Surprise!

I have been waiting for a package to come in the mail that contains a small item that will go into the swap package I am currently working on. I ordered this item before I was unemployed, and it is partially the reason I am still going to make the package instead of bowing out.

Anyway, yesterday, as usual, I went to check the mail and there was a package! I had been a little worried about the item, so I felt relieved until I saw how large the package was. Surely the item I was waiting on would be in a much, much smaller package? I didn't recognize the return address, so I hoped it was the Etsy seller after all and that she just used more packaging than necessary.

When I got inside the apartment, I ripped it open and immediately saw a knitted item inside. I felt a pang as I thought that it was a traveling scarf that had been misdirected to me somehow, but I quickly realized it was not a scarf after all. It was a knitted bag, and some other items: a little notebook, a card, two bookmarks (one knitted and one with beads) and some very, very cute stitch markers.

This package was entirely unexpected, and that made it so much better! So, why was this sent to me, you ask?

It was sent to me from slightlygeeky (Ravelry name) to thank me for stepping up to make an angel package for the Children's Book Swap (remember Bunnicula?). She was the participant who was originally supposed to send a package to the person I ended up making the replacement package for. Now it's all square since everyone made and received a package.