I have the best secret santa ever!!!

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OH MY GOD YOU GUYS!!!  I literally just walked through the door about half an hour ago after a really, really long day. As in a flight delayed, and grand train misadventure with a poor lost friend sort of long day.

I was feeling pretty worn down and tired (and a bit mopey as I won't be seeing my boyfriend again for a while...only a few weeks this time though, not 6 months!!) but I had two things to look forward to:

My adorable cat Lily who was luckily very happy to see me!  (Last time she got mad that I left her so she pooped on my bed.  True love, true love I say). Sadly my phone is not known for it's high quality pictures, but SHE'S ADORABLE.  And purring on top of my legs as I type this :)

But I also had....

A SURPRISE PACKAGE!!  ...that I forgot to take a picture of before I excitedly ripped into it.  Oops?

But seriously guys.  THIS WAS THE BEST SECRET SANTA BOX EVER.  I could not have imagined a better one!  So with no further ado, let's take a look!

This was the card which is SPARKLY and PEACOCKS and FASHION.  I was pretty much already sold when I saw this first.  Inside was a lovely note from Meg Morley who is a blogger at Cuddlebuggery and you should go read her posts because she's hilarious!  It's so awesome that I got a gift from someone who I actually read on a fairly regular basis!  But I'm getting distracted.

Everything was so beautifully wrapped!  I am a terrible wrapper!  (Just ask my family.  They ALWAYS know when it's one of my presents hahaha)

And what was in it you ask?  Why, only THIS AWESOME BOOK:

I am a terrible photo taker.  And I am also a die-hard McKinley fan!!  Thanks to Meg, I now own every single Robin McKinley novel!!  (With the exception of Shadows, but since that was released a couple months ago I can be excused for that).  *fangirl flails* ahhhhhhh I am so happy!!

 THIS:

The whole trilogy!  Isn't that awesome?!  BRING IT ON NIGHTMARES.  This series is going to be so worth it.


And  last but not least...





To understand this, let me tell you a brief story.  And for your reading pleasure, I suggest you listen to the MAGICAL and AMAZING song as you read!

 
Once upon a time...
 Long, long ago in the early 2000's...
There was a girl who bought The Everglow digitally.  It was by her favourite band, and is the best album of all time.  And as the storyteller, I can confirm that she is 100% correct in this belief and no matter what you say THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME.  Not only is the album just mind-blowingly amazing to listen to - it's a (brilliant) concept album.  (And everyone has a soft spot for concept albums)  When Mae released it they even put up a website that interacted with the album.  What's important though, is that the art in the booklet was made specifically to go with the album's story.  All was well in the girl's world.

BUT THEN.

Her computer crashed.  Right after she bought the album.  While she was able to recover the album....the artwork was lost for all of eternity!  And she had never seen the artwork.  Not once.  Over the years, the girl made long strenuous journeys over the internet to see if some kind soul had uploaded the artwork (sadly the internet is only comprised of heartless beings who would never dream of uploading an album's beautiful album artwork).  Over the years, the girl slowly began to lose all hope and fell into despair.

BUT THEN.

A magical book blogger and sometime secret santa sent A WHOLE NEW ALBUM just so the girl could see the artwork!  The girl was reunited with her beloved album, and all was right in the world once more.

The End.

So thanks again to Meg who turned an exhausting day into a fantabulous night by sending the most AWESOME collection of gifts EVER!


...and now the pressure's on for my secret santa gift box to me as amazing!  I'm a bit behind as I spent the last two weeks in NYC BUT I will be out shopping tomorrow for some goodies.  You'll be seeing some posts on that soon!  Wish me luck!