Update: MORE THINGS!!! I got a surprise package yesterday full of all sorts of wonderfully thoughtful and adorable little gifts!!

A floral teacup with matching saucer, a set of dessert utensils, a package of brownie bites and birthday cake balls, little teabag shaped catnip pouches and a what looks to be a very loved book. :)

I LOVE the teacup - thanks so much. It's just the right size and the pattern is adorable. The light isn't very good in my apartment or else I'd take a pic with tea in it. I am drinking some toasted oolong out of it right now. :)

The dessert utensils are so eensy and delicate. I love them! I've never had or used dessert utensils before so this is a fun experience. I kind of feel like I should be watching Downton Abbey while using these. :D

The cake and brownie bites are decadent and sooo scrumptious. I was going to take of picture of one all cut up and served with the utensils to be funny, but my mom was here when they were delivered and... welp, the two I managed to take a picture of are the last ones. She loved them as much as I did, and my boyfriend has called dibs on the last two. :D

Thank you for the cat accessories! You can kind of see it in one of the pictures - it was difficult opening the box! There was a cat in the way the whole time. He was nuzzling at the corner and pawing at it the entire time I was trying to open it. He is very happily curled up with one of the tea bags right now, purring away.

And finally.. the book! I've never read this series before and always meant to because of all of the things I've heard of the author, and his postmortem partner. I'm really interested in how much that affects the story lines and can't wait to start reading!

I really can't thank you enough. Everything you sent me has really improved my life a little bit in their own ways. The thoughtfulness and consideration you showed with each hand-picked item has sort of made me feel loved and cherished by a complete stranger. Especially the cute note. :D

Have a very merry Christmas. You've definitely brightened mine in a way only you could. :)

Few things in life provide me with a distinctly satisfying pleasure: using a q-tip, pulling dried glue off my hand, de-shelling a hard-boiled egg in one piece, and the soul-nourishing sound of a clackey keyboard. Nnnnng.

I'm so happy.

A couple weeks ago, my cat decided to be a huge asshole and rampage over my desk, kicking over a very heavy glass filled with water onto my precious keyboard. I had immediately unplugged it, turned it upside down over a towel and left it a few days to dry out. When I plugged it back in, it was a goner. It was heart breaking.

So, since then, I've been using a cast off mac keyboard with my pc.. and it sucked. It had about a foot long cord, fine for a mac, that only reached my USB slot on my PC if I completely rearranged everything in an uncomfortable way. And since it was an old cast off from my boyfriend's work station, the shift and caps lock keys only worked if I hit them a certain way with a certain pressure. Bah, it was aggravating to say the least.

It gave me such pleasure to tear the sissy keyboard off my desk and replace it with THE DEVASTATOR (lol, the model name). Nice and chunky, I feel like i have a REAL keyboard back, thanks to my awesome secret santa! It glows all pretty blue when i want it to, and has an easy-peasy toggle button to turn the lights back off! It's very impressive with the backlit leds, but maaaaaan, when you turn them off? It has an almost seductively velvety charcoal matte finish that reminds me so much of campfires when I was a kid.

AND IT CAME WITH A MOUSE! The mouse has this huge scroll-wheel with a rubber tread on it, some handy buttons on the side, along with soft rubber for grip. It, like the keyboard, have this great tactile feel that is sooo pleasing. And, they're both also kind of giant which makes me feel like a kid again a la original Xbox controllers if you remember those!

What is so amazing is that this gift brings back so much nostalgia. I know I've touched on that a bit with some points I've made before, but it's just really hitting me now while I'm sitting here typing this. Hands just slightly too small for the 'adult' keyboard, that wonderful clackety sound from my keystrokes, it's a rush. Man, I remember.. like ten plus years ago, I used to live near this amazing recycled computer/parts store called RE-PC. They used to have this HUGE bin full of random keyboards (all for $1!), some so old they were early 90s, some just junky stock Dell keyboards. You really got to dig through them all to find the one you wanted. I used to pull bunches out and tap the keys, looking for one that had just the right clack and feel. Man, this really brings me back.

Thanks so much, Secret Santa. This keyboard started out being 'oo cool! it lights up!', and has turned into a this feeling that tugs my heart just enough to remember staying up summer nights fighting rats on MUDs and discovering the depths of the internet for the first time.

It means a lot to me. :)