matilda got some dolls. Not creepy. They were talking dolls, though, so JZ performed a voice-boxectomy on them when Matilda wasn't looking.

Emmett got a remote control car. He also got a lot of stuff which I think of as typical presents from my sister. That is they sort of look good in theory but they're really the cheap-ass version of an expensive thing that will never work properly.

Like, he got excited because she sent him some kind of game system vaguely like a Wii. He already has a Wii at his mom's house and loves it. So he was psyched to have one here. Except the games on it are all a bare notch above 8-bit video games from 1978.

Also he got a telescope. Which looks cool - in theory. But it doesn't really work. You can't really focus on anything.

Le sigh. I wish she'd get the Good Version of the Cheaper Toy instead of the Cheap Lame Version of the Expensive Toy if you know what I mean.

Anyway, I don't mean to sound ungrateful. They had fun opening all their stuff. It's just the wooden dollhouse that EM got for Matilda is the kind of thing which will endure and engage her more.

Hey Smonster, I forgot to ask if the ornament is handmade. It looks like it might be, in addition to being really cute.

I'm not sure! I got it at Cameron's which is this quirky little gift store in town, and it didn't even have a "made in" label, so maybe? I got myself a cute Santa head from the same display, and one for my parents, too.