I have such an awesome Secret Pal. She sent me the greatest gift, although I didn’t know about it until yesterday. Believe it or not, it’s been sitting in my backroom for goodness knows how long, and I didn’t open it until yesterday. Why? It’s a side-effect of my doing all of my Christmas shopping online. When I received the package, I put it in a pile of other packages I have - thinking it was a holiday gift for one of my kiddos. Wasn’t I surprised when I got an e-mail from my Pal asking me if I’d received my package!

Huh? A package? For me?

You can bet your bottom I was digging through boxes and hoping I’d find that one special box from my secret buddy! Oh my goodness gracious was I ever happy to find that box! I was spoiled rotten by my pal - and I do mean spoiled rotten!

Can you believe the generosity of my pal? There’s some beautiful Noro Kochoran yarn there and some lovely Mountain Colors Bearfoot superwash wool. The colors are so deep and elegant! I don’t know what I’ll knit yet, but oh my gosh - it’ll have to be special to use such gorgeous yarn!

Look at the beautiful bag and fingerless gloves my pal knit. I know you can’t tell from my semi-blurry pictures, but my buddy is a very talented knitter. Her work is so beautiful. The gloves fit me perfectly and the color, well, c’mon - they’re pink and I just love pink!

My pal knows me well, doesn’t she? Pink gloves, a bumblebee tape measure (I collect bumblebees!), bumblebee socks (from her son, what a sweetiepie!), a mug in autumn orange with leaves on the side (autumn is my favorite!) and the mug was filled with chocolate!

Errr the chocolate. Yeah. Well, between the kids and I - ummm - the chocolate didn’t make it to the photo session. It was delicious though!

Oh pal, I don’t know what to say other than thank you. Your package really brightened my day and I love everything so, so much! You put so much thought into this lovely package - I feel so honored. You’re fantabulous! Thank you again!