In this light, the decorations I placed on the front door the night before look rather pathetic.
It looks like the once-golden ginkgo has sneezed.
Feeling a little deflated by the day, I went out to check our rather grim mailbox.Bill, bill, more election materials, advertisement... and a bronze key, indicating I had a package in the big box. Hmm.
Looks like those cheeky fellows at the Royal Mail are sending me mash notes again.But wait... what's this?
This was no ordinary parcel!I hastened inside, my spirits beginning to lift, and forthwith commenced ripping. Pretty soon I had revealed:
The Box of Delight! Yes, complete with cuppycakes!Here's what was inside:
Oh, and I suppose you want to see it all unpacked, do you?OK.
Lookie here! And even more treasures to open up!Here is the whole resplendent shebang:
This delightful fairy package contained:* a paper lantern and information on the Chinese zodiac
* Halloween greetings and a chocolate lollipop
* a packet of peppermint tea (from none other than HRH the Prince of Wales himself)
* a wonderful little tin of fairy treasures (including buttons and hard candies)
* some luxurious-looking salt scrub for the bath
* a mini Dairy Milk bar festooned with Freddo the Frog
* a wee, white Sugar Mouse with green eyes
* lovely origami paper and a bookmark
* a packet of Milky Way Magic Stars
* some small notes with inspiring fortune-cookie-like sayings inscribed thereon
* some teeny Laundry Fairy clothespins with wooden flowers and ladybugs on them
* a dollar for my sister (yay!)
* and a box of Walker's Shortbread (how did you know? I LOVE this stuff!)
Not shown: the Curlywurly bar that somehow got overlooked in the box. Mmm.
Many, many thanks to the kind fairy Emma Faulkner for sending such a delightful packet! I feel like my birthday's come three days early!
4 comments:
What a great package. Love the clothespins!
Isn't it great?
The clothespins are just the perfect thing for a Laundry Fairy, too.
:-) Yes, Laundry Fairy- a well-matched package. Terrific. (I got a very lovely origami card in the mail today, btw. Thanks!)
And drat! I've once again forgotten that your birthday is so early in the month. I am lame. You will probably have to settle for a duo bday/xmas gift again....
Not to worry, I'm doing fine. I seem to recall that I took my own sweet time getting a birthday present to you back in February.
Glad to hear the card got there OK. I'm always a bit paranoid that they'll get chewed up in the post office machinery.
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