My incredibly thoughtful secret santa sent a giant box filled with smaller boxes, each filled with thoughtful, carefully selected gifts. It was a pleasure to open each box and read her message about the items enclosed, and to share the goodies with my husband and dogs.

Lotions, headbands, bath pillow, extra lotion Three liquor bottles, which we promptly snuck into The Cosmopolitan to see Cold War Kids tonight! Soft baked chocolate chip cookies (These are already gone!) Phase 10 (game) Three more booze bottles, which I'll save for the MGMT concert (suck it, $21 pina coladas! Vegas is crazy.) Salted-chocolate bar...so excited to try this! Giant puzzle for the hubby to take TDY! Two wine bottles, which are adorable. We both hate wine, but plan to use these for cooking! Delish! Kettle corn popcorn...love it! My favorite movie of all time, Amelie! I was so surprised! I owned it, but lost it while I was in the Peace Corps, so it's amazing to get it back! Three more liquor bottles, which I will gargle at the Gogol Bordello show in October :D Three journals and pens, which are perfect for my job, because I refuse to succumb to the tiny-laptop "tablet" fad. A novel written by my secret santa, which happens to be about the end of the world! Road atlas, three seed packets, waterproof matches, and a multi-function whistle, which is all amazing for my husband and I, as we love to hike and get lost! Water guns for protection! I plan to soak my nephews. Dog bones for my very excited dogs. :) Ray Bradbury short story about the end of the world!

I can't believe my santa spent all of the time (and money) to create such a thoughtful, special gift! It was really neat to open each box and read about the treasures. Super cool!

Thank you so much, Shelbi! I wish I knew your username.