Aaaah!! Well, when the deadline hit, I had to post that I didn't receive a gift (because I hadn't). But since my SS had messaged me and told me that my gift would be coming from Japan and may take until early March to arrive, I had faith that it was still coming... and it did!

I found a small box in my mailbox, and ran into the house to tear into it. Inside was an objected wrapped in Japanese newspaper - and underneath the Japanese newspaper was a beautiful deck of playing cards, each with a beautiful still from Princess Mononoke. I love it! Thank you, Santa!!