So, I return home from a long day in retail at 7pm and I'm mobbed at my door. My mum is returning my kids, my neighbour has a parcel for me, it's chaos. Once I finally got in the house and distracted my kids with Avatar: the last airbender, I opened my parcel and OH MY GOD. Inside were two boxes. One was a "buddy box" from the blurt foundation, it's a subscription type box designed to be a hug in a box, and a note attached saying my santa recieved two by mistake and was forwarding one to me as I suffer from to depression. I set this aside to open after the second box.

The second box is a lovely minty coloured box with polka dots and inside were more parcels than I could shake a stick at. First up, a wooden spinner, it's insane, I love it, it feels so nice in the hand and it's so spinny! Next up, a stress Paul which gave me a chuckle! After that I found a bike chain type fidget which is the perfect size to pop in my pocket for work, and which is perfect for me to fiddle with when stuck on the boring jobs such as supervising fitting rooms. There was also a squishy stress ball type thing shaped like a sweet bun (my daughter wants this so badly) I also got a crochet loopy bracelet that my santa though might help recreate my fiddling with my (now ex) partners shirt hems. I had noted this in my notes for santa and I do love fiddling with fabric and rubbing it between my fingers,this is awesome. Im wearing it now. Also included was a dalmatian jasper worry stone that my santa selected for me as its pretty, feels good and is known for its grounding and calming properties. The last items I opened were two tangles that my santa included for my kids, and they LOVE THEM. They are also big fidgeters, so these are perfect. My santa included a handwritten note about why the selected my gifts and a fab card with a silhouette of the good ship Serenity with a quote from Mal about the battle of Serenity Valley, knowing I love Firefly.

On opening the buddy box I found a declaration of self care, a postcard of a self kindness squad sloth, a mug with the same sloth, a box of fruity green tea, a make your own sloth keyring, a self kindness squad wall sticker (it's going on my mirror) a self help map to help figure out that's bothering you and how to deal with it and a zine with little self care tips in. It's exactly the hug in a box it advertises itself as and I LOVE TEA almost as much as I love gin (certainly it's more socially acceptable to drink at breakfast) so I'm loving the mug and tea.

Overall I couldn't have imagined I'd be lucky enough to get such a thoughtful and generous santa, I feel like she picked out these gifts as if she knew me perfectly, and the fact that they feel so personalised means such a lot.

I've had a rough week dealing with overtime, sick kids, and my ex (not of shirt fame, the one before him, my kids dad) managing to evade child support, and this parcel has absolutely made it better. Perfect early birthday gift.

Thank you so much santa!

UPDATE: TWO MORE FIDGETS ARRIVED TODAY! Santa, you are one awesome gifter!