My secret santa this year was amazing! Not only did she send me awesome gifts dead on to my interests, but she also sent tons of gifts! Many of the gifts were even hand made!

To start things off, I first received two Christmas t-shirts in the mail. One was of Christmas dinosaurs (who doesn't love Christmas dinosaurs?!) and the second was a quote from Home Alone, one of my favorite Christmas movies as a kid. Now, to me, these gifts alone would have been fantastic! But no, my Santa sends me a message that more would be coming. Boy, was I in for a surprise!

The next gift I recieved shows the effort my Santa went into researching my interests. It is also quite an amazing gift. My Santa subscribed me to a beer of the month club. But not just any club, but a Microbrews of America club! The first month showed up with 12 beers total; 3 Lagers and 3 IPAs from the Saratoga Brewing Co. in New York, and 3 Porters and 3 Nut Brown Ales from the Santa Fe Brewing Co. in New Mexico. According to the papers, I will be getting a box like this EVERY MONTH!!! I can't believe how awesome this gift is! I will be in beer heaven for the entire year. I can't wait to try the beer that showed up this month, and really look forward to trying stuff from new breweries in the future. For those of you that don't know me, I love craft beer, and even brew some myself, so getting beer from all over the country from breweries I have never drank anything from is just a perfect gift.

Next up is a Game of Thrones tea box, complete with the direwolf of Stark! Game of Thrones is one of my favorite book series, and quickly becoming a favorite TV show as well. When I opened this gift I was blown away. I love tea AND GoT! The hand painting was very well done as well. But that's not it. Opening the box, I found it completely full of MORE gifts! It was stock full of hand made ordaments for my Christmas tree. Take a look at the pictures to see the massive amount she made! They range from Reddit icons to the Tardis, to a Horde symbol from World of Warcraft! Also inside was some British tea (yum!), a baggie full of Portland goodies, a lovely Christmas card, and some candy.

Finally, the last gift was a set of cat toys for my kitty! My cat's name is Arya, so you can see my dedication to GoT!

I would like to really truly thank my Secret Santa for these amazing gifts. It completely blew me away when I opened the box full of beer, and then a box full of hand made ornaments and ornate box. Hand made gifts show true thoughtfulness and I really appreciate everything. Make sure to check out the pictures for better descriptions! Also, see me looking goofy in my awesome dinosaur shirt.