First of all, I wasn't even expecting my gift until Monday, which is a holiday, so I wasn't really expecting it until Tuesday. However, I came home from a very long and trying 13-hour shift to a box on my doorstep!! Just what I needed after a day like today!

I opened the box to find a lovely little envelope with a cute sticker on the back, and my name written very nicely on it, and my gift wrapped in some cute flowery tissue paper underneath. I started with the card which made me smile! The card (lovely design btw) stated "Tried my best to follow your interests to a T" and boy did she succeed!!

In my preferences, I mentioned that I love colors, but I'm just not really a fan of bright orange. What did my Santa do? She got me two BLACK notebooks to "avoid an orange one" (per the card). The notebooks are Rhodia brand, which I mentioned I would love to try. I cannot wait to practice my handwriting with my fountain pens, and test out all my new pens on these notebooks! The paper is INCREDIBLY smooth! Holy Crap! I spent a good 30 seconds just feeling the paper, lol. They are also bound at the top, which I mentioned I like a lot because I am a lefty.

I had also mentioned that I had (and loved) some Sakura Gelly Rolls when I was younger, and she got me a 3 pack of black ones. These are perfect, and I will use them for doodling and lots of note taking for my Nursing studies.

The next item I came across was the huge pack of LIMITED EDITION Papermate Flair felt tips. OH EM GEE! Such fun colors! I will also use these for note taking because I love to color code my notes. It helps me stay organized, and remember things better. Plus when I'm writing with them I can think of the Tropical Vacation I'd like to be on!

The last gift I discovered, was hiding under the mountain of tissue paper. :) A Papermate InkJoy Quatro (also in fun colors of course) which I had mentioned I use for work, and I most certainly will! I need the different colors to help keep all the info about my patients straight, and it is so nice to have them all in one pen!

Thank you, Santa for reading through that lengthy section of likes/dislikes. Also, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for my incredible gifts!! This was my first exchange ever, and you made it a great experience for me! <3