After a few messages from my santa telling me my presents was on their way, I was super excited when I got a letter from the post office letting me know I had to come pick up a package from New Zealand.

After standing in a 20 minute queue I realised I had missed my number while I watched a little kid steal stickers out of a children's book, and his father subsequently hauling the kid back and made him put the sticker sheets back. He looked so full of shame I nearly cracked up at this point. I pulled another number and after another 15 minutes finally got my package out. It was wonderfully decorated with up and downvotes and I was getting really anxious to open it.

Finally arriving home I collected my camera and got to work - and it was GLORIOUS! My santa was so generous and got me not only delicious looking candy, super-cute handcrafted stars and a geeky amigurumi patterns booklet, but also an adorable turtle necklace that really hit the nail on the head!

I actually started collecting tortoises and turtles when I was 12 and have over the years acquired a whole cabinet and then some full of the little buggers. She couldn't really have known I collected them from the comment I left that led her to buy me a turtle, so I don't think she really knows just how perfect a gift it was.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I love everything - and you're positively fantastic!