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Monday, April 28, 2008
best birthday evah! - 07:14 PM
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i've had the best day today. seriously, it's the best birthday i've had in a really long time, if not ever!
it started out really well with all the birthday wishes & the lovely hug from smiley, all before 9 am, & then it continued with me able to have a full day at crochet club while mum looked after smiley for the day.
i treated myself to a lovely lunch at the cafe there (with a complimentary hot chocolate for my birthday) & then i spent most of the rest of the day choosing just the right yarn for my next crochet project, which is now put away for me, ready to buy one or two balls a week with my usual yarn budget.
i got some birthday money from mum, so i bought quite a few balls of some gorgeous yarn (noro, silk garden) that i've been dying to use for ages, as well as a new crochet hook to use with some really cool new yarn with all sorts of colours & textures in it that i haven't seen before. i bought three balls of the new yarn to crochet myself a scarf that i can wear to the markets on sundays since it's been getting quite cool in the mornings.
on occasion, the yarn shop will end up with tangled balls or skeins of yarn that are too difficult to sort out, or perhaps they have part balls of which only a small amount has been used for an item for the shop. the regular customers are sometimes given these balls of yarn since it's more trouble than it's worth for the shop to do anything with them. i was given a big tangled mess of some of the most gorgeous recycled sari silk yarn. it's made from the ends of the silk that comes off the looms when they make saris. it's so bright & gorgeous. it'll take a bit of work to untangle it, but it'll happen with some patience. free yarn is free yarn! & it's especially great when it's as lovely as the recycled sari silk yarn. 
it might not seem like much of a great day to someone who's not into crafty things (or, in particular, crochet) but for me, it was one of the nicest ways to spend my day, hanging out at the yarn shop & choosing lovely things which i'll enjoy for a long time to come.
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happy birthday to me! - 08:22 AM
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it's (relatively) early morning & i've had the loveliest birthday already.
i've had birthday wishes from dave, my friend suzanne (& even her hubby & her older son), mum, my aunty (who got online just to say happy birthday. nice!). i've had a big birthday hug from smiley. yesterday i got flowers & birthday wishes from jo (nana may's hand oil/scrub lady i'm working with at the markets). on saturday i got a parcel from dave with lots of cool crochet books & mags & the week before i got a yummy parcel from dennis with delicious organic licorice & chocolate things.
today i get to spend the day at my crochet club with the lovely ladies there (the staff & the regular customers are all nice) & i might even get to spend the birthday money that mum is giving me on yarn, if she can get some cash out this morning.
what a great birthday .. & it's not even 9 am yet! lol! 
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