birthday loot

Thank you so very much for all the lovely birthday wishes.  I had a very nice day with Jerry and the boys.  My ‘cake’ was a big box of Krispie Kreme doughnuts and my birthday dinner was a big box of Chinese take out.  The boys got me a very nice set of Jane Austen books which you can see above, in order of my favorites.

My sweet stitching friends packed my mailbox with wonderful treats today!

From Rachel a beautiful pillow (the fabric is perfect) some wickedly good chocolates and a card to get a little something to wash them down with – Thank you Rachel!!!

From Vonna samples of her favorite floss and needles.  I love the color and have immediate use for it as I’m very anxious to get started on LHN’s Home of a Needlework (too!)  I’ve never tried these needles before, it will be fun to see how Vonna likes to stitch – Thank you Vonna!

From Joanne a fun package of goodies arrived.  Beautiful Civil War repro fabrics,  a pretty notepad, yumptous chocolates and some wonderful french soap – Thank you Joanne!

I took myself out shopping with some birthday money today.  Unfortunately I had to take Ethan with me who was, well, HORRIBLE!  I ended up buying a box of tea  at Celestial Seasonings and a skein of silk from my LHN and came home.  I’ll try another time.  With Jerry in school I have very little time that I can go anywhere alone, I hope that I can find an hour or so next week.