As promised, here are some of my birthday treats:
Beautiful salad tongs, books to read - and a coupon for Superbuzzy! I forgot to show the cocoa (Hershey's Special Dark for the World Peace Cookies - I can't get it here) and a new necklace. The books are perfect - nice, old-fashioned sort of stories for an emotional week. The new Penderwick book will be my outdoor book for the spring. Still to arrive - Lois Lowry's "The Willoughby's", which I'm very excited to read. I have such nice parents.
While it's not strictly a birthday present, this treat came yesterday, so I think that it counts:
A co-worker brought me this box from India. She's been visiting her family there, and when she couldn't find enough souvenir Taj Mahals, frantically looked for other presents for the office. It's VERY glittery, with little mirrors and a velvet lining.
And here's the part I like the most: she said that she knew that I liked to sew and make little things, and that this box was to hold some of those little items. Isn't that sweet?