here is some music to get you in the mood



i was having a bit of lie-in and i heard someone walk up to the front door and then walk away and I KNEW it was santa so I jumped out of bed and ran to get the package. Perfect wake-up call!
My secret santa package from the lovely Susan!


first present (from the red wrapping paper), coziest flannel pillowcase with PUPPIES. look at these guys.


puppy pillowcase was quickly added to the Pillow Kingdom.


a tasty-looking RECIPE and measuring spoons oh my god how did you know that I don't have any measuring spoons? even though i like to bake, somehow measuring utensils were an oversight when i was buying kitchen supplies and like, I'm really busy? so i never bought them? even though I actually kind of work in a cooking store. but now they are here. see guys good things happen when you do crazy and/or lazy things. yay universe!


peppermint patties to make the recipe with! omg and peppermint patties, ok, when i was a kid my best friend's grandpa would pick us up from school every day and he always had york peppermint patties and if you'd had a rough day he would sneak one into your backpack and he was the sweetest guy and whenever I see these I think of him. :')


a STOCKING! holy crap! my family doesn't do stockings, we do something else, so this is probably like my first actual stocking ever. muy exciting


stockings are good things, you guys. (i don't know who this mrs. fields broad is but she knows what she's doing with the chocolate and all.) and novelty erasers! yesterday i was with my brother in the dollar store and i was freaking out about all the novelty erasers and he wouldn't let me buy any! again the universe prevails! i'm going to go erase his homework with these.


i may have mentioned i like dark chocolate


and these are probably my favourite gifts out of the whole thing. Susan is so sweet, she sent stuff for my puppy and my fish too!


I'll get a photo later with Katie and her raccoon toy (how did you know raccoons are her favourite) when i visit but here is a photo of my buddy Raffi Torres and HIS new buddy Buddha


snazzy wrapping paper


!!! these are all highly pertinent to my interests. (Fahrenheit 451 comic looks amazing)


the gift of a WHOLE YEAR of puppy action for my retinas.


and a sweet letter from Susan, haha and don't worry, no sneezes! thank your kitties for being so careful!


thanks Susan! merry christmas!