This is the first time that I have taken part in a holiday swop and it was great! I really enjoyed shopping as a Secret Santa (though the impatience of waiting for my gift to arrive at its destination was a bit much to handle…) and was very excited to see what my Secret Santa would send me, someone I had never met, in a completely different part of the world.
The wait was long, as long as the wait to Christmas in fact, but I arrived home from my holiday of festivities to find a parcel waiting for me. It had arrived from Santa Barbara (and all I really know of Santa Barbara is that it was the name of one of my favourite soapies when I was a teenager) from a blogger called Helen at Helen’s Book Blog.
I received a lovely recipe book called ‘A Slice of Santa Barbara’ California Riviera Cuisine with a post card of Santa Barbara itself and a lovely pile of children’s book to send to Bambelela. So, that means a pressie for me and pressies for the little ones. How blessed am I?
Thank you Helen, it was a lovely surprise!
(And keep an eye out for a post on the results on the Book Rasier- coming soon, just waiting on some photies- we did good! Check out these photos of the books we raised.)
As for other bookish gifts, I received the book I was hoping for in my stocking: The Angels Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
and this delicious looking book called ‘Bake’ (which I have already tried out- or should I say, about to, as have just made one of the tarts for a late lunch, it looks and smells as good as the book cover!)
So, go on, spill the beans, what books did you receive this year?
I am so glad the package arrived safely! I hope you got lots of books for the children as well. Happy Holidays!
I received a lovely cookbook – Rachels Food – who is my fav Irish TV cook. Yet to try out the recipes tho.
So glad to hear your parcel arrived!
I also recieved a cookbook (of sorts). It is called “A Farm in my Heart” by Francois Smuts and Emilia Le Roux and I love it.
The recipies are more story style than actual recipe as they don’t give you a list of ingredients first, it just tells you how to make it with the quantities in the story.
It also has ancedotes about farm life, growing up on a farm and organic gardening.