my birthday....

i celebrated my birthday just over a week ago .....they seem to be arriving quicker and quicker these days....but i AM grateful to still be here, relatively well....

i awoke to pressies in bed but no chocolate [its a bit of a tradition for us to share chocolate in bed on the morning of your birthday...but.....the day before i had cracked it saying i was trying to give up sugar and felt like i was being sabotuaged as hubby had bought some sweet litle treat :(

so i got nuts and dried fruit packs from the supermarket, heehee that will teach me....

i was very spoilt by family and friends and was thrilled to recieve some new prismas from hubby :)

jenny spoilt me with more prismas, which somehow she hadnt doubled up on and she handpicked some face color ones too...as well as this lovely jane davenport mug......isnt it beautiful !!

we met up after work [i finished at 3] and she shouted me afternoon tea at our favorite coffee shop, The Rose Emporium.... we hung about the shops til my bus left and then i nearly missed it as he whizzed in, collected one pasenger and went to take off. it was the wildest ride home, normally takes about 25 mins but i was home before jenny in 15 mins.......

maybe he was busting...

his house was on fire....

his mother had fallen and broken her hip.......

i dont know.... ;)

i was just hanging on for dear life....

i came home to red roses and hubby cooked a lovely dinner and then when Charlie came home after work we had a birthday cake.

all in all a fabulous day.....

so a big thank you to all my family and friends for making it so spesh :)

my friend dot was making cushions for her exhibtion and i bought this greeny one for my birthday a few weeks before.....i just love it, love looking at it and am always seeing new things in it...
I havent put an insert in it yet as i am deciding whether i want to hang it or not. i think it would be lovely as a wall hanging .....


love all the little detailed stitching...such patience:)