Cool Little Doodad

I came home the other day to find these

cool little doodads waiting for me.

Todd bought them for me for Christmas,

but the order got here late...

so I got to enjoy an extended Christmas.

Yeah me.

This is a remote control to my camera.

each year Todd's family takes a family portrait.

I bring my camera, set it on the timer and run back

to the group so that everyone there is included.

This year I happened to be in the back row.

That meant that I had to push the button 

and run from the living room to the dining room

via the kitchen.

Suffice to say, I'm not in great shape

and the latter pictures were NOT GOOD of me.

When I opened this, I was thinking to myself,

where were you a week and a half ago!

Anyhoo -

It comes with a remote (duh!), and little thingy mathingy -

and yes that is the technical name for it.

The remote is tiny - awwww isn't just a little cutie.

The thingy mathingy is shorter and fatter and

sits on top of the camera,

thus the reason I don't have a picture of it.

I'm so proud because I actually got it to work all by myself...

no help from Todd.

I even took a picture of me which you don't get to see

because it was

U-G-L-Y!

But trust me, it works.

Although, even after reading the instructions, I'm not

quite sure what all the little things are on the remote.

I just figured out that if you slide the little lever 

all the way to the right,

it works.

Good nuff!

The next thing I got was a camera wrist strap.

I absolutely love the color and have actually been

lusting over a camera strap for about a year now, 

but just never pulled the trigger because there were 

too many options and I loved them all.

Todd picked out a favorite, so now I don't have to decide.

Perfect!

It's a pretty brown, aquaish and orangeish color. 

Oooohhh pretty.

The inside is so nice and soft.

I love it.

Todd was mad though.

He thought he bought me a neck strap,

and when it came in it was a wrist strap.

I say, I don't care....I love whatever you get me

(mostly - unless it is a tool or a car book or something 

really boring like that).

I love both of my little surprises and can't wait to get

some real use out of them.

So did you have any surprise Christmas presents come your way?