Wow. Where do I start. I guess I have to start a week ago when I commented on the awesome wrapping job bOnn13 and her cat did on her secret santa gift. Little did I know this gift was coming to me! I instantly knew I was dealing with a foodie when I saw the outside of the box had the Plated logo on it. What was inside absolutely blew me away. 5 Gifts!!!! Each was individually wrapped, and each was specifically tailored to an interest I have. Someone spent a lot of time stalking me. I'm starting to wonder if she might be outside my house right now watching me type this...

Anyway, to the gifts! First, I opened this gift card to Plated. I've never used their service before, but very excited to try. Essentially they are a food delivery service where you choose your menu, and they send you perfectly portioned ingredients for you to cook the meal in your home. I had heard of them before, and was basically waiting to hear something from one of my friends first before testing them out. THIS IS AWESOME. I love to cook. It's a big passion of mine. I'll definitely be putting this gift card to use very soon. That alone would have been a fantastic gift.

The 2nd gift I opened was The Remastered Full-Color Edition of the Mark Z. Danielewski novel "House of Leaves." You have no idea how perfect this gift is. I've been wanting to read this book forever, as I'm a big fan of Horror novels. I'm normally an ebook reader, and for many reasons I won't get into, this is just not the type of book that works well on an e-reader. So it kept getting pushed back on my reading list. NOW I OWN IT! I'm also a week away from a cross country trip, so now I have fun reading material for the flight!

The 3rd gift I opened was the Claudia Roden cookbook "Arabesque - A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon." I'm a foodie, and I love cookbooks. More importantly, I love THIS PARTICULAR cookbook writer. There's no better cookbook author on Middle Eastern/Mediterranean cooking than Claudia Roden in my opinion. And this book is GORGEOUS. Lots of beautiful photos inside. I can't wait to start cooking out of it!

The 4th gift is something I have a bit of an obsession with - condiments. I love condiments. I have an entire shelf in my fridge dedicated to store bought and homemade condiments of all sorts. You know what I don't have? A habanero based hot sauce. WELL NOW I DO! My santa sent me D.L. Jardine's Special Edition Texas Kicker Habanero Hot Sauce. Never had it before, but I'll be testing it out today for sure! I love hot sauce!

The 5th gift - trust me, I saved the best for last. I'm an avid disk golfer. I play at least once a week. As long as I've been playing, I've never had a personalized disk. WELL MY SANTA TOOK CARE OF THAT! I got a DGA Titanic Putter with Snoo and my reddit user name on it! That's so awesome! I can't wait to put it to use next time I'm out on the course!

Overall, this has easily been the best experience I've had with exchanges, and I've had some great ones, so that's saying a lot. Thank you so much, Secret Santa. You've really made my day! I hope you have a fantastic holiday!