Can't wait until March

What is it about Tim Burton and Johnny Depp:



that wants me to make something magical?

Wagon wheels

Instead of bagels, I shared "wagon wheels" from a local bakery to celebrate my ill-gotten Survivor gains:

Sweet, sweet victory.

I Survived

My name is CraftyMama.


and I won this year's Survivor Pool. Thank you Oakland for overcoming a 12 point spread over Denver.

Final gift from my Secret Santa

It was a thrilling ride to the end. I was thrilled when I discovered my Secret Santa was someone that I was a Secret Santa to a few years ago. Here was the grand finale:

Solar-powered kitty bobbleheads!

Sigh. Sad that Secret Santa has come to a close. I loved it--thanks to my Secret Santa!

Thursday's gifts from my Secret Santa

What can I say, I love getting e-mails from my Secret Santa:


As promised, a delivery came:

And inside? Christmas melodies from Chris Isaak, a very cool votive holder and candle, a small flask of Orange Blossom perfume, and two chocolate Santas (I already ate one by the time I took the picture):

Can't wait to see who my Secret Santa is!

The Wednesday Visit from Secret Santa

Hopefully I mastered the screen capture because I've got to share this awesome e-mail from my Secret Santa this morning:


The attachment was a picture of a friend at work named Erika. Given the ransom note style, it begged the interpretation that my assignment was to off Erika--but my Secret Santa set me straight:


Turns out, I simply had to see Erika who had a note for me. Inside was a picture of a file cabinet and instructions to look in the second drawer, where I found this:

And inside the clever wrapping paper (Baseball Furies, holla!) was this:

Sigh. Kind of starting to get bummed that Secret Santa is almost over!

My Secret Santa's Tuesday visit

I wish I could figure out my print Screen issues because the e-mails I receive from my Secret Santa before each gift so far have been priceless and I'd love to share them. Anyhoo, this was in my mailbox:

It's an awesome keychain in the "Ugly Doll" vein and a scratcher (unfortunately I didn't win):

But is it really losing when I've got RDJ's handsome mug to console me? Cat sound!