Aaaah! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I would have been thrilled with just one thing, but holy frack! the_Jennarator went above and beyond and assembled just about EVERYTHING on my herd of 'things that are simple pleasures' list.

The package arrived battered and with tape aflutter, so I started out a tetch afraid to open it and find it full of space (which, space stuff is also something I like, and I know how we redditors love a joke ;) ), but then I opened it and whoa. The shinies! The pretty pretty silver shinies! Acknowledging my love of shiny things, the box was insulated with Christmas tinsel. I love tinsel (no, really; it glitters and glistens and when you hold it in the air and let it sift through your fingers it looks like rain - and I LOVE rain). So I, easily distracted by shiny things, played with it for a good while without looking at anything else in the box. And then word accordions started falling out (words printed on strips of decorated cardstock and folded up accordion style for maximum hiding)

The first to appear was "sesquipedalian" - appropriate because I am really fond of throwing out long words in writing and in conversation (this being one of my favorite ones to use on the unsuspecting). Next was "eleemosynary" - a word dating back to the early 1600's (!). I'd never heard it before, but I love it. Then comes "deipnosophist", a thing I surely wish I was, but attached to Athenaeus, a kitchen maestro - perfect because I do love cooking :D. Next was "lamia" - hee hee, one of the most fun evilish hot creatures of mythology. And finally, in case things were getting too scholarly, "callipygian", which made me giggle (definition pictured so you can giggle, too). I'm filing that one away for special occasions. HEH HEH HEH. (You can probably tell by this that I'm a logophile :) )

Despite my playing rain goddess, there was still plenty of tinsel burying the rest of the prezzies, so I had myself a fine old treasure hunt. First up was a handwritten note, wherein the_Jennarator called me kind and wonderful and awesome . . . aw, you sweetheart redditor, you, starting off by making me blush :)

Next a pretty blue tin of butter cookies!!! The kind that generally become ubiquitous around Christmas but are harder to find the rest of the year. It brought back memories of times past when my grandmother sent these 'round for the holidays, and then the tin would get thrown out once the cookies were done and while I wasn't looking, always to my sadness. This one's MINE, ALL MINE. Also, it will also be handy for keeping my other presents in :)

Then, speaking to my love of chocolate, a box of Yoo-Hoo singles!!! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I LOVE chocolate milk; finished half the box today in one go :D

I adore - ADORE - miniaturized things and stickers, and next up was an assortment of mini stationery - stickers! a mini-journal! a mini-book! mini-card-and-envelope set! a mini alphabet stamp set! Also, a normal sized pair of stamps with an owl and birds because also je m'adore winged things. Yay!

For lights/whimsical gadgets and doodads/glowing things she got me a glowing butterfly wand, which will go beautifully with my tiara and fairy wings :D

Next to come out of the glittering deeps was a - oh my gosh - a set of FOUR VersaMagic DewDrop shaped chalk ink stamp pads in a pastel rainbow of colors. So pretty, and thoughtful, too. I can use my fresh new stamps right away :) Except . . . I don't want to open them. I want to keep them and save them and treasure them forever and ever and ever.

Finally, the last to surface is a beautiful spring green trinket box bedecked in flowers and swirls, with the words "Dream Big" on the front. Inside, an accordioned strip of nice scrapbook paper printed with words that sounded oddly familiar . . . and for some reason I teared up a little. Wow, the_Jennarator, you really went through my history, wordiness and all. You are amazing! I'm - kind of embarrassed, but also really, really flattered.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you! I have these all out and every time I look at them the happiness I feel inside shows up on the outside in goofy grins and the making up of silly songs (mainly, "my stuff, my stuff, my amazing lurvely stuff from NHampshirrrrre")and, of course, happy jigs :)

Update: P.S. Hey, wait a sec, in a package full of thoughtfulness, did you also choose items to work out to a rainbow-ish color scheme, too? (If so, you are amazing! If not, you are amazing, too! :D)