Wednesday 7 October 2009

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I'm 41.....

Am I sorry or upset about this? - absolutely not! - my 40th year was probably one of the most eventful years I've had so far, and I'm sure that it will continue into my 41st!

I awoke this morning to a very large present from Sally-Ann and Mike, that I had no idea about, and that Paul had kept very well hidden for them...... I am so thrilled! It was a lap top cushion for my lap so I can watch the tellie and blog to my hearts content, without my trusty little computer overheating - Thanks so much guys x

Paul, knew what I wanted, as for once in my married life I actually knew myself! I wanted a Pandora Bracelet - a new style of charm bracelet which has beads as charms instead of the traditional charms that I know of from my youth.

He bought me the bracelet, 2 clips to hold the charms in place and 2 charms - I chose a 'J' for obvious reasons and also a 'Sun, Moon and Stars' charm.

Karen and Dave have sent me some money so that I can get a couple of charms that I have seen at the silver centre (a starfish and a shell in reverence to my surfing and beach love)

When I arrived at work to spoiling continued. Alison bought me a Westies Calendar and some chocolate:

Then, another Alison arrived with some lovely jewellery for me, that I instantly knew would be a part of my Christmas Party outfit!

Sharon arrived next, and she'd bought me some lovely fluffy turquoise socks (to match my car LOL) a bookmark embroidery for me to do whilst I'm on holiday next week, of westie and scotties (very appropriate as we had a Scottie called Charlie, before we had Fred the Westie), and also from Sharon and Chris, a gift voucher for one of my favourite stores.



When Mandy came in she looked a little pensive and was not sure if she had done the right thing, she said..... I opened my gift to find card blanks and toppers - perfect for an avid crafter like me

and then to top it all, my wonderful friends bought a huge chocolate fudge cake covered in sprinkles - we all tucked into it at mid morning break - YUM!

and from Birmingham... Kelly sent me a parcel in the post - On opening it and just laughed - she knows me sooooo well bless her! It was a triple CD of all 80's music - every track of which I knew and could probably sing every word to(Tragic I know!), and also some beautiful silver earrings and necklace, which I obviously wore to work to show off, along with my bracelet from Paul.

All in all a wonderful day so far, and it's not over yet - we plan on going out for a meal when Paul finishes work tonight.

Thanks to all of my friends and family for such a special day xx

6 comments:

  1. You are having a good day.. I'm envious of the bracelet... I would love one of those.. still never mind one day eh..

    Have a nice meal with Paul tonight...xx

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  2. Pleased to hear you had lots of lovely pressies. Sounds like your day is going really well.

    Hope you enjoy your meal tonight.

    Happy Birthday again Joanne - and here's to many more.

    Love and hugs
    Jordiegirl x

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  3. Hey, spoiled brat alert. Lucky lady. It pays to get older doesn't it?
    Once again have a great birthday.

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  4. Thanks everyone - yes I am a very spoiled girly... sooo lucky to have such wonderful friends x

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  5. Happy Birthday Jo! I have been keeping up to date with your blog but have become a bit of a lurker with some serious uni study being done instead! Looks like you had a wonderful day and received so many wonderful and thoughtful gifts. I love the pandora bracelet! I have started hintin to Joe that I wouldn't mind seeing one on my wrist in the near future! lol

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