My husband and I were so excited to do Secret Santa this year - we had to sit out last year due to financial troubles. We had so much fun picking out the gifts for our giftee and had a blast getting to know him and making a new friend.

We were really disappointed when our original Santa retrieved our info once and then failed to deliver - gifting our giftee was awesome, but the excitement of receiving something cool from a stranger, seeing what they think you might like, opening it up like a kid on Christmas morning - that's all part of the experience too and we were a bit bummed to be missing out.

But then we got rematched and were SO PUMPED! I eagerly watched as our info was pulled by our glorious rematch Santa several times, and then IT WAS SHIPPED! Hooray!

Today I checked the tracking info and saw it was out for delivery, and then began the eager watching out the window. This evening our package arrived, and we eagerly sat down on the couch together, opened it up, and...

WOW!

So many goodies! Something for everyone in our family, so much more than I ever would have expected!

A Harry Potter adult coloring book, a Harry Potter cookbook, toys and treats for our dog April and two cats Flash and Kylie, even a sweet stuffed Zebra named Mortimer for my step-daughter Addy, lots of sweets (those almonds... they're mine. All mine.), a candle that smells amazing, and a $20 Steam gift card!

I have more in-depth info for these gifts in the picture captions. :3

There was also a lovely handwritten note included, but as it has our Santa's name on it I left it off. <3

Santa, you went above and beyond, and I can easily say that we're so glad our original Santa failed us, because YOU ARE AMAZING!

We love all the gifts so much, thank you for being such a great person and Santa! <3