First package: White stripes Conquest 7'' record with poster and little picture card. it was fantastic! what a great gift because i am a huge White Stripes fan. What could possibly be in the next package?? (i saw the tracking info) but it was taking a long time, i was getting overly anxious and finally the tracking said it was being delivered to my house at that very moment! i figured i'd check the doorstep in case i missed the knock. no package- but wait... the delivery man's accost the street!! i lurk in the house watching his every move. he puts a package on the neighbor's doorstep, then drives off. Argh!! how could this be? i didn't want to be too creepy and run up to their step to see if it was my package, just delivered to the wrong house... so i got the binoculars... and confirmed that it was not mine after all.

i sighed, and the words 'in due time' ran through my mind...

Later on in the day i come home and- SECOND PACKAGE: IT HAS ARRIVED. excitement poured from me. i tore it open to reveal:

TWO MORE WHITE STRIPES CONQUEST 7'' VINYLS WITH DIFFERENT POSTERS, DIFFERENT CARDS, AND THE VINYL THEMSELVES WERE DIFFERENT COLORS!!! one red and the other white. What a fantastic gift this is!

if you could see me right now, you would see a wide-eyed kid, sitting in the middle of a small dirty room surrounded by White Stripes paraphernalia and a record player, transferring all musical cuts from these three new vinyls to a cassette tape. it would make you happy to see someone so happy, let me just put it that way. best gift by far.

i thank you again secret santa for making all this possible (and you too reddit). you just made my year.