Before how I get into how lovely this gift is (and trust me, it is lovely), I have to share a funny anecdote.

Last year, for Arbitrary Day 2017, I got to send a gift to someone in Surrey, BC. I'm familiar with Surrey, as I have family in the area, but Surrey doesn't come in conversation for me very often.

When I saw that my parcel came from Surrey for Arbitrary Day 2018, I thought 'Well, what a coincidence!'

Imagine my surprise when, upon opening the enclosed card, I realized that my Secret Santa this year was the EXACT SAME PERSON I gifted to LAST YEAR! Weird little coincidences like this are why I love these exchanges!

In any case, /u/orangepaisley did a fantastic job. I've mentioned in my profile that I am really getting into baking, so she gave me an assortment of amazing baking-related gifts:

1) An apron, which believe it or not, I did not have. Also, it has measurement conversions on it, which is super helpful because otherwise I spent half of the time in my kitchen yelling things like "Hey Siri, how many teaspoons are in one cup?" I was so confused why all the writing was upside down, and then dumb me actually PUT THE APRON on. Duh. It also has a pocket for my phone, which is great because I do still need to talk Siri from time to time.

2) A matching tea towel, also with conversions. Perfect.

3) A beautiful, so thoughtful, made-with-love cookbook, ready for me to fill with my favourite recipes. This is so beautiful, and it means so much to me that you would make this, just for me! I cannot wait to go through my favourites and fill these pages. I'm still seriously in shock that someone would do this for me.

Thank you for such an amazing gift, and I'll see you again next year? ;)

P.S. Tried to pay the pet tax, but my cats were NOT having it. This is the best I could do!