Backup Secret Santa Saves The Day

My original match never materialized, which is fine. Shit happens and I don't hold it against whoever they are. I'm 99% sure that I marked that I didn't need a backup but either I was mistaken (it happens) or the universe and/or @MartynMage decided I could use some cheer and @eodtalley stepped in to make that happen. I did read you first, letter.

Signature covered JIC. No apologies are needed; the last year has been brutal so it's been both the longest and shortest year of my life; time has barely registered. I don't think you have serial killer handwriting based on the signature, your handwriting is similar to mine though I guess maybe we're both closet murderers. Thank you for the well wishes, I dunno if I can survive another 2022.

First the loose items. I have 4 cats and two of them are extremely attached to me so I had to hide in the laundry room to open everything. There were 3/4 of my cats downstairs so each took a catnip toy. The squeezy treats are like crack for them and the blanket might keep them from stealing mine lol.

Themed gifts!

A stand alone gift!

A pair of gifts!

The final mystery.

Number 1 had a pair of shark themed multi tools/bottle openers. I'm actually always misplacing my tools so these are greatly appreciated and as you probably somehow guessed, I LOVE the aesthetic.

Number 2 was a mold for shark fin ice cubes. They're bottom heavy so I'm hoping they'll float fin up.

It might be hard to see (a security app for work was glitching so I had to work around it to be able to take pictures) but these are glasses from number 3. WITH SHARKS IN THEM. These are really cool!

But I was completely floored to see this in number 4. My spouse says my eyes light up and get all starry when I'm excited. I haven't been excited much lately but this blew me away. Thank you so much, I'm going to find a nice place to display this but for now it lives on a shelf in the laundry room so my youngest cat Max won't mess with it. He's at the age where everything is a toy, moreso when we don't want him to mess with it.

Number 5 is something that is a toy. I've actually wanted to get one of these for the cats so hopefully they get plenty of fun outta this.

Number 6 had what I quickly Identified as a bag of dice holding. My last dice bag kinda came apart so this is excellent timing.

Number 7 contained what can best be described as a weapon. The blood on these dice isn't real. Yet.

I really dig these and I have a game tonight so they're coming with. :-)

I do enjoy it, the thing I like most is how everyone takes away something different.

I really dig this. I never studied higher maths so I don't understand what it literally says but I like to look at artwork people make and see what it means to them and how it was put together to figure out their process. Art is expression, this art has more than 2 of them. :-)

It was 3am when I took this so I'm sorry if it seems like this isn't in a place of honor due to the lighting but this piece is on my wall at the base of my stairs now so I'll see it every day.

Thank you again, @eodtalley I really needed this bit of cheer and you knocked this out of the park.