Wow, I had a really great SS! They clearly did a LOT of stalking -- everything had a connection to something I've said at some point (and I've said a lot, so that's some dedication!).

First, being a fellow Canadian, and knowing there was an imminent postal strike, she sent me a lovely hand written letter in advance, so I'd have something to open. And its no exaggeration to say she has the neatest and nicest handwriting I've ever seen!

Then the gift was super thoughtful! First thing I opened was a bar of chocolate (guess who has a chocolate addiction?? And its nice, high quality dark chocolate, which will make it soo much easier to ration out. mmmm). Then I discovered two homemade cat toys for the kids! They're adorable and really, really well made. In usual style, if I point the camera at him, he pretends to be disinterested. Its like he's the Fonz and too cool for school!

Then really cool sock monkey key covers! Adorable! And I always have to flip around to find my front door key (it has a sticker on it to help). This will be a huge improvement, and a great conversation piece.

She also sent some seasonings for making great potatoes -- froma location she'd recently visited (nice personal touch) and with instructions to troll my bf into thinking I was a great chef (hehehe, count on it!).

A lovely post card was included too...

But the crowning glory, and something that she clearly spent time, and energy on -- a beautiful art piece! Its a painting of a reddit alien that has been outlined in buttons and has my user name (also outlined in buttons). I love it! I love that she spent the time to make it and plan it out. I love that she used buttons -- I sew so the buttons feel really personalized, just for me.

The whole gift had me smiling from ear to ear and remembering things I had posted and maybe had resonated with her.

Thank you so much Schlieffen. This was seriously one of the most thoughtful gifts I've had in a long long time. I'm now off to stalk you back and learn what I can about you!