Well, maybe I exist? Maybe.

From @Fyrepyromaniac:

(To be fair, it was around Halloween when we got it, so it made sense) A awesome colour-changing David's Tea Nordic Mug that is a black cat at room temp, and when heated, reveals the kitty's skeleton

Detective Conan Playing Cards (Where in the WORLD did you find these?)

Volumes 62 to 70 of Case Closed (English translated Detective Conan Manga)

Her lovely presence

Very generous amounts of fun(d)s

From my Professor-Turned-Friend:

$ Towards an in-window air conditioner for my room, plus labour and fitting to ensure it works as intended! <^^>

From Giggles:

Embracing Obscurity

A very cute little potted Gnome

A ceramic yarn-holding bowl, imploring someone to "Tell me a yarn"

From my marketer-and-carpenter coworker:

A very cute Christmas Tree Tealight with my initial

From my people-and-social-media-savvy coworker:

An adorable Kiki's Delivery Service Jiji (the cat) flocked keychain

A somewhat frightening/frightened(?) three-eyed anime cat sticker

A very sweet handmade card

Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats

From my coworker who ensured the kittens got lots of good presents for my birthday:

Two premium artisanal chocolate bars

A set of artist-created cat postcards (for writing/roleplaying inspiration)

A very cute card

A catnip pillow (that Firefly and Twilight immediately went ham for)

From @Water-Frez:

A Pokemon TCG Advent Calendar

His old Nintendo Switch (since he now has a Switch 2 and no longer needs it! Now I just need a few games. <><> ...Until I have them though, my free time is safe from threat...)

From Neelix:

A set of castle dice (sparkly and pretty)

A pink apron with custom white decal that is both accurate and a good warning to anyone partaking in any of my cooking; "Cat hair is my glitter"

From the manager of the other department I help out sometimes:

A santa-capped cat notebook

From my current manager:

An elegant decoration for my tree

A gift card to the coffee shop in the same complex as my work

A super-sweet card

From my former director at work:

A really fun snowglobe card

A whole bunch of really fun candy I'm saving specifically for my boxing day activities

From Emerald:

W.I.T.C.H. Volume 17

From my youngest coworker:

An adorable card

A very cute pair of cat-paw socks

A glass cup with a santa-hat-wearing tuxedo cat wrapped up in Christmas lights with lid, straw, a cat-in-a-santa-hat straw-cap, and straw cleaner

A pen with multitudes of varying colours

A snowflake coaster(?)-decoration(?)-thing? It's pretty

A 4-pack of Christmas-themed bead bracelets

A three-pack of Ferrero Rocher

From my oldest brother and his girlfriend:

A set of cat-themed bag clips/clothes-pins

A 2026 cat desk calendar

From my second-oldest brother:

$$

From my Parents:

The traditional Christmas orange

A 2026 Kitten Calendar

Some Reeses Peanut Butter Chocolates

Two different scents of 3-pack bath bombs

One of our best performing trout flatfish lures

A full variety box of Blue Monkey pops (watermelon, guava, passionfruit and mango)

A new binder and trading card pages for hosting my Pokemon card collection

Some new full-page protectors (for art or recipes)

A card full of goodies; a movie-pass and gift cards to a local restaurant right across from the theatre

A new snow jacket (my old one is quite worn out)

A second snow jacket

A small scratching-post/bell/ball toy for the cats

From my grandparents:

A beautifully kind card that speaks truth

$$$

From Church:

An ornament

A small goodie bag of candy and activities (given somewhat in jest, but hey, I'm not one to turn down candy)

From my oldest Aunt and Uncle

A very thoughtful card

Hello, I exist, I swear! <><> And as proof, I have wonderful friends who give me wonderful things. <><>

From @Water-Frez:

An adorable Flareon GX Tin of Pokemon TCG Booster Packs (that I promptly added to some of my decks)

Genshin Impact: Dehya Acrylic Stand

A 4-3 win ratio, consisting of 3 Yu-Gi-Oh wins, 1 Magic win, and 3 Pokemon losses. <><> Normally he trounces me in Yu-Gi-Oh and we're more evenly matched in Pokemon, so no idea what happened there--only that it was FUN. <^^>

From my work (I got spoiled you guys):

A dozen Tim Hortons Donuts (6 of which were specifically chosen because they were strawberry-jelly filled--AKA my favourite)

An adorable cat toy Happy Birthday balloon with animals on it (most importantly a lion)

Two "narrative" balloons--one 3, and one 0.

