This was the first year I signed up for any exchanges. My SO and I were feeling ambitious so we did this one and the /r/harrypotter Christmas exchange. I was really looking forward to researching my matches to find the perfect gift and was excited that a couple strangers out there were doing the same for me. Both my matches were lurkers & had little to nothing for me to go off of but I did my best to get them something thoughtful and awesome. And out of 200+ people that signed up for the HP exchange somehow my SO got matched to me and my original SS match never came through. Not to mention my neighborhood had a lot of burglaries and mail thefts around Christmas -- between my SO and I we are still missing five packages. All things considered, my Christmas was a bit of a disappointment.

That is, until I got rematched! Which I had completely forgotten about! Hooray! This redditor goes by The Mad Rematcher, and now I understand why. The first gift that arrived was The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook. I was so impressed with the quality of the book and amount of recipes and this was especially awesome because I had just thought earlier that day that I really wanted a good vegan cookbook. *sigh "What a nice gift. Well, that's that," I thought. Then I saw the note that came with it that said this was gift 1 of 5! I was already happy enough with the one cookbook, but then two more arrived ( The Oh She Glows Cookbook," one of my favorite bloggers! and *Thug Kitchen: eat like you give a fuck ) plus a professional mandolin and a spiralizer! I am astounded by The Mad Rematchers generosity and thoughtfulness in picking out these gifts. After a somewhat crappy Christmas this was a refreshing reminder that there are awesome people out there and I can't thank my rematcher enough for being so kick ass! I can't wait to be someones rematch next year and hopefully make their Christmas as awesome as The Mad Rematcher has made mine.