Today has been a good day. It's one of my weekly days off that I get to spend with my 3yr old daughter. It's also the day that I received my gift from my Secret Santa.

As soon as the postman knocked on the door my daughter was excited. She loves checking the mail and, for her, all packages are always for her. When she seen me carrying the box into the living rooms she was very happy because she assumed there was something in there for her.

Once I opened the box I found many neat little things as well as a hand-written note.

Under the note were the first two extras, homemade bath bombs! One is a rose and the other is a duck. I didn't leave anything in my bio about my how awesome bath bombs are, but finding these was a truly wonderful treat.

My daughter immediately claimed the duck one for herself and announced she wanted a bath now.

Under the bombs were some lovely ribbon hair ties. I do have long hair but Don't tie it back often and typically it's for a utilitarian reason. But these will be really nice in my daughter's hair. She's got long blonde hair that she loves to have baubles in.

Next was a face mask bomb thing for revitalising my wonderful face. This will most likely go to my wife, as I would only get half the use out of it because the beard would get in the way.

Lastly were two books, one from my wish list, and one from my Santa's own collection.

A Little Stuck - which is a nice children's story about getting a kite stuck in a tree and the many attempts to free it. I can't remember what led me to admit to my wishlist but it was most likely because I love children's books and reading to my daughter (we've already read it 5 or so times).

All the Birds in the Sky - I remember it being released as many of my twitter friends shared stuff about the book. I don't know what the book is about but I like going into a new story with no foreknowledge. I am excited though as I've heard good things about this one.

My Santa is awesome. She made this exchange feel special and well-considered.

sidenote I sometimes cannot read other's handwriting so I think I got my Santa's Reddit name correct. If I didn't please message me and let me know.