I received an unexpected Sunday delivery yesterday that straight out amazed me. I cannot put into words how absolutely wonderful my anonymous Santa was to me. They didn't just pick out an item or two that fit my interests, they essentially bought my Amazon wish list. I cried as I opened the boxes. I'm crying as I write this.

1) An 11,000 count tub of perler beads. In the last year, this has become the go-to hobby of my entire family. (It's not included in the full pic because we had already opened and started sorting colors. On a Sunday night at 10 pm. That's how addicted we are.)

2) A TARDIS backpack. I've had my eye on this for a long time, but as a mother of 3, I was always hesitant to spend money on myself.

3) Season 2 of "Pushing Daisies" on DVD. This is my absolute favorite show ever that almost no one has ever heard of. Unfortunately it only went 2 seasons, but this completed my set and I'm already binging the show on marathon.

4) A set of Cards Against Humanity plus an expansion pack. I'd seen these online (especially Reddit) for a long time, then an out of town friend brought a set to my house and I became addicted. Now I have my own and I can't wait to spend Wednesday's Christmas Eve party offending my closest friends.

5) This is a big part of my stunned silence. A HUGE set of PRISMACOLOR pencils plus a sharpener. I create cross stitch and knitting patterns by hand on graph paper and get so frustrated using my kids art supplies. If you do any sort of drawing/sketching/wahtever-ing, I cannot recommend these enough. The quality of the pencils, the colors, they totally change the level of what you can produce.

My Santa decided to stay true to the Secret part of the exchange, so I can only hope I've conveyed how extremely thankful I am for these gifts.