To start this off - this is my first exchange, and though I was skeptical about choosing Colors as my first theme, I can honestly say this was MUCH more fun than anticipated. My Santa took to heart everything I had in my profile. I chose Yellow and Garnet as my colors (I would have just chosen yellow, but I felt that yellow was too overpowering and garnet compliments it well.)

To start off, I opened the letter. My Santa chronicled why she chose the gifts that she did. 1) The Roller Derby Giraffe Print. (Honestly my FAVORITE! I would have never guessed there was such a thing out there! I'm trying to figure out the best place to hang it to give it the appropriate viewing it needs!) She chose this because of my interest in joining roller derby as well as my love for giraffes. She even painted the frame yellow to include my interest in arts and crafts. 2) Burgundy gloves for my love of the cold. I grew up in Vermont, and now live in Maryland (where we didn't even get snow this year?! What's up with that?) 3) A robot key chain to compliment my interests in robotics. I'm too scared to hook it onto my backpack in fear of losing it, but it would also allow me to remember how AWESOME my first Reddit Gift Exchange was. 4) Nail polishes in both colors as well as yellow lip balm to share some of her interests with me, as she's a self proclaimed make up fanatic. I've already put the yellow nail polish on and I've been using the lip balm daily because it's so delicious smelling!