The Italian Mail System isn't a Complete Failure!

The long-awaited package from my parents!

So ridiculously excited to find that the Italian mail system did NOT lose the package from my parents.  A month later... it arrived! Woo-hoo! I wonder what is inside? A little birdy told me there may be a ziplock baggie or two lurking within...

The beautiful birthday cards!

I also received a birthday card (the green one) from my grandmother today! I love how the celebration of my 21st birthday has spanned so many weeks! Everyone is spoiling me! Her card is pictured with the super cute birthday card my parents sent me earlier.





EDIT:

My birthday package!

After a particularly lovely skype session with my mother, I now know what was in the mystery birthday package! A warning: the spoiling has continued. Aside from some super awesome and amazingly beautiful birthday presents, my parents were thoughtful and included "some of life's necessities." 


"Some of life's necessities" meaning gladware, gallon-sized ziplock bags, cold medicine, eye drops, etc. Hey, those are necessities in MY life. Don't judge.

And then... there was the candy! If you're reading this, you know me (hopefully). And if you know me, then you know that I LOVE candy. I'm not the biggest fan of chocolate; I'm much more into sweet candy. However, when peanut butter is paired with chocolate, I make an exception. Reese's Cups are absolutely my favorite chocolate treat EVER. Like I said, I love sweets, and my mother did not disappoint on that front. In my birthday package, I received approximately 2,405 PixyStix. This amount of sugar makes me very happy.

On my blog a few weeks back, I mentioned how much I missed certain foods from the U.S. My parents took note of that post, and included the things that could travel. Example: Reese's Cups and Craisins! Yum.

I REALLY like pearls.

And now... the beautiful elements of my birthday package. No words. Just pictures. Which one is your favorite? Though it's really difficult to pick one, I like the third best.

I've had the best 21st birthday a girl could ask for! I spent it in Italy, with some amazing friends, had a delicious birthday dinner, received an amazing birthday package with all of my favorite things, and got to skype with some of my favorite people. Oh yes, I'm told there was champagne too.