This is the first time I've opened an exchange gift and had absolutely no clue what it was for a good 5 minutes. Which was fantastic.

The gift was physically attached to the shipping box and I had to restrain myself from forcefully pulling because I assumed there was a good reason for it. Once I got the record sleeve detached from the box, I could see clock parts taped to it but had no idea what I could have possibly have said in my profile that screamed 'record and clock parts'. Curiosity peaking here...

I finally realized that all the parts taped to the sleeve were meant to be removed, and ta da! the "record" came out and I finally managed to put the pieces together mentally that I got the coolest damn clock in the world. Then I put the clock pieces together, and bragged to my friends that my Arbitrary Day gift was better than theirs.

The weirdest part is that I've gone through two clocks in my kitchen and neither of them seemed to fit right. There's been a nail in the wall just waiting for a clock for about 6 months and now it's perfectly complete.

Accio Clock! Thanks, Santa. I absolutely love it.