Most fabulous hostess gift. Ever.

A few months ago, we had friends over for dinner, and one of our guests surprised me with the most beautiful gift. I noticed the characters and charming tiny satchel right away. Turns out, our guest had worked and lived in Korea.

"This gift reflects the very Korean trend of merging technology with fashion," he said. I was intrigued, so I opened it right then and there. (Only after thoroughly ogling the very careful and gorgeous wrapping.)

Inside, I found the most beautiful USB thumbdrive, with a painted shell inlay. It came with this elegant little case, too. I fell in love with it immediately. So, you're probably wondering how it works...

The "business end" of it flips out, and it plugs in. The plug is tiny - just half the thickness of my other thumbdrives. By now, I'm simply enchanted, because I love small, beautiful things.

And this thing is minuscule. But don't let the size fool you. This drive, just barely bigger than a quarter, holds 4 MB of data. Incredible. And the best part: the name of the device is "MiniBoss." I laughed out loud.

I felt so lucky to receive such a thoughtful and exquisite gift. I use it all the time, because my other thumbdrives seem so clunky and ordinary by comparison. And of course, I saved the wrapping. I carefully re-wrapped the box and keep it with my other lovely giftwrap from Korea. I really hope I get to travel to Korea someday; I'll have to bring an extra suitcase just for the gorgeous gifts and wrappings I'll buy there.