Awwwwwwwwwwww. Awesomeness.

yay!

My mom made the dish.

The USB santa if you just plug him in you may think he does nothing but turn him upsdie down and he will make sparkly glitter all night.

The bug earrings are the most expensive thing, purchased from the gift store of the wonderful Bowers Museum (also the source of the grow-your-own x-mas tree) and I fell in love with them for being defiantly pink. (a clue why I also had to send you the Sparkly Red-accented Snowflake.)

The thing which was the hardest to part with I think you haven't found yet, another pair of earrings I begged away from my mom. While I was boxing up your gift I was wearring them and they told me they wanted to go to Israel and I had another earring pouch so it just seemed like the right thing to do.

Awesome, Shir!

Now I can publicly thank Polter-Cow for writing the awesome teaser-gift poem. Thanks, P-C!

Awww, that is all so awesome and full of wowness! ::wipes eyes, blows nose::

When the post office said '1 week' I was like, 'yeah, right' but I've been obsessively checking back here since 6 days went by. I was a little worried that because I wrote silly things on the outside of the box that might cause a delay. (incidentally, it's: peace, love, and snowflake. I know my snowflake ended up looking like some sort of sea creature).

My mom made the dish.

Can you thank you mom on my behalf, as well?

Now I can publicly thank Polter-Cow for writing the awesome teaser-gift poem

And now I can thank P-C publicly for making my day - then, and every time I remembered it. Thank you, darlin'!

a clue why I also had to send you the Sparkly Red-accented Snowflake

Which is really, really, really looking good on my school bag and reminds me of you and b.org. I think I might have gone over the top when I attached one of the red ribbons (ribbons! I forgot that word when writing that post down, but I wanted to say that I was so excited to see so many of them! And yeah, I have no idea why a young, capable, intelligent woman as myself would get so thrilled from a bunch of ribbons, but that's a fact) to my bag, but I just felt like it. I wanted to carry it with me for longer distances, I guess, with a physical essence and not just in my mind and heart.

The thing which was the hardest to part with I think you haven't found yet

No! I saw them! And God, Laga, they're stunning. Really, really beautiful. Thank you. {{{{{{{}}}}}}}

For the rest of you: they are tiny blue ceramic repilcas of the Venus of Willendorf.

I think that's everything I sent. I hadn't sent a package overseas and when the postal worker asked me to list the contents I blanked and started to panic. Plus, there was only space for five items! I'm all, "Can I list 'decor'?"

Oh wait! There's a bookmark in the book! Which also has a funny story. I have coveted this book for years but when I found a copy in a used bookstore I decided it was such a very buffista gift that I must send it on. Then my mom bought me the same book! We each bought ours used, at two different shops. But when I saw that the one she bought for me, even though it contained an inscription, still had the "these pages censored for your safety" paper sheath I realized I had to keep the one I'd bought for you and send you the more pristine copy instead. Funny, huh? Well, I thought it was funny.