The Olympics are my absolute obsession and have been since Barcelona 1992. I've been awaiting this exchange for well over a year and could not contain my excitement when sign ups went live. The excitement only escalated from there. When I got a shipping notice, I squealed like a teenage girl at a Backstreet Boys concert. My gift was coming from Australia!

It's been an excruciating 3 week wait for it to arrive, but it is finally here! A Team Australia scarf from the London 2012 Olympics! It is very soft and fabulously bright yellow.

I confess it is a bit warm for scarves in the US at the moment. But in case it remains too hot, or if...well, let's not go there... I will just have to sport the scarf in 2022 while I root for Evan O'Hanlon to become the first Paralympian to try and make the able bodied Winter Olympics!

Go Aussies!