Where to begin with this gift? Hmm. Well I suppose I should start off by saying that I made the mistake of picking it up from the PO on a very rare Saturday off and ended up lugging it to Sweden and back. The only clue I had to the contents was that it was fairly heavy, I just knew that my mission was to protect it until I got home!

Upon getting back to my apartment I took the scissors to the tape that was keeping me from my Halloween bounty and I was not disappointed!

Upon first inspection I saw an orange envelope surrounded by plastic bags, very smart packing technique Mr Santa! (and having extra bags around here is never a bad thing). Dispensing with my usual manners of opening the card and exclaiming with joy over the contents I cast it aside and got down to the nitty gritty of the box. First thing I see under the card? JACK O LANTERN freakin' PEEPS! Who knew such a thing existed? Not me apparently.

I've never actually tried Peeps, they're just one of those things that you know exist, read about online but never actually encounter in your daily life so aren't quite sure if they're fiction or not. Much like a non-crooked politician.

I'm told the best way to eat them is to let them go a bit crispy before hand so I'm going to go with that.

Moving swiftly on, with plastic bags flying everywhere, I hit a tube of what I believe is candy corn (yet another thing I wasn't 100% sure actually existed!) and then, what's this? A Halloween pez dispenser?! I love pez!! Admittedly I haven't owned one since I was (a bit) younger but the idea of a pumpkin giving me candy is almost the greatest thing ever! (nail polish dispensing pez dispensers being the greatest thing ever of course!)

Next up was a lot of little packets of ...things. They were scattered all over so I grabbed 2: Chocolate covered marshmallow and red velvet both shaped like our favourite festive vegetable. And then another one, candy corn m&ms?! You're really spoiling me Santa!!

The bottom of the box of wonder is visible by now but I had to leave the best visible thing until last. NO SALT! ...And this is what the title of this post refers to. Never in my days as a carbohydrate devouring monster did I realise that I would squee like a kid at Christmas over 2 tubes of salt replacement. But here I am 2 months later as a devoted member of the keto revolution bouncing up and down and causing my boyfriend to roll his eyes. Santa, there are no words to describe my joy at seeing the letters on those rolls of cardboard!

And finally, the 'mystery' gift. Small and inconspicuous just sitting there wrapped in white plastic, of course it had to be left until last! So I pull off the wrapping and find... a tiny beautiful snow globe from Salt Lake, Utah. The absolutely perfect ending to such an amazing box. It now lives on my Ikea drawers next to my monitor and I shall shake it when in need of inspiration and think of Halloween.

After stuffing everything back into the box to pose for pictures I realised that I forgot what I now believe to be the most important part: The card. And what a card! Took me a minute to get it but there was definitely a giggle or two... or maybe 5.

I should add that there was also a postcard of Salt Lake City but in the post-unwrapping malarky I've completely forgotten where it was so let's pretend it was tucked into the card. I love postcards, it's so nice to see where my Santa comes from!

So, as a final-finally I have to say, thank you Santa from the bottom of my slightly blackened heart for this amazing box of win. You've made me have a little epiphany of remembering how cool it was to be a kid. And while I can't devour all this candy at once, (no matter how much I want to!) I now know that when I need to have a pick me up I've got lots of amazing things that I never thought I'd be able to try. You rock! (And congratulations on your journey! I hope maybe we can become buddies on the way!)