Wow. Just wow.

When I wrote out my long list of somewhat eclectic interests, I thought maybe my Santa would choose one of these hobbies and get an appropriate gift. I never expected she would pick out three of my interests and get a gift for each!

I solve Rubik's cubes somewhat obsessively, and always love getting new twisty puzzles. My Santa added a Void Cube to my collection, a classic variant on the original Rubik's cube that looks like it should solve itself the same way, but as I quickly discovered, has a bit of a twist at the end. (Still solved it, though!)

I also enjoy wetshaving (i.e., safety- and straight-razor shaving), and was happy to find some rather unique shaving cream, aftershave, and shower gel from Fieldworks Supply. I'm very curious to see how they perform, and look forward to trying them tomorrow morning.

Finally, as someone who strongly believes in having a few useful tools (pocketknife, flashlight, etc.) as part of my every day carry, I was delighted to find a Leatherman box in my gift. Inside was the Brewzer, a nice, simple, Atwood-style tool. It has a bottle opener, as you'd expect on such a keychain tool, but also has a package opener that tears through clamshells like a champ! This made it the first "production Atwood" I found useful enough to go straight onto my keychain--excellent choice, Santa.

Add in the beautiful card, and fact that the gift arrived right on Christmas Eve (I'm going to pretend my Santa planned this too, 'cause hey, she got everything else right) and I'd say my secret Santa's got to be in the running for the best, most thoughtful Santa ever.

Thanks for everything!