I received a message from my SS for this exchange, and he was letting me know he was a little late due to being busy working away. I was really grateful, as I was a little worried about stuff not being shipped. I then got a notification that all my stuff has been shipped, and when I checked, I saw a whopping THREE parcels have been sent out. I was immediately giddy, because, well, what could it be?

They got delivered to my mums house, and imagine my surprise when I saw FOUR packages arrived there. And these weren't small ones, they were big, weighty packages, as you can see in the pictures.

I wanted to save them for when they all arrived, as my SS told me that there was still ANOTHER ONE to be sent out, but he told me to open them now and enjoy what's in there.

I just opened them this morning, and good Lord, what an absolute BOUNTY of treats from my secret santa!

First bag I opened was a bunch of Pen Refills. I thought I'd probably opened the boxes in the wrong order, so I immediately dived into my next box. It was an absolutely WONDERFUL set of Moleskin notebooks, and a stunning pen. I mentioned to my gifter that I'm an aspiring writer (as my dream job is to write children's stories), so he sent me this amazing bevvy of goods, and a personalised note encouraging me. I know that when I get my ideas down now, I'm without a doubt going to be using that pen, and those notebooks. I won't soon forget these notebooks ANY TIME I'm writing.

Next up was a great T-Shirt. A "Eat, sleep, anime, repeat" shirt, which I could translate SOME, due to my older Japanese study, but I admittedly had to get a LITTLE HELP translating some of the Kanji!

Finally, the absolute STAR of the show. I mentioned in my bio that I run D&D for the children I work with. See, I work in a primary school, and this last year, thanks to some remarkable friends, I've really got into D&D hard. Because of this, I've been running a small but successful after school club at work for children to develop role-playing skills and have as much of a passion for D&D as I do. I was really puzzled what was in this huge, hefty box. Imagine my shock, when I found not one, but FOUR starter sets to use for the children at school. I bought the starter set a few years ago to play with some old friends, but it never really went the way I wanted it to.

Now I have FIVE starter sets to share with the children I work with. I absolutely cannot wait to start this September with the new and improved "Adventurers Club" at work.

Thank you SO MUCH SS for the absolute best gift exchange I've EVER taken part in. Your generosity extends not just from me, but surely from the children I'll be working with, doing D&D this year. When I hand out these boxes in September, I'll be sure to let them know where they came from.