Hello all!
Hopefully none of you have the darn bug that's floating around. Me? Lets just say sneezing recreates Hiroshima and that's putting it mildly. Yesterday was spent in bed doped up on NyQuil, as was the 23rd. Worked okay because Hubby was on shift at the power company (he monitors the power grid- or rather 5 different teams do but his was on shift 24th/25th) so our Christmas is happening right now.
First, thanks to both of my FT SS's!! One I know who you are because you revealed yourself, the other all I know is that you signed your gift tags as my FT SS in Japan who is also a foodie.
I LOVED everything I got!
I'm not sure what all the Japanese snacks are- in the bigger bag neither was my Santa (per the gift note) but I notice one of the packages has an image of a cartoon chicken leg and looks like chips. Chips flavored like chicken can't be bad right? lol. Also a package of Kit Kats. If you've never been to Japan, let me tell you the dizzying array of flavors of Kit Kats, Pringles, etc would make your head spin. My fave has always been the Matcha Green Tea, but I'm eager to try these other flavors. Lastly, not that I can read the Kanji, but Santa assures me they are authentic snacks and are conceptually like Twinkees. Since the ham is still cooking, I have to be patient and try to have dinner before I rip into his little box of heaven sent to me from my Japanese SS.
Next, is a box from malexander who revealed himself to me earlier in the thread. I sent both Santas a pretty detailed 'about me' kind of note- mostly because I didn't have anything in particular I really wanted, but still wanted them to have some clue of things I like etc. So I went on holiday for two weeks and came back on the 21st to a box at my desk from Starbucks. Now, since I had given out office Christmas and Hanukkah gifts before my trip- I figured the box to be from coworkers. All looked puzzled (and none play poker that well) so a quick PM to wharvey led me to realize it was from Santa. Inside? A LOVELY mug (honestly, I'd been eyeing that mug) in a pale blue grey ceramic, a bag of Reserve Christmas blend, a bag of Holiday blend, Christmas Blend, AND Christmas Espresso blend. Yes folks, they're all different. I was wow'd. Thank you so so terribly much. If I wasn't still hopped up on decongestants I'd have a pot of one of these going right now!
I am truly humbled by both my gifts and sorry that I'm a day late posting. Being sick sucks. Being sick on Christmas sucks even worse.
Happy Holidays everyone!!