I gave my Secret Santa a laundry list of random things I liked (including epic fantasy novels, candy, and Beyonce) and had no idea what he or she would do with that.

My SS shipped out the gift super quickly. Am I that easy to buy for?

It turns out.. YES.

I opened the gift and it appeared to be a plain black mug. OK. I do love mugs. About ten years ago I moved and lost almost my entire mug collection, and I have spent several years since rebuilding it. (My husband thinks I have too many, but what does he know. Having too many mugs is not a thing.)

So a plain black mug? Not the most imaginative gift, but definitely appropriate since I said one of my favorite subreddits is /muglife.

But when I poured coffee into it....

NOTHIN' BUTT POMERANIANS!

I am a crazy Pomeranian lady and although I don't have a dog, and have no plans on getting a dog (because my aforementioned husband doesn't like animals because he is a weirdo, and because we live in a pet-free building, and about a thousand other reasons), I have tons of Pomeranian stuff including a Pomeranian calendar I bought myself for Christmas. So this mug is PERFECT: It's kitschy (another interest), it's funny and it's the perfect size for the ten thousand cups of coffee I drink during the semester.

Husband was very impressed by the gift. "It's much better than what I thought you would get," He said. That's an engineer's version of a compliment.

Thanks to my awesome SS Tazz922. And I'm sorry it took this long to post.