A package of Haribo Starmix, and a package of Haribo gummy bears

A lovely lunch out at a local sushi place

Chocolate

A "Cat Mom" giant mircowave-and-dishwasher-safe Mug (I foresee this getting much use)

A gift certificate to a nail salon (gotta grow out my claws a little more before I can use it properly)

A beautifully designed hot pad/potholder for my next tea party

A FAR TOO CUTE FOR THIS WORLD card (signed by everyone and covered in cat puns)

A set of three metal bookmarks

A cat-and-bell keychain

A set of tuxedo-cat-and-pink socks that say "miao"

(And not technically from my work, he was part of work but he's retired now but we still invite him to all the birthdays anyway;

A piece of 3D art masquerading as a birthday card

A gift card to a bookstore)

From my Parents:

An heirloom ring that has now gone through three generations of my family

A lovely birthday dinner out at one of our favourite fancy seafood places (before it closes later this year)

A Reese's Big Cup with Pieces

Two personalized birthday cards (one from Mom and one from Dad)

Digimon The Movies Collection (Five in-one! All three original uncut Japanese movies, a new dub with the original cast reprising, and the original dub remastered!!)

From my Grandparents:

A fun fanciful card

A cheque

From my Adoptive Grandparents:

A beautifully sweet card

From Scout:

A heartwarming card

A SpyXFamily Anya Plush~

From @Fyrepyromaniac

A Ninjaz Treatz box full of 40 different straight-from-Japan goodies that I had way too much fun ignoring the pamphlet it came with and trying to decipher what each one was from the Japanese on the packaging.

From Emerald:

A lovely birthday lunch out

W.I.T.C.H. Volume 16 (YAY the end of the arc!)

From Neelix/@Kelly-Dreamer:

The planning, organization, and provisions for a spa-themed birthday party for me

A additional Magical Kitties Save the Day Expansion so we can add another campaign to the current one

From Giggles:

Every moment HOLY: A book of liturgies.

From Kryze:

A set of black polyhedral dice with pink cat-themed numbers+illustrations that are ADORABLE

From @DuchessMcPandish :

A cat themed bar of soup and hand cream~

From my eldest aunt and uncle:

An enamel-covered cast iron pan

A beautiful little serving dish

Some cash~

From my other aunt and uncle:

A giant pile of cookbooks (that I need to look through)

Starting early again this year--because my work this year decided everyone gives personalized gifts?! So sweet and so unexpected. <><>

From my guests at a Church Christmas Event:

A beautiful heartfelt card

A small little decorative potted deer-and-live-cactus-in-a-bowl

From a guest who couldn't make it to the Church Christmas Event:

A beautifully sweet card

From my current manager:

A poinsettia (that I need to set-up on my desk. It is not cat-safe and won't be coming home with me for quite some time... At which point it'll become a porch plant. <><>)

A surprisingly heartfelt card (x2--one big, one mini! <><>)

3 oz "Tinsel & Spice" candle

Terry's Chocolate Orange (Original flavour)

From my exuberant and assertive coworker:

An adorable pair of cat socks

A hilarious high-quality poster of a black cat holding a fishbowl

From the Kindly coworker who's been at my workplace forever:

Multiple flavours of candy cane (x3)

Caramel and Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Bar

SO many various halloween-sized candies and chocolates

A blue plastic "quill" pen x2

A regular pen

Two pens and sharpener

A blue teal notebook proclaiming "Ridiculously Good Ideas" on the cover

From my coworker who ensured the kittens got lots of good presents for my birthday:

A beautiful hand-drawn digital card of her cat peering out from behind a present

A cute little acorn and pine tree ornament

A bell-shaped hot chocolate bomb from a local confectionery

An adorable little card with Yoda-styled grammar that just adds to the charm

From the Team-Mom Coworker:

A few beautiful ornaments with my name on it that she'd made for our department's Christmas decoration contest (but also are independently awesome)

A full tin of homemade cookies

A mini 3D printed fidget Crystal Dragon

From my Professor-Friend:

A wondrous card

Oodles of Instance Noodles~

A reliquary (an ornate box to keep relics in--it's probably going to see a lot of use as a DnD prop... <><>)

From @Water-Frez

A set of Murchie's Fine Tea Cupboard Treats including:

Cupboard Tea Towel

English Breakfast Tea

Afternoon Tea

Hot Chocolate

Lemon Curd

Earl Grey Shortbread

MEGA (Block) Sylveon

MEGA (Block) Weavile (Both of which are quite rare apparently)

He also let me keep all the digital card packs from the gift of Pokemon card I got him (muaahahha)

From my director at work:

A jolly card

Saltwater taffies and chocolate

An affirming mini-card

From my other manager at work:

A beautiful card

A "Snow Angel" pleasantly citrus and berry scented wood-wick candle

From my marketer-and-carpenter coworker:

A beautiful dishclothe

A set of Vocaloid magnetic bookmarks (she may have gotten a rather exuberant quick rundown on Hatsune Miku and a taste of Black Rock Shooter I don't think she was expecting)

A mini-card full of gratitude

From my people-and-social-media-savvy coworker:

A beautiful clear blown-glass mug

A Candy cane

A Cat playing with yarn bookmark (man my coworkers have me pegged...)

A mini-card proclaiming exactly what I am--a cat lover!

From a co-worker who's not even in my current department but super sweet (who has a similar name and works closely with another worker in her department so I only recently figured out which was which):

A collection of dried fruit and spices for a "Holiday Simmer Pot"--basically an all-natural water-based perfume. Cloves, Star Anise, Cranberries, Oranges, and Cinnamon... Now to hide it and its ribbon from Firefly who wants to eat it...

