I've been excited about Secret Santa this year since matching day when I did my shopping for my giftee gleefully (it's fun for me to get it done right away!) and when my Santa messaged me! I was worried about having gone overboard with my likes/dislikes since I basically maxed out my character limit with my information vomit, but my Santa assured me everything was okay and that I was in good hands! Yay!!

The next two weeks that ensued were some of the hardest of this semester. I pulled an all nighter finishing an essay that I procrastinated too much on, got a poor exam grade back (and had to make peace with the face that I'm probably not going to get an "A" in my "easy" class), was diagnosed with PCOS, had some issues with my university mental health system, and a meeting with a psych nurse later left me feeling just... bleh and down. I came back from a particularly difficult and draining session with my psychologist earlier today, so these gifts from my Santa could not have come at a better time.

Holy crap I was not expecting such personal gifts and to be so thoroughly stalked!! I'm pretty lucky my neighbors didn't call the cops due to the screaming and bouncing that occurred as I opened my gifts.

I received:

An Assassin's Creed Necklace A Grunt (Mass Effect) Funko Pop Figurine

A Daryl Dixon (Walking Dead) Funko Pop Figurine

Set of 12 Copic Ciao markers

A figurine of the Normandy SR-2

Bravely Default for the 3DS

The necklace: OMG my Santa totally did their stalking! I mentioned once commenting that I was looking into getting an Assassin's Creed ring (the one by Ubisoft!) but wasn't sure if I should go for the splurge or if I should consider the Templar ring (because it also looks super badass). I've been eying this necklace as well! I love wearing gaming apparel; it's helped with icebreakers and led to me meeting and befriending some awesome people! Still waiting for someone to comment on my N7 hoodie though...

Grunt figurine: Once again, another amazing example of stalking. I've been fortunate to have been gifted each Mass Effect Funko figurine from the lovely people from Random_Acts_of_Amazon, and Grunt was the last one to arrive! I actually did receive Grunt A DAY before from someone on RAoA (so close!), but I've talked to my Santa and will take their suggestion to gift him to another Mass Effect lover for the holidays. :)

Daryl Dixon figurine: YAYYYYYYY DARYL! Daryl's my favorite Walking Dead character, as shown from my participation in recent The Walking Dead exchange. I picked up a Merle Funko over the summer from Walmart, but I couldn't find a suitable Daryl one at a reasonable price (wasn't a big fan of the Season 1 Daryl Funko, and this Season 4 version of him is soooo hard to find), so Merle's just been chilling by himself forever. :/ But now the Dixon brothers are reunited! :D I love this version of Daryl; he has a little crossbow and dagger, and they even wonderfully have his angel wings on his back.

Copic Ciaos: I've recently started trying to collect Copic markers. As most artists familiar with Copics know, they are ridiculously expensive. Like $8 a marker expensive. Packs are a good way to add to your color selection while saving some money, so I've had Copic sets on my Amazon wishlist though I never expected to be gifted any because damn, they're pricy. I've been trying to save up extra cash for them but was in a car accident recently, so most of my art supplies fund has gone to insurance payments. I'm also taking an art course for the first time in university next semester, so these are so perfect!

Normandy SR-2 figurine: I'm a huge Mass Effect fan, as you could probably tell from my collection of Funkos and random other N7 items I own. I've always wanted one of the Normandy figurines but just kept getting distracted with trying to collect other figurines. It looks amazing, and I absolutely love the detail on it. :) Now I want ALL THE SHIP FIGURINES.

Bravely Default: I tried in vain to snag this during the B1G1 sale at Best Buy over the summer. I wanted to play it because I've heard great things about it since it came out and added it to my wishlist thinking maybe they would drop in price, but it never did! Thanks to my Santa, I'll finally get to play and see what all the hubbub is about. :D So excited!!

I can't thank you enough, /u/garfvader! These are, by far, the most personalized gifts I've ever received, and I also LOVED reading all your gift messages that you included! Thank you so much!!! You did a wonderful job, and your stalking skills are uncanny!