About a week ago, I got an email letting me know that my Snack Santa hadn’t forgotten me and that the package would be in the mail soon. Then another update mentioned the tracking number and an ETA of Friday. I checked the postal service website Friday morning, and it hadn’t been scanned by the PO at all. However, it was waiting for me in a parcel locker. Since I had errands to run, I didn’t open it until I got home because I’d been warned that there would be something for the ever present kitties.

Of course, Nimbus poked at the box before I opened it. As soon as the flaps were folded, she was inside tearing up the tissue paper. Seriously, she walked in as soon as I’d torn off the tape. It was like she’d read the messages and knew all the snacks weren’t mine. Pippin heard the commotion and came to see the unveiling. It didn’t seem Nimbus had shared her pilfered knowledge.

In my info, I’d let Santa know that with some new “don’t eats” that I wouldn’t be the easiest person to gift. But I also let her know that I have friends that will eat anything I can’t, so if something slipped in, it was ok with me. My friends would be even happier. The box contained a collection of things I’ve never eaten and a few I never knew existed. What is Pipcorn? Some sort of yummy tiny popcorn made with truffle oil. Raspberry oatmeal. Yum! Usually breakfast is pretty bland for me. The Larabar Truffle bites are addictive. I’m taking the Smashmallows to dinner with my family on Sunday. Much better alternative to Peeps, I think. In the note Santa sent, I found the Dark Chocolate Almond Butter (which I want to eat all of at once) is made locally near my Secret Santa. A pack of edible stickers rested on top of everything. I’d never heard of those either. Seems you can put them on food (like give your apples faces) and eat them without tearing them off. I laughed and I laughed. I would have taken a photo of them on fruit, but I have plans for them in a few weeks. Bwah ha ha ha haaaaa.

The cats tossed aside my goodies and reveled in their treats, freeze dried shrimp and turkey. The PureBites turkey treats were especially interesting. They eat the chicken version often, but I’ve never seen the turkey. I’ll have to find them as they were a huge hit. Pippin wanted to take the whole bag under the bed, but I wouldn’t let him. If I leave the bag anywhere that he can find it, he’ll rip open the front of the bag and eat them all.

Last but not least, I opened an envelope that held the cutest card ever. I’d said I really missed doughnuts since having to change my eating patterns. A cat sitting in a doughnut drinking lemonade decorated the front of the card. Inside, Santa told me it was her first snack exchange (bad luck to pick me for a first snack exchange…sorry about that), but she did a wonderful job finding things for me, my friends, AND my cats! Thank you Santa, definitely an AWESOME job!!! Even the box was a hit. Om Nom Nom. (The cats chew on boxes too.)