Musical Mondays: My Dear Aquaintance (A Happy New Year)

This week's song:

My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)

by Regina Spektor

Holy cow, can you believe that 2014 is over in just three short days?  Does anyone else feel like this year flew by crazy and unbelievably fast? I feel like I blinked and it was all gone, but in preparing the 2014 Review Extravaganza posts (HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE) I realized that I did so much this year, and I enjoyed so many fantastic memories with so many fantastic people.  It's kind of surreal.

Secret Santa Book Swap Reveals

This month I participated in two holiday book-related swaps, the Broke & Bookish Secret Santa Swap, and the Becoming Books Secret Santa Exchange.  I received wonderful packages from both!

From the Broke & Bookish swap I received this fantastic package from Stormy over at Book Blog Bake.  Let me tell you, Stormy really knows how to pull off a fantastic package-just look at this!

She sent me This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke, a gorgeous blue scarf, an I ♥ ♥ The Doctor magnet (that I've considered buying myself a few times), earrings, fun Knock Knock book marks, Chocolate, Peppermint Bark, and Gingerbread cookies.  Such an amazing package!

As for the Secret Santa exchange at Becoming Books, my partner was Elizabeth of Chubby Madness.

She sent me Stardust by Neil Gaiman (another must-own on my list!), a lovely crocheted bookmark, and some Jamberry samples because she's a consultant.

A big thank you to the swap hosts and the swappers that sent me such lovely goodies!

 

12 Days of Christmas Swap Show-Off

As you know, each year over at Chaotic Goddess Swaps we do a 12 Days of Christmas swap where we get 12 gifts and send 12 gifts, each to be open one a day in the 12 days leading up to Christmas day.  It's a lot of fun, and this time I was paired with the awesome Katherine of SimplistiCreations, which is a fantastic blog that you should definitely be following.  See what I got her HERE. Here's what she got me.