It was my b'day a few weeks ago and I scored some cool goodies. Thought I would share. Annoyingly, my point and shoot camera seems to have a blob in it and I can't get rid of it....so please ignore the blob!
My parents very kindly got me a piece of furniture for my place- a sideboard from Ikea to match my bookcases. I went to work one day and when I got home that night, voila, I almost bumped right into it! They snuck in and built it whilst I was out.
I have already moved my magazines and cook books into it.
They also got me this cool metal A. Mum and I are pondering whether to paint it...
Some of my friends also gave me some lovely gifts...
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| A Grug cake from Dave. I seriously did not want to cut him, I wanted to keep him forever! |
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| Cool badge of dodgy looking character from Thouraya |
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| Awesome bag from Elaine. She picked the colours and design personally! |
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| A sweet little typewriter tote from Thouraya |
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| The back of the tote...love the fabric |
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| Lovely birdy and bead necklace from Brooke |
Two of my favourite b'day cards were....
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| Funky |
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| You can't see the writing, but I am sure it says Millie on there |
I also decided to get myself a little gift. I am off to the US for work (and a bit of pleasure) in a few weeks. Whenever I go overseas I read WAAAAAAY too many books which means WAAAAAY too much luggage. So I have taken the plunge and got myself one of these.....
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| A KINDLE! |
I have been a bit loathed to get one of these. I like REAL books with REAL paper. And I will continue to buy real books. But, for the purposes of travel, this seemed like a much more realistic thing to carry around. Last time I went to the UK I think I came back with 6 books, and when I was in Hawaii over 8 books. This is not good for luggage weight, and given I am heading to New York as part of my trip, I can think of other things to fill my luggage with (although, granted, books will probably still be something I buy!).
