My gift arrived on Friday. I tried to be a good person and wait until Christmas. But then I had an idea!

I hate doing chores and housework. Since my significant other is out of the country, I can barely function outside of waking up, eating chips, and watching Netflix. Here's the brilliant idea! For every chore I do, I get to open a present! This works well because my Santa sent me ELEVEN PRESENTS!!

So, for eating a healthy breakfast, I received a book of fantasy cross stitch patterns! So super rad! I love all of these patterns and can't wait to stitch them up!

For shoveling the driveway (I should have gotten two presents for this one), I received a whole bunch of Aida cloth!! I absolutely love cross stitching and was just thinking I would need to get more Aida!

I did a ton of laundry. For that, I was given super adorable cross stitch kits! I love getting old kits like this! I adore the little kitty one! So cute I'm going to die.

Then I went to the store, got some things for baking, and filled the car with gas. For that, I got socks from UW.

We need to pause right here to talk about how hilarious this present is.

I go to WSU, which has a HUGE rivalry with UW, but only from the WSU side. Pullman lives and breathes all things WSU, so much so that wearing these socks outdoors may cause a homicidal rage in others.

So I open this squishy package and I'm excited! What will it be! Then I see purple... That's suspicious... Highly suspicious.

The socks fall out and I gasp. What will I do with these socks?!? I laugh and laugh and laugh. I was so caught up in the irony of these socks that I didn't take a picture of them. Also because UW can't be polluting this amazing present. I've already mentioned the school-that-shall-not-be-named too many times.

After the socks, I decide to screw this one-present-at-a-time plan. I've been an adult and done adult things and I've been good! So I opened all the rest of the presents! In my hurry, I didn't very well document the order of items, but I'm absolutely floored. It's like my Santa has known me my whole life.

I received another book of patterns, more kits, THESE AMAZING HARRY POTTER BOOKMARKS, a beautiful hoop, a Star Wars bracelet, a temporary tattoo, and GOLD PLATED NEEDLES!!!!!!

The whole amazing haul is in the photos. I can't believe it. My Santa is literally the best Santa ever! I don't think there is enough I can do to thank you! Your generosity and kindness will make these next few months significantly more bearable as I write my doctoral thesis.