You'll notice, there was no follow up regarding what I got.
Whomp, whomp.
Best I can tell, my package got stuck in US customs during the government shutdown, and hasn't moved an inch since. While I haven't lost all hope of getting my gift, the stark reality is that if the package has a tracking number and hasn't moved since January 13th ... well, I'd assume a month and a half later it's likely gone for good.
Sad.
Of course, this didn't prevent me from having more fun in the Christmas exchange, as I volunteered to be a rematcher for someone who got similarly shafted ... be it because their package was lost in shipping, or there was just nothing sent to begin with ... either way, I was rematched with a parter in California the second time around. He wrote a very nice thank you note, including a mention that his family kind of skipped Christmas this year, and how my gift made him feel like he wasn't left out.
Oh the feels.
In my participation of these exchanges, what I've come to learn about most of the people who do Reddit Gifts (who I've been matched to or read about, anyway) is this - usually, participants have a reason why they're in these exchanges. And more often than not, it boils down to them either being (A) lonely / having no one in their life who cares enough to give them gifts, or (B) going through some trouble in life that they need a diversion from and random gifting gives them a new venue of happiness to pursue while they work through their situation.
Given that I participate just for the fun of gifting, and feeling good about being able to make a difference in someone else's life ... well, I'm not too upset that I didn't get my exchange gift for Christmas. Let's just leave it at that.
So, knowing that I had fun regardless of the outcome, I decided to sign up for a new Reddit Gifts exchange a little over a week ago.
Here were my options:
Knowing my ... proclivities ... can you guess which one I signed up for?
LOL! Here's a hint:
Obviously if there's a holiday with costuming and festive decor involved, you know I've got to be a part of it ... right?!
So on February 19th, I was assigned my partner. And she seemed like a very nice person:
Bahahaha. Well, I'm sure she is a nice person ... just don't try to Google her Reddit user name at work ... on an office computer ... using the company's internet filters.
Damn it that I try to be such a thoughtful and through gift giver, because turns out I was matched to someone who uses her assets in a very unique way that I'm way too modest to ever do myself.
That's a nice way of saying my partner is a BBW porn star.
Me, closing my internet browser at work:
Hahahahah - whoops!!
Since I like to try to find the similarities between myself and my giftee in these exchanges, rather than focus on our obviously vast differences ... I was happy to find that my partner for this exchange surprisingly enjoys crafting and creating things much like I do. Building off that, I decided to invest an ungodly amount of time into a mini cross stitch (I think I was about 12 hours in when all was said and done).
And then I paired it with a smattering of St. Pat's items that she could wear ... well, doing whatever it is she does.
Since I feel like I can never send one of these gifts without including a personal note, I wrote a letter telling a little about myself and a little about why I chose what I did ... and then I packed it up with a cute label and shipped it off:
And now ... I wait for it to arrive later this week.
Fingers crossed they like it!
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