I've never participated in a Secret Santa exchange and I honestly didn't have high hopes. I've heard a lot of people that participate don't receive gifts and it's mostly a letdown. I figured I'd give it a shot this year. Even if I didn't receive a gift, I had the opportunity to make someone else happy.

So, the deadline to mark gifts as "shipped" was fast approaching and I was getting slightly bummed out... until the very last day I got an email saying my Santa shipped my gift! On the exact last day to ship it! YAAAY!!!

My apartment office sucks at telling me when I have packages waiting for me, by the way. I had to go pick up some Amazon boxes and there it was! I had my boyfriend open it in case they weren't wrapped. They were! You guys have no idea how much I like opening packages, but opening wrapped presents is even better!

I did a dance and put them all under the Christmas tree and promised myself I wouldn't open them until Christmas morning. Yeah, right. I opened them maybe an hour later. Just one. Then just one more. Then I got too excited and went nuts. Here's what I got!

-Beautiful Day lotion from Bath and Body Works... This guy must have looked at my post history or something because I work in healthcare and my hands are awfully dry all of the time from all the alcohol foam and hand washing. This lotion smells so fresh and so clean clean, doesn't make my hands feel slimy, it's perfect.

-A couple fragrance oils for my diffuser. Vanilla for the cozy winter time, and a fresh outdoors scent for the spring cleaning heading my way.

-A jar of beer mustard! I love mustard. I bet it's gonna be good! And some BACON hot cocoa mix?! Not gonna lie, that one I'm hesitant about, but I will totally give it a shot.

-Some extremely soft socks. And they feel like nice quality cozy socks, not the snagging falling apart kinda socks. I've been wanting some too. I have warm lounge clothes, but my feet are always freezing.

-A watercolor set!! I love painting, and I've been wanting to learn how to work with watercolors. It has literally everything in it that I would need. My boyfriend rolled his eyes when I opened it because he got me one for Christmas too, apparently, and now he has to return it. hahahah

-Last but not least, a bonsai seed kit! I wrote in my profile that I love gardening and my apartment has a zen vibe going on. This is an extremely thoughtful gift.

Santa, seriously. You've outdone yourself! Thank you so much. This was so generous and sweet of you. Merry Christmas!