Dude. Just. Dude.

I had a busy day of volunteering this past Saturday and was absolutely knackered and heading home when my boyfriend sent me a picture of a parcel that had been delivered with my reddit name on it! YES! What a lovely thing to be heading home to! After a really rough week (it is graduation season here in Japan so I'm saying goodbye to my 3rd years who are graduating next week... I may or may not be crying a wee bit every day at work) this is just what I needed. What /I/ needed... but I think the squealing sounds I made while opening is not what my poor cats needed. XD

First- I have to say that the parcel was packed so nicely and everything safely tucked and wrapped-- no damage would happen to this package! After removing the top layer of bubble wrap, my first squeal emerged and my poor cats looked like the earthquake alarms were going off... but how amazing is this?! Licorice All Sorts gift wrap?!? Too amazing.

But, my curiosity first went to the heavy bubble-wrapped pack in the centre. After unwrapping and unwrapping-- it was a jar of Bovril, that I said I missed. I can easily get Marmite here in Japan but Bovril (which I love in the cold wintery Aizu mornings to warm me up)-- I only manage to get my hands on it when mates head back to the UK for holidays and smuggle some back to Japan for me.

Next up, was the package of the left... it was soft... what can it be?! Tearing through the paper (a bit sorry I did as it would've been nice to save the wrap...) I was met was an adorable and soft river otter-- pretty much my favourite (if I had to chose) animal.

Next was a decidely square-package and the squealing once again commenced. Inside was a book that I didn't even know existed-- a novel about river otters in the English countryside! WHAT IS THIS MAGIC?! I can't wait to read it~

The last wrapped package... well, it was another square-looking one with much greater heft to it. And cue the squealing and panicked cats once more. A new copy of American Gods-- mine had been loaned to a friend years ago and never returned. And what is even better is that it is Gaiman's preferred text with over 12,000 more words that my old copy! Eeeeee~! Time to reread before the series comes out in April!

Underneath the packages-- to make a sweet gift even sweeter, was a pack of Licorice All Sorts (already nommed... we were going to ration them out but...) and Robinsons Squash'd! And let us not forget the terribly British postcard (which made me laugh out loud reading it!)

Seriously, an amazing and thoughtful package that was amazingly wrapped and filled with amazing and thoughtful gifts. I am so incredibly lucky and happy. Seriously, Santa-- thank you from the bottom of my heart. The entire time I've been writing this, I have had the biggest smile plastered across my face. Your kindness has reached across the world. <3