So, I signed up to this exchange hoping I'd get some nice pens and papers for my girlfriend. She's a fairly new teacher, and I was thinking it would be nice for me to gift her my gift from this exchange.

So when the mail arrived I waited for her to get home. Then I handed her the bubble-envelope (is it called this in English?). She asked what it was, and I said I did not know. I told her I signed up for an exchange hoping we would get something she could use.

The suspense was killing us both. She was telling me all the time "Usually I know approximately what you're buying me, but this time it's really exciting!".

We didn't really expect all these fancy and nice stuff. For us at least they are fancy. These pens, fills, books and ink and all. Wow! We are moving into our new apartment, and we got a room specifically which we'll use from her work, writing etc. This will all come really in handy, and we've decided to start learning to write these letters!

Thank you so much santa (Locutus-of-Borg). The gift was great!