I'm not one to expect much by way of Christmas gifts, or just gifts in general. I enjoy the holidays for the time I spend with the people I care about placing little or no expectations or importance on what gifts I may receive. I usually don't give reports on gifts and such, but this Christmas came with some very special gifts. The one I must mention first came from a person dressed in red that traveled pretty much across the country to deliver it. Mmmmmm... chocolate. But not just any chocolate, Dagoba! But not just one bar, five! And not just five bars of Dagoba chocolate ... A Korknisse to go with it! Miss Elliphantom came to my neck of the woods over Christmas and so we arranged a meet up of sorts. B and I took her and Thunky to Alamo Square, Twin Peaks and a look out point in the Presidio to fulfill the tourist portion of the meet up. Sadly there was not too much knitting to be had, but we did to go Imagiknit, what I consider the knitting mecca of LYS's in San Francisco. Once you go here, you'll understand why I have such a huge sock yarn stash. After Imagiknit, we spent most of our time in the Mission. After hearing that the best burrito they ever had was at Chipotle, I knew I had to take them out to get a real burrito. We then followed our burrito adventure with a little shopping and then some ice cream. Who could say no to Mitchell's ice cream? I'm glad they didn't. But before we knew it, our time was up and we had to say bye, but at least our Weekender bags got to meet. They didn't nearly have as much fun as we did, being that they sat in the trunk the whole time, but they finally got to see another one of their kind. Some of the other awesome gifts I received included an awesome tape measure tote from B's mom, made from real tape measures. I also got, not one, but TWO cupcake carriers, one from my best friend and the other from B's parents. I haven't blogged much about my cooking and baking endeavors, but I'm pretty obsessed with cupcakes. What I had done in the past is put as many cupcakes that will fit into my cake carrier, usually about a dozen, and then find some other container to transport the rest of them. The major drawback to the cake carrier is that the cupcakes will slide around and into each other. You also run the risk of ruining your frosting as you put the cover on. The cupcake carriers will hold 2 dozen cupcakes. The only drawback is that the lower level is an actual muffin tin. So say goodbye to any perfectly frosted cupcakes you put in the bottom. I'll have to devise some kind of makshift shim or something to insert into the bottom to give the muffin top some clearance from the pan allowing for ease of removal. I'm actually wondering if I'll ever have the need to transport more than two dozen cupcakes at a time. I could return one for a handy dandy cake stand, but I haven't baked a cake in a while. Hmmm, decisions. And lastly, probably one of the best Christmas gifts of all time. This was gifted to me by B in the exact color I wanted. Boys can be very sneaky fellows. I haven't had the time to break it in yet. But I will be soon, and hopefully blogging about the results as well. This officially concludes the last of my Christmas related posts. I'll now return to my regular knitting and crafting content.