I was woken up this morning by the buzzer to my apartment and thought "That's odd, I don't recall ordering anything". When I saw the package I just knew what had to be. Hooray!

First off, there was an incredibly thoughtful and personal hand-written card with a picture of a cat that looks exactly like my kitties. I don't know if that was a coincidence or not, either way I absolutely love it! I'm putting it next to my computer so I can chuckle at it all day long.

And then to the main gift: a solar powered robot kit! I had mentioned in my profile that I've been getting really into building robots so I think this was a spot on gift. The cute little guy has three different modes, one of them where he moves along a string, so I think I'll set that up at my work-station to be my little mascot. As an added bonus, I can 'borrow' his solar panel off of him if I want to try out different solar-powered Arduino projects.

I love it all! This is also probably the only gift I'll be unwrapping this year, as my Husband and I just moved to Germany and it's our first year sharing finances. Since money is so tight and we have a shared bank account anyway, we figured we'd just skip gifts for each other this year. So Secret Santa was a great little way for both of us to still get the joy of gift-giving, and have something to open for ourselves.

Thanks so much Santa for the thoughtful gift and bringing some Christmas cheer to me! I sincerely hope your Santa put as much thought into your gift as you did mine.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!