To begin, I must admit I'd given up on getting a gift from this exchange. It had been a while and I'd turned my attention to other things, namely the beginning of the gift-buying season for people I actually know (which has taken on a whole new meaning thanks to these gift exchanges). Apart from that, this week in particular has been very emotional for me due to coming out on Sunday (emotional in good ways, thankfully, but still a bit intense).

ANYWAY this box. This freaking heavy as fudge cube thing appeared on my doorstep completely by surprise; the last gift I'd ordered had arrived the day before, and this exchange had finally left my mind. Not to mention this monster was four pounds. As I lugged it inside I figured it was probably for the Trick or Treat + exchange and got a bit excited, but was wondering what on earth could weigh so much? Aaaaand I opened it.

First thing I see: sea monkeys! Instant excitement for the instant animals I'd been interested in for a while. Like, actual excitement. Sea monkeys are no small deal; they are a BIG deal. Second thing: GUMMIES. Haribo gummies, the goodest best chewiest gummies there are. They are frogs and they are rainbow and they are DELICIOUS. Third thing I see: batman lunchbox. Oh, the batman lunchbox. This is what weighed so much. For some reason I doubted this until I actually removed it from the box. And then I opened it.

Full. To. The. Damn. Lid. My santa must be a Tetris master or something because there was not a sliver of breathing room in there; this was a solid block of assorted candies and toys. And assorted it was! I spread it out so I could gaze upon my sweet kingdom. Among my subjects included the eye-popping sock monkey squeezie, wind-up chatter teeth, a koosh ball that just feels like heaven (as koosh balls should), water grow dragon pet, pac man bandages, scorpion encased in sweet pink carbonite... I'll stop there and let the pictures detail the rest.

NOPE. The wallet. Hidden under the candy and toys and bandages was this gorgeous marvel wallet. Vintage styled comic book picture collage wallet, and the metal Marvel Comics logo even had that little sheet of plastic that is overly satisfying to peel off! I'd been using my current wallet for a while now and was happy with it, but it just couldn't compare to this beaut. So after I finished snapping a copious amount of pictures, I proceeded to transfer my current wallet's contents to the gentle embrace of the MARVELous new wallet (lining on the inside is faded comic book panels, even for the id sleeve!). When I went to stick cards into the left sleeve, I was met with resistance. This was baffling; I actually just tried harder a few times before I actually looked into the card slot thing. Of course, I said to myself. My sneaky bastard of a santa had slipped forty dollars into the card slot (yes, I removed it and it is now where the money is supposed to go).

Dear Trick or Treat Plus exchange Santa, First of all I want to apologize for having lost faith in you. Not much else to say for that. Thank you so much for this AMAZING gift; never have I been so much astounded at the sheer creativity and generosity of someone towards a complete stranger. This has been an intense week for me, but in all the best ways. Receiving your gift has made me so happy and will keep me happy for a good while to come! I wish I could thank you more than with words and pictures, but I don't know if it would be a creepy stalker thing to track you via the return address that appears to be a UPS store. Creepy stalkers aren't generally a good thing unless they are a Santa. Anyway, I have a pet dragon in a glass of water and an empty sea monkey tank on my desk (the water has to purify for a day :c), as well as a great wallet in my pocket. You will have my thanks again every time I see them. Thank you very very much, and I hope you enjoyed whatever gift you received as much as I enjoy mine!

Sincerely, PeaBucket