I had pretty well resigned myself to another exchange with no happy ending. No bookmarks for me. And then today, much to my surprise...I found a cheery yellow envelope in my mailbox, all the way from Australia!

And inside...Oh. My. God. No, literally!! There were these exquisite bookmarks, and clearly they were lovingly, brilliantly hand-made. Some pretty gift tags, a feather, and...

A bit of background, first. In my likes and dislikes, I said there wasn't much I really dislike, except maybe excessive gacky-cuteness (Precious Moments figurines and the like), and religious stuff--except, I said, if you could find a Flying Spaghetti Monster bookmark, I would like that. A lot.

And here I have a beautifully hand-drawn and hand-colored and carefully cut-out Flying Spaghetti Monster bookmark. It's probably the only one of its kind in the world. I am humbled. I am ecstatic. My faith in Secret Santa is restored. May Leveleded be forever touched by His Noodly Appendage.

BEST. EXCHANGE. EVER!!!