TL;DR: Two books, yarn, knitting needles and tarot cards. Oh, and hysterical sobbing at how amazing this was.

Cliche start here: I wasn't sure I was going to get a gift after Christmas and I was reserving myself for disappointment so I've been throwing myself into making something amazing for my giftee to go along with the meagre $20 I spent, just so I didn't have time to feel worried about it.

I shouldn't have.

I got home today to see two huge boxes. I started dancing even before I confirmed they were both for me. I just knew one of them could belong to me and that was enough. When I saw my name on both of them I made an ungodly sound. I practically fell over in the snow due to the way my feet kept moving.

The larger one was so big I couldn't carry it inside at the same time and that was damn frustrating. I went back to get it and got stopped by my husband who needed me to find something of his.

I finally got to my room and tossed the boxes on the bed. I was still dancing.

I opened the larger - but lighter - of the two boxes and saw yarn. For a moment my heart sank. It looked like wool. I'm allergic to all animal fibres, but I resolved myself to gift it to a friend who can use (and loves wool), but I picked up one of the ones in plastic to look at the colours. It's all 98% Acrylic... and 2%poly. It's allergy free. I saw the note that went with it - the colours are to go along with my love of space horror. I screamed. It was too much already!

My husband came in as I was opening the larger box. I saw the needles first (no need to worry - you can never have too many needles and I don't have these cable sizes at all!). I then spied two books.

I pulled the needles aside and saw Knits for Nerds and my jaw dropped. I got this for a friend for her birthday after borrowing it from the library. I've got a notebook full of books with patterns I want and this one is starred six times. I haven't really gotten myself knitting out of my pattern books, but I know I'll use this one and it'll be shiny!

The larger book is a book of space art. Not just stars and galaxies, but also stuff like space crafts and the like. I had a hard time closing it - even when I noticed the last item.

One of my biggest passions in life is tarot. I've got a small (currently unsuccessful) business doing readings. I have a bunch of decks. I was so surprised by the tarot deck. (in fact, they must have done a bunch of reading into my reddit to see that too!)

It's called Quantum Tarot. Not only is it space themed, but it's also science themed. One of the cards has Einstein on it. Einstein on a tarot card. How awesome is that?

My favourite part however, is the fact that each item has a note. I'm not going to take picture of those, because they're for me. I'm sure my Santa didn't think they were so important or memorable, but that's what made me really cry. I can't believe this. Edit: my Santa did think they were important which makes them even more special to me :D

Thank you so, so, so very much. I can't believe how thoughtful you are.