First of all, before begin writing this post, I want to apologize because I tried to write it yesterday and in the midst of writing out my thank you Redditgifts glitched and I'm not sure if it published or not. But this morning the exchange was closed out as complete. So in the off chance that my Santa received a notification that my thank you post had published and the link was broken or the review was garbled... sorry.

I received the gift yesterday 7/17/19 one full day early than the tracking number provided. Which was great because I was a little worried depending on the timing of whether or not the package would have to sit at my house for the weekend due to out of town plans. Santa wrapped up the gifts wonderfully in colourful layers of tissue paper and I just want to say that my first favourite colour is yellow and my second favourite is rainbow. So I knew off the bat that I was in for something special. You can always see how much care a Santa puts into the gifts when they take the time to wrap something up and make it something special. In fact, while I was unwrapping the gifts I got a phone call from my mom and I told her I would call her back because I was in the middle of opening a present and she was thoroughly confused. ha!

Of course, I opened the beautiful card first, which was bright and sunny and instantly made the day full of dreary humidity and on and off rain better because the rain literally stopped like magic and the sun came out. I am not sure if this bright card was mystically enchanted or that was a common coincidence but just-in-case I'm going to keep a hold of it and keep it in my office on display for a little while.

Next, I unwrapped the king of all soft-sided coolers. This bad boy is big with lots of pockets and storage. I could fit my grown obese cat in this cooler and still have room for a couple of drinks and sandwiches. I am really excited to use this cooler soon. I let my Santa know that I am going on a beach/tropical vacation in T-Minus 34 days. I have since re-compressed this cooler and tucked it into my semi-packed luggage for that trip.

When I unwrapped the next parcel, the sound that emitted from my body sounded like a scared pig. But trust me it was a joy. I first learned to play skip-Bo at the table with my grandparents' house when I was about 11 years old. I remember that they did end up buying me a copy of the game at some point in my childhood. But like most children, I was terrible with keeping things in good condition and ended up losing a few cards. This is a sequential stacking game and losing one or two cards makes the game hard to play. That was 20 years ago and I am now much better at keeping track of my things (I think). I could've totally bought this for myself in that time but it's one of those things that you want to get, but never end up getting. So I really appreciate you snagging this for me and finally have skip-bo in my game collection.

Finally, the last gift I unwrapped was this book I have never heard of. At first, I was like .. "huh?" The back jacket description leaves much to the imagination and doesn't seem like something I would normally pick up for myself. In the time since receiving the book, I have looked it up on various websites, Amazon, Goodreads..etc and found that it is extremely highly reviewed and claims to be a riveting book with developed characters and overlapping plot lines. I am actually now looking forward to reading it. I was hoping to grab something to read at the beach or on a hammock this summer and this fits the bill perfectly.

All in all, I am very happy with everything that I have received. I appreciate the thought and care you put into picking out these gifts for me and wrapping them up so beautifully. Thank you so much, Santa.