I waited until almost the last minute to sign up for the snack exchange because I knew I didn't need any junk food; I do that quite well enough on my own. I'm trying to do better with the gym, watching what I eat, etc. so it finally occurred to me I could ask my snack Santa for a little help picking out some healthier options.

What happened yesterday is funny. When I got to work there was a small package waiting at my door. I thought maybe I was the mistaken recipient of a book meant for someone in the book exchange, but I opened it to see it was a book for making your own healthy snacks. I didn't have tracking info at the time, so I thought that was it and I was a tad disappointed. I mean, you sign up for the snack exchange hoping to get snacks, right? Still, it was something to give me some ideas.

I had a meeting later and when I got back to my office there was a BIG box waiting. Like some greedy ogre I immediately hauled it into my office and dug in. It was a veritable cornucopia of snacks. I didn't know big boxes of healthy snacks even existed, but my wonderful snack Santa found exactly what I was hoping for and sent it my way.

So on top of making me the envy of the office (I'm already having to defend the pistachios and protect them from one particular coworker), I also have a wealth of ideas to start making a few things for myself.

Here's to perpetual guilt-free snacking! Thanks snack Santa!