allana | Birthday Round-up

First things first, the cake can be found here. It turns out that Dave liked it more than I did - the sponge was a bit too spongey for my tastes, but then I'm always supercritical of anything I cook. I'm still mildly shocked that I haven't written about food in over 18 days.

And now - presents!

From the in-laws, a rather nice cross-stitch kit. Alas, it's one I already have, but that just shows their good taste. I'll exchange it (with their blessing) when I'm next in Bristol.
From SIL - a manicure and pedicure kit. I'm going to have the best turned out hands and feet in Britain at this rate; I got a bunch of stuff like this at Christmas :D
From BIL - an Amazon voucher. Maybe now I can justify getting a book on Victorian debauchery and excesses

From random almost-family people - a bottle of nice white wine, a huge decorative candle and another pedicure kit. This one is particularly cool though, as it has a gel pack for resting each foot on when you've done too much walking/standing. Why has noone come up with this idea before?

From my parents - a cheque.

And from Dave.... Well, I wasn't going to mention this, but since I'm all grown-up etc, I figured I would. I got a rather pretty box full of sex toys. So, I probably won't be around in the evenings for a while!!
Live Shit: Binge and Purge (Metallica, who else?). I'm really looking forward to watching and listening to this. I'm currently battling the urge to stencil 'Scary Guy' all over the house ;)
And SKOM!! Dave came home with it after work - he ordered me the US edition as that came out on the 25th and the UK one comes out on the 31st of January. We watched it last night and I have to agree with Heather - there is definitely subliminal messaging. I want to pick up Lars, take him home and look after him. You've got to admire them for laying themselves open like this. Oh, and Dr Phil is The Sweater King. His collection, although undoubtably of historical importance, should be burned at the nearest stake. Other candidates for burning include Lars' floppy brimmed hat and James' Amish-style dungarees.

Twas a great day!