When I signed up for the gift exchange and began to fill out my little profile of interests I was very honest. I admitted that I would rather see my cats receive gifts but in case they didn't like cats I gave a couple interests of my own.

My secret santa read it and understood perfectly. The gifts I received were all for Lelu & Drumstick but there was one for me too!

When I initially opened the large box I was pleasantly surprised to find a series of small wrapped packages inside. I began to take them out and noticed that they all had numbers and one had a note on it that clarified that each gift needed to be opened in a certain order. I complied to that rule completely, since it added to the joy of the experience.

#1 - "Pablo Escobar My Father" written by Juan Pablo Escobar.

I legitimately gave out a small squeak when I saw this underneath the wrapping paper. I had actually put a copy of this book in my Amazon cart LAST NIGHT but did not purchase it (only because I could only afford the soft cover, I was going to wait until I could get the hardcover). Then by a stroke of fate I receive a hardcover copy of it in the mail from my secret santa. So perfect. I'm already a chapter deep (taking a break from reading it so I could post about my gifts!).

#2 - Krave Beef Jerky.

This was the one I noticed my cats really focusing on originally and then I knew why. Lelu (the large black $ white cat) is basically addicted to Jerky (ate it once because someone left some out) but I don't eat meat so I never buy any. Well, she's delighted. She has already been given a piece but has continued to paw at the bag. Her diet was supposed to start today but it can wait!

#3 - "I love my cat" stocking.

When I opened a package that contained an empty stocking I already knew what the remaining gifts would be, but there was a note attached that described how my secret santa had grown up with a very spoiled long-haired cat and that they always had a stocking for it during Christmas. I knew immediately that my secret santa understood Lelu & all of her glory.

#4 #5 #6 and #7.

Each one of the smaller gifts were to be used as stocking stuffer for the cats. The toy bag is great, I know Drumstick is going to love them (he's a kitten so he loves everything). The only one I couldn't put in the stocking (because my cats are greedy) was the hand-knit catnip mouse! You can see them smelling that one while it was wrapped. There was no way Drumstick was going to let that exist without being in his grasp. However, the fine toothed brush and the string toy are the true perfection in all of this. The brush is important because Lelu is a purebred Norwegian Forest Cat so her fur gets THICK in the winter but doesn't shed so brushing her is a common activity for me. This type of cat brush is going to make her so happy! And last but not least, Lelu only plays with 1 kind of toy and it is the string toys with feathers. I didn't include those details in my exchange application, my secret santa just knew!

I made sure to include as many photographs as I could, I just really want to make sure my santa knows how much I appreciate the gifts I received! Thank you so much! Lelu and Drumstick thank you as well <3