Shannon’s Adventures: Secret Santa

Okay so I had 2 secret Santa's this year. One was for my friend group and the other was for someone at work. At work we just left the gifts under the tree or handed it to the person- So that one was easy. For my friends we had a dinner and exchanged at dinner.

So the secret Santa from work was really easy: I got the person that was maybe the most fun to shop for and someone that I knew. And I knew she liked Hello Kitty. I told someone that I work with that I thought could help... but I was also pretty sure he would tell her- so I had to get everything that night! I got one thing I knew she wanted and 2 other little things that were within the budget and I put it in a cute Hello Kitty bag for her... and SOMEHOW she didn't know! So I surprised her and she seemed excited!

My friends secret Santa was also easy: We use Elfster and everyone had a wish list. Last year I went off the wish list because my friend- not realizing she was my secret Santa- told me she wanted a Viva La Juicy perfume and she'd Venmo me back for it. I don't love using Venmo- so I just got it for her for secret Santa and it was in the budget because I got it from Tj maxx so it wasn't expensive!

This year I had the same friend- and I got her viva la juicy for her birthday- So I just went from the list she had online. I got her a shirt which has something funny about her profession on it... and she really liked that... and I got her a scrub and a shaving oil from tree hut because those are my favorite things too so I like buying them for other people. I also got her a cute notebook from work just to round it out- and I got a free hand lotion from Ulta so I put that in there too!

My secret Santa got me Friends Stuff!!! I was really excited because I didn't have this on my list and this was a really cute colorful friends blanket and I don't have a colorful one! Plus she got me a friends ornament and it has all the characters on it- which is awesome because my only friends ornament is a central perk coffee mug and I need the friends on my tree! I might like to do a small friends tree one day... so this is a good start!

And as for the restaurant... I'd been here before and it wasn't my favorite for food or service... it still kind of isn't my favorite. I won't say the name... but my favorite restaurant in Freehold is Federici's and we went there last year... but not this year. I'm not sure where we'll go next year lol.

Santa himself was at this restaurant - So it was really

Really busy... So maybe that was our issues with it but... I wanna go to Federicis lol.

Alright I think that's everything I hope you guys like this post!

Bye!

-Shannon