Holy cow... this Arbitrary Day has been amazing to me! To those out there who sign up and say they have no money has never received the gift of something from the heart; homemade gifts!

I was at work and wasn’t' even expecting a package when a co-worker brought me a large boxed marked "fragile". I looked at it and saw it was c/o 'wiredwombat' so I knew it had to be from my Arbitrary Plus SS. Unfortunately I was without a camera today and so I mournfully looked at the package I couldn't open. But wait... we have an AV person and an Art Director on staff, surely one of them had a camera! Off I go in search of something so I can record the unveiling of my presents. Turned out to be a joint venture where one had the camera and the other had the USB cable I'd need to get them off the camera and onto my laptop.

Once I got my camera I seriously felt extremely excited to open what was inside. When I opened the box the first thing that greeted me was a whole lot of shredded paper and some a gift wrapped in green. I pull it out and start digging, causing a HUGE mess on my office desk. I find two more gifts, these ones wrapped in red.

As I laid them out in front of me I wondered what I should open first...I went for the roundish one with a nametag on it. Whoah! A hand painted...yes folks... HAND PAINTED My Little Pony coffee mug! /swoon. I drink a ton of coffee and tea at work and finally I had something all my own to show off on my desk. But the awesomeness didn't stop there. JAM packed inside was my favorite tea of all time, Earl Grey! Just in time too as I drank my last bag this morning!

Okay... next... big flat one or little flat one. Hmm... I go for the little flat one. Another HAND PAINTED gift! This time a Reddit Pony! By now I have a HUGE smile on my face. This is such an amazing gift so far and I still have one more to open. This painting will be joining my wall of MLP art in my office.

Okay, last one. GO! HOLY COW!!! Another HAND PAINTED (see the pattern here?) picture! This one from Doctor Who! A HAND PAINTED canvas art piece of the Tardis. It says "Journey's End: Does it really need saying"? I got a tear in my eye. I LOVE this episode and the famous line where the Tenth Doctor says this to Rose... No it doesn't need saying! /cry

To my SS, Thank You so very, very, very much! Your gift truly touched me (and no, not in the bad touch sort of way). I can't thank you enough through the internet but have some internet hugs none-the-less!