Oh my goodness, I am super sorry for such a late post. I always like to write a couple paragraphs and post photos vs just throwing up a sentence or too but gosh, I've been awful and my health has been wonky. I'm so, so sorry!

With that said I seriously won the jackpot with this round of gifting. My santa was super communicative and kept me updated as well as sending me a sweet note to help build my hype and anticipation. I loved having someone communicate so much with me about everything.

Beyond that, the gifts themselves were so special I literally almost cried, particularly when I saw the decal with the green ribbon for Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction,the severe GI disease I have that has almost taken my life. I usually only mention my health vaguely in my about me just to state I'm disabled but because there were food questions I had to explain I actually can't eat food at all and rely entirely on IV nutrition and hydration due to the CIP. It's a rare disease so I assume my santa had to do some research to find the ribbon color and I'm so very moved by that, truly. You really went above and beyond for me! And extra bonus for working in my favorite color as well (orange!) So, so much care and personalization went into these gifts I'm blown away.

The very first gift that arrived- and oh boy there were three seperate packages, I was so spoiled- was the ink for the fountain pen. So funny because of course I figured, I must be getting a fountain pen! And I was jazzed! After I saw so many people get fountain pens during Pens & Stationary exchange I started thinking dang, I need to get one. But boy, was I ever impressed by the one my santa sent! Gorgeous, as you can see and personalized with my name! As you can see in the photos I was so thrilled I went to writing right away with it. I've been studying Hebrew a lot so basically had fun being bilingual. It is such a gorgeous pen and I really want to add also that I have a lot of joint issues as well and the awesome thing about fountain pens is you don't need to use much pressure. I have been able to write for much longer with this pen than with the gel and ballpoint pens I'm used to. That alone makes it a very special gift as I love writing so much but it can be so difficult at times. I doubt my santa knew that aspect about my health but it's really cool how helpful using a fountain pen has been!

I also have to say that it was so amazing to get all these personalized gifts. Having an unusual (in the US at least) name means I rarely can find my name on premade name items so it is so cool to have these! Plus, can't lie, I feel like a fancy important person when I pull out my personally engraved pen!

I truly don't know how to thank you enough, santa and I hope you forgive me for being so late in my post. To have gotten such a great gift and have had you be so communicative all for me to just drop off the radar for awhile, I feel bad. But please know, I loved the gifts. I have the keychain on the backpack I carry my IV pump in and the pen is the only one I've been using for any extensive writing I do. Haven't decided just where to place the decal because it is so, so awesome I really want to do something special with it. I am so touched by how much care and effort you put into my gifts. Thank you!