Happy Birthday to Me!!!

It's my birthday! I feel old, but least I look like I'm 16. In fact, I still get carded at movies fairly frequently, usually by people who are probably 10 years younger than I am. Bars I can understand, since I do look pretty young. But movies? Do I really not look over 17? I'm a third-year graduate student! Surely I can see Thank You for Smoking? Anyway...
Dave has been parceling out gifts for me. This is what I have so far:

Frankly, this would be enough presents, but apparently there is more on the way :) What we have here is a soy candle (ginger), an extra creamy milk chocolate bar (which is already half gone), and an Acorn Street gift card. I think that last thing was a result of the returned niddy-noddy (see last week), but I'm pretty excited about it. God knows I can always use more yarn...Speaking of more yarn, the Weaving Works Mother's Day sale starts today. I'm heading up there after work, and dragging my friend Rachel (aka the enabler-extraordinaire). I've got some stuff to buy for assorted swaps, and of course some things on the list for myself. I'll post the spoils tomorrow!

I also got this in the mail a couple of days ago, as a teaser from my Knitters Tea Swap pal:

Sorry that the photo is so dark, but you can see the great tea-themed card she sent, complete with tea kettle sticker on the envelope! My swap pal is relatively local (she's in Portland, I'm in Seattle; we Pacific Northwesters flock together), but she is crafty and there were no clues to her identity...I am eagerly awaiting a package disclosing her identity - this is my first secret swap-type thing, so it's pretty exciting!