Thank you gift?

Monday, July 28, 2008

A totally amazing stranger is giving up a limited edition Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab oil she just won in an Ebay auction for me, so that I can add it to my list of things I've replaced after they were stolen from me by an especially douche-y ex. I sent her a short but heartfelt email explaining my situation, figuring my chances were slim to virtually none (considering the rarity of the oil), but she wrote back and said she'd be happy to sell it to me for just as much as she paid for it (even though I offered double)!

"hey, no need to apologize. i've got to respect someone willing
to take a little risk. =) anyway, hearing your story, i'd be the last
person to deny someone such a little thing to reclaim themselves
from a selfish and inconsiderate ex. i would be happy to
sell it for the same price i paid, but i've never put anything up
on ebay before? what would work best for you? i can figure it
out, i'm sure. let me know! cheers!"

I'm so ridiculously pumped; Beltane '06 was a limited edition BPAL scent that they only sold for three days two years ago, that ended up being my favorite. Possibly my favorite scent of all time? I thought it smelled like childhood, sort of like bug spray and fresh air and grass. I'd mostly given up hope of ever replacing it, since I'd regularly trolled Ebay for it all year and it'd never come up. The auction in question popped up while I was in the hospital with Quinn (figures), so when I got home and saw that it had come and gone my heart sank. But apparently I'm cashing in some good karma, and I sent my new friend a paypal payment this morning (!!).

My question is: I'd like to send her a little something as a thank you, since it means so much to me that she did what she did. Do any of you have any suggestions for something small but wonderful that I could send her way? I thought about baking some awesome cupcakes, but I'm not sure how well they'd ship in all this heat. I appreciate it!