Blogger Christmas gift swap

I know, I know. Christmas was weeks ago now. I’m sorry to keep bringing it up. But we were away for three weeks. And then I ended up with the stomach flu and then there was the jet lag. So much jet lag. I’m finally, sort of, back on a reasonable daytime schedule now (although Pumpkin seems to think 2am is a suitable waking-up time).

So, anyway, I posted back in November about the blogger gift swap that was hosted by the lovely Viola over at A Piece of Viola. I thought it was a fabulous idea and promptly signed up.

A couple of weeks later, I got an email from Viola, introducing me to my gift-swap partner, Amanda from Chocolate Pages.

Amanda is a book blogger, mainly, although she blogs about other things too (like chocolate *yum*!) You should definitely go visit her blog!

She’s so sweet and very nicely agreed to put up with my special I’m-travelling-7,000-miles-at-Christmas-so-sorry-for-seeming-flakey needs, and we got to know each other through Twitter and our blogs.

We agreed on a spending limit and also put our shopping skills to the test by agreeing to only buy from charity shops – thereby stretching our budgets and giving money to a worthy cause at the same time.

It was so much fun learning about a completely new person and, while the only-buying-from-charity-shops thing was a bit of a challenge, it also made things a bit more interesting.

 

When Amanda sent me my package, she knew I wouldn’t be home for Christmas, and my original plan was to take the package with me to open on Christmas day. She even included a letter for Daddy-man, telling him what was included for the whole airport security thing.

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Unfortunately, I’ve yet to figure out how to travel lightly with a baby in tow (is that even possible?), so I had to leave some things behind at the last minute, including the gifts from Amanda. They sat waiting patiently under our own Christmas tree until I got home last week.

After a nap, a bath and a Domino’s pizza, I was feeling fairly human again and decided to work my way through my last few Christmas gifts.

The first thing I opened was a pair of cosy bed socks. They have Mickey Mouse’s face on the sides and Pumpkin loves to play with them. They also match the pyjama bottoms that I bought in America.

There was also a lovely cinnamon-scented candle – which I thought was funny because I sent one of those to her too! A bath set, which included a toast-shaped sponge and delicious-smelling strawberry soap in a jelly pot. Finally, there were two pieces of Scottish tablet and a piece of fudge (Daddy-man ‘helped’ me eat these – they were delicious!)

Thank you so much to Amanda for the lovely Christmas gifts, and to Viola for organising the swap. I had a great time doing this and will definitely look for something similar to do again next year!