After putting a lot of thought into my gift, it was a bit of a letdown to have my first Secret Santa bail on me. Luckily, Reddit is full of awesome people willing to go the extra mile, and just when I had forgotten about the exchange, an Amazon box showed up at my door! I adore XKCD (who doesn't, really?), but for some reason have always stopped short of buying the book for myself despite really wanting it. So how awesome was it to have Volume 0 drop into my lap on the day after Christmas?

Also stuck in the bottom of the box (and so light I almost missed it) was a wonderful strawberry-shaped silicone tea infuser, which is actually one hell of a timely gift, as my old "granny-style" steel one decided to vanish on me when I bought myself an early boxed set of fancy lose-leaf teas. Plus it's just adorable; I mean, who doesn't love strawberries?

Needless to say, I'll be putting these to use enjoying my last day off. Thank you, Santa, for rematching with me!