I am speechless, I have no words. Yesterday evening I received the most thoughtful collection of gifts I've ever gotten. My santa went above and beyond to make sure I had a really amazing Arbitrary Day.

My santa sent me messages early on, and we found out that we shared common ground in that we both lived in Japan at some point in our lives. I received a huge package that was wrapped in Hokusai's "The Great Wave." Inside were 6 beautifully wrapped packages all labeled with a number, and a stack of letters I was instructed to open after each present. The letters contained the thought behind each set of gifts.

Gift 1: Daenerys Targaryen pop figurine (I love Pop figures and Daenerys is my favorite character, even though my gifter disagrees with me on this ;P), Hyper Matte Sleeves for my Pokemon cards (I collect holographic cards and these are the best sleeves on the market-- "plus, they're Japanese!" as the note explained :) ), and... one of my gifter's childhood handkerchiefs from Tokyo Disneyland, a 1983 one to be exact, which is when the park opened. I was so stunned with all of the beautiful gifts, but the handkerchief is really something special, and I really love Disney Parks merch so much. Thank you for gifting this to me, I will cherish it and hang it on my wall. The note explains that he didn't have any kokeshi or geisha dolls (I collect them), but that I "got a used Kleenex instead... Go you!" Hahaha. If you had given me the "used Kleenex" as my only gift in this whole exchange, I would have called it a success! :)

Gift 2: Snacks from his area. My gifter lives in Albuquerque, and I actually love Breaking Bad. He gave me some local Crystal Meth Rock Candy, his favorite Japanese wasabi snack, and some Green Chile Jerky. I love getting local snacks from my gifters! And I love beef jerky so much but I never buy it because it's expensive. The beef jerky was crispy and awesome. All of the snacks were awesome!

Gift 3: A $20 Steam gift card (So stunned!) and a personal manekineko coin purse from circa 1980 Japan, that was given to my gifter from his Aunt. I will have so much fun due to this gift card, and I will cherish this coin purse. It is beautiful and I will keep it with my own coin purse from Japan. I do love the "regifts," so very much!

Gift 4: A Starbucks gift card (love Starbucks!), and two local loose teas and tea bags: Kama Sutra Chai (chai is my favorite), and French Caramel Creme Brulee, my gifter's favorite. I cannot wait to try the teas (and thank you for the tea bags, I don't have an infuser). I will be buying cream today at the store and will tell you what I think! The Creme Brulee tea smells soooo good!! I will treat myself to Starbucks too, when I'm having my next stressful day. Thank you!

Gift 5: Starboks Pokemon mug, to drink my new tea in! I cannot wait to use it, it is so cool, I've never seen one before.

Gift 6: Pack of postcards from my gifter's vacation in Yellowstone. He said if he couldn't ship out my gifts before his vacation, he'd get me a souvenir. I've never been to Yellowstone before and the pictures on these are beautiful, a couple are hanging up on my fridge right now too. Thank you!!

I have no words to describe the amount of thought and time that went into these gifts, so I guess all I can say is: thank you so much John, you are the best ever.