Present opening time! First in the box was honey straws, "To: A drinker of tea, From: A lover of bears." I'm really glad I just ate them straight, rather than putting them in tea, because they were DELICIOUS.
Next, "To: The Cowgirl of the East, From: The Rose of the West," a beautiful tuberose soap! Yum! Then, "To: Froken H---, From Jule Hus, Solvang," a Christmas Pickle ornament! Awesome! THEN! "To: The Puzzler, From: The Riddler," a deck of Genius Puzzle Challenges. Fun! And THEN "To: Jesse, recent New Yorker, From: Two artists associated with your two homes," a little book of The Twelve Terrors of Christmas by John Updike with Edward Gorey drawings!
AND the mug?? I am so happy!
I love everything!! And feel like I should know who you are -- an SFista, right? ....megan walker?
And feel like I should know who you are -- an SFista, right? ....megan walker?
Yes, you are a puzzle genius! I couldn't really hide that it was coming from SF, but the rose soap is from Pasadena, City of Roses, and the pickle ornament is from the Danish town of Solvang, CA, hence the Danish form of address.
Also, you have one more present coming...
Cheeses!!! A variety of them!!! Plus tiny toasts and a cheese knife! Thank you, fellow cheeser Jesse!
They will go so well with our new giant cheese board!
Secret Santa o' mine, your package arrived! I was going to open them a few a day... But then I couldn't stop. Oopsies.
So! In no particular order, except I did follow the instructions for first and last... Ginger cookies! Still soft. Nom. And then... a Tardis cellphone charm! I actually made squeaky noises at that one. Then there was an array of bacon-flavored products - popcorn, salt, and drink tabs. Yes, drink tabs. I think I just discovered a shortcut to bacon-infused bourbon. Score.
My embarassment of Christmas riches also included a titanium spork (I WILL BROWNBAG LIKE A BADASS), a wee jar of fudge sauce (never know when you're going to need a bit of emergency chocolate), and a Kinder Happy Hippo.
Hang on... Gotta eat another cookie. SPICY NOMS YAYES.
Oh! Forgot the card. Soy ink on recycled paper, AND there's a detachable bookmark.
Okay. And for the dramatic finale, I opened a lovingly packaged sequence of wrappings to reveal a gorgeous ornament, hand-beaded I presume?
Which makes me think... Suzi? Unless my tricky Santa had her make it, in which case I am stumped.
Dude. I can't decide what to make taste like bacon first.
Twas me, smonster. I know there was a plethora of bacon related items, but I just couldn't stop. The drink tabs were so out there, how could I resist?
Just made another double batch of ginger cookies (and peanut butter kisses and peppermint swirls). The gingers are my fav.