From my parents:

A pair of uber-long-battery life bluetooth Bose Headphones (very necessary because my current phone has done away with the headphone jack, <ii>, and my Cat Ear bluetooth headphones are too precious to me for everyday use)

2 pack of rapid charge USB A+C+6 additional outlets surge protector

Set of 6 mini Panettoni Mignons (classic, chocolate, limoncello cream, salted caramel, pistachio cream)

Cineplex Great Escape 2 pack (movie tickets + 2 pops and popcorn)

A pair of super-thick fluff interior socks

A toque

A 2025 Kitten Calendar

A set of rayon Bamboo sheets (prep for summer <><>)

From my youngest older brother and his girlfriend:

Sleep Tight Tea (Lemon Balm, Chamomile and Lavender)

From my middle brother:

Cash~

From my oldest brother and his girlfriend:

Vanilla bubble bath

Lindt Mini Pralines

From a set of aunt and uncle:

Grow-in-a-Jar minigreens "Sandwich booster" set

From my other aunt and uncle:

A beautiful hand-cast and painted mini-sculpture of a cat with a stocking

From my grandparents:

A card full of blessings

A cheque~

From Giggles:

Special blend tea bags from a fancy High Tea place

From @MidnightTwinkle-MLP:

A Steam Gift Card

From Scout:

Starbucks gift card (and a recommendation to use it on dragonfruit drinks~)

From @Kelly-Dreamer:

A beautiful hand-painted mug that references our Magical Kitties Save the Day campaign in the BEST way possible~~

From Emerald:

W.I.T.C.H. Volume 14--AKA the last one I needed to "unlock" Volume 15, which I got YEARS ago! WOO HOOOOOO~

Yes, believe it or not, I have not died--in fact I've gotten older! <><> It's been a good birthday so far, and I believe I've gotten the majority of my presents, so I'm happy to put together my little list of remembrance before we go out for lunch. <^^>

From Scout:

Warriors: A Shadow in RiverClan (Graphic novel)

Warriors: A Warrior's Choice (Novella Collection)

A very cute card.

From Kelly-Dreamer:

A Magical Kitties Save the Day RP campaign that promises to last quite some time! <^^> (And that we even got to start early--thus far I've had three sessions, though one of them doesn't count as it was a private session. <><>)

6 blue-with-white-dots six-sided dice (the ones that came with the MKStD set) and 6 Mini silvery black-with-gold-dots character-themed dice; complete with clothe carrying case!

A little foam-clay mini of Darklight~ (Yep I resurrected her for the campaign!) ...Now to find a space place for her out of the way of my RL kittens...

From Waffles:

A homemade Christmas Ornament that is Captain Kirk from Star Trek (the original series) being attacked by pom-pom tribbles. It's very fun to shake--snow globe-esque.

A pink-cat-shaped leather/pleather wire-organizer for helping to keep headphones and whatnot together.

Twizzlers Orange Cream.

From Fyrepyromaniac:

A set of 10 six-sided black and white paw-pad dice (5 white with black paws, 5 black with white paws) with leather carrying case!

The cutest dice tray featuring a kitty and the wonderful phrase "CLICKETY clackety I ROLL TO attackety". I may love it a tad too much... And I'm definitely gonna say that wayyy too many times when I roll to attack...

From Optimist:

Various candy and snacks--much of which was eaten during our Magical Kitties session... <><>

From Water-Frez:

A set of 3 Pokemon tins, with 3 matching coins and 9 booster packs. (The birthday luck came in again! At least three full-artwork cards. <^^>)

From my parents:

A four-set of full-size ramen bowls and chopsticks.

A ramen strainer.

A set of sheet protectors and a few new binders (for recipes and artwork. <^^>)

An a-mew-sing card.

Two $50 gift cards to a local fancy seafood restaurant (let's see if I ever remember to USE 'em...)

From my Grandparents:

A very sweet card.

Money~

Edit:

Apparently I was wrong! <^^> <3

From Giggles:

A beautiful one-of-a-kind painting she made herself and some lovely birthday company.

SOOO, in case you missed it, one of my friends, @Fyrepyromaniac  has returned to deviantart! *Ahem, no I'm not overly excited why would you think that?* Anyway, she also returns with a BRAND NEW COMIC, Versimilitude! It's very much not my usual fare, so I'll share the same content warnings she did; "psychological thrillers" and "16+".  (You can read her return Journal for yourself here~)

You may recognize a few of the character designs if you're a watcher of mine--I've been lucky enough to get some sneak peaks and thus get to do a little pre-release fanart, and boy is this a story that takes you for a rollercoaster ride! If you're okay with getting a little stressed, or enjoy that sense of "offness", this is a story you WILL like.  I highly recommend paying very close attention to the details,but that's just between us two, okay? <^->

So, I'll leave it at that, and repeat it--GO CHECK VERSI out! She's already released a special image for Valentine's day--super fitting.

-feline, out!