I had slept through the mailman's arrival today, and despite having no real reason to check the backdoor (redditgifts said Friday-Tuesday arrival), I did anyway. JUST IN CASE. And there it was. My breath caught in my throat. Holy crap, it's here! Was it for me? Or my husband? It was mine! Sweeeet!

I picked up the package and immediately it made a sound of rattling, or loose bits. I was worried that somehow the insides had been broken, but thankfully they hadn't - whew!

My SS must be psychic, because nowhere in my interests did I admit I have a thing for crazy coloured plastic kitchenware (seriously, I have those IKEA kid's cutlery because they're crazy colours + plastic XD) AND the awesome cups included a curly straw permanently attached. EFF YEAH.

I'm a sucker for these kinds of things (I usually end up paying a premium price at amusement parks to buy these kinds of cups, lol), so you, SS, probably had no idea how well you hit it on the nose! :D AND… RED'S A FAVOURITE COLOUR OF MINE. Yeah, husband is never going to see his cup ;) Muhahaha….

(The cups have hand-painted initials, which may not be clear in my pictures, but I'll be telling my husband he's mistaken, and that M, is really another N ;))

Funny SS you mentioned cheap shopping in the USA as I was recently there, twice within the span of a week! You have an amazing eye because I didn't see these cups there (d'oh!) :D

Also, my SS included chocolate coins!!

(Excerpt from letter: On chanukka we give gelt or chocolate coins as presents or alongside presents. We use them to play a game that the maccabeas used to play to fake out the Greeks and so the maccabeas were able to read Torah (bible). Its sort of a traditional thing.)

TIL the historical relevance of the chocolate coins!

(Seriously, SS, I love learning that kind of stuff, so thanks for telling me :))

TIL that my SS might be a previous student of mine too!!

The answer is "probably" if you recognize my last name. I have PM'd you a list of the schools I've taught at so you can settle your bets ;) (But shh! Don't tell the other teachers ;))

ALSO my SS included two free movie passes D: HOLY SMOKES. That is so awesome!!

I am blown away. I was really content on just knowing my SS thought I was a cool person (I'm easy to please, lol), but then she sent all this amazing stuff and told me throughout the letter how cool I was, and how she appreciated my enthusiasm, wow! I am really overwhelmed :) Thank you SS :) You have made me so extremely happy these holidays!

I wish you good luck in all your future endeavours SS, and please continue to work hard :) Good luck in post secondary!!