My santa made me laugh out loud this year. Hard. I scared my cat, my husband thought I was losin' my marbles. It was the best thing :D

I listed a bunch of hobbies and interests on my profile this year, and my santa was able to latch onto a couple of them and come up with really unique gifts that I never would have been able to find in a million years - I love them all!

First off, there was a note that made me smile - the one side was pretty funny and the other side contained a message from Santa. It was nice to see. :D

After the card, the first gift I pulled out of the box made me laugh so hard. Soooo very hard. I opened it up and saw a giant brain! I love brains - I have such a fascination with neuroscience and neurophysiology, so this was such a funny and wonderful gift. I also love cooking, and it turned out the brain was a cornbread mold! I can make breads that look like brains! It's like a nerdy version of a bachelorette party cake mold. I love it. I dig it. It's fantastic! We're gonna have so many smart foods in the coming weeks. Brain cornbread, brain casserole, brain jello, brain cake, brain everything!

The next thing I reached for confused me at first - the box it came in, which was unmarked cardboard, only said 'Cthulu's Gold' on it. I had noooo idea what it could have been. Even when I opened it and saw the metal case with the wiggly guy himself and a couple of swords, I still had no idea. So I opened it and it turned out to be DnD dice! And they're really, really nice ones, too!

I'm a Dnd newbie - currently in the middle of my first campaign (I'm a gnome!) and now I have a really, really shiny and wonderful pair of dice to use, complete with neato carrying case. The dice are so nice and heavy too, I feel like my character could go meta and say she wants to use the dice to brain the enemies. Just pick'em up and chuck them at the bandits. It'd definitely do damage, haha. I can just imagine the DM rolling his eyes now! :D These are fantastic, I love them.

And finally, I got a really cool veggie chopper and grater kit. I don't know if it was ESP or if my Santa is really, really good at Secret-Santa-ing, but a veggie chopper is just the thing for me. I'm so bad at making my cuts equal size, making them pretty, keeping my workspace neat, dealing with tears from the blasted onions... this tool he got me helps me with all of that! This is the coolest thing and I will definitely get a lot of use out of it. Ahhhhh I love it! <33 It's so great!

Thank you Santa - you did such a wonderful job and made me laugh so much. You really brightened my Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful holiday and a fantastic new year. :D