Social Distancing Secret Santa

I have been participating in a Facebook Social Distancing Secret Santa the past couple of weeks. To participate, you filled out a Google doc about your preferences and sent it to the group moderator.  By doing so, you also agreed to send someone else a gift worth $20 or less by May 1. The group host then sent you someone's name, their preference sheet and address, and the game was on!

Yesterday I got a battered box in the mail with the return address of someone I did not know. 

I figured out pretty quickly that it was from my Secret Santa, and I was hoping desperately that whatever was inside was not damaged. 

There was a card inside and I opened that first to learn that my Secret Santa was Neecy Jabour. Wow, she made my gift! (And how ironic the she mentioned my favorite drink which just happened to be pictured in the photo above.)

What a nice drink cup! Fortunately it was not damaged despite the mauling of the box. Later when I thanked Neecy online, she told me that she had tried to find a photo of a horse that looks like Abby to put on my new cup. I love that and think that it does bear a resemblance to my horse.

I mailed my gift yesterday, but I don't want to post any pictures yet as my recipient may be a blog reader. Something that I made for her will tip her off that her Secret Santa is me. But, I did make something else that I can share here.

Her own horseshoe pandemic mask! Since Cristine Holt sent me several packages of elastic in the mail, I can make them again. 

Craig took my recipient's box to the USPS yesterday and she should receive it by the end of the week. I'll post pictures here when it arrives.