Birthday Week

It's been a nice two weeks since my last update. I sewed like crazy to make my hallowe'en costume - not entirely sure what possessed me to want a leather and velvet corset. Too many Buffy reruns? It was based on Vampire Willow's outfit from season three, not that anyone knew that. It was just kind of goth, I guess, but I knew! *g* It was really hard to make and I didn't even use real leather or velvet. Just some kind of pleather and this stretch fake crushed velvet. The sewing wasn't that hard - even though it was thick! Pleather, interfacing, lining, velvet... Broke 2 needles and I was using special leather ones. It was the eyelets that nearly killed me. 38 of the little devils I think. And to get them to go through so much fabric I was using a full sized hammer and swinging hard! Hit my thumb more than a few times.... I think the end product looked good though and I wore it to The Thirsty Turtle for a night of Hallowe'en bar-ness. My compliments go out to Scott, Erik and Kate for their very good Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach costumes!

This past Wednesday was my 28th birthday. Being in the middle of week, I didn't do much. Booked a table at a restaurant called Flavours that I've been wanting to go to for ages. I wanted to go there specifically for a dish called Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato Stuffed Chicken. I ordered it and it was good, but not nearly enough tomatos. In fact, if there was one piece of tomato, I couldn't taste it. The service lacked though. One waiter, who spent a lot of time hanging out at the bar. Good thing we weren't in any hurry! The coolest part of the night was when we ordered dessert. 6 of us, 6 options on the menu. When the waiter came, we said "one of everything". Who hasn't wanted to say that?? Most of us tried all the dishes - mocha java mousse (Yum!), flourless chocolate cake (too bitter), apple-berry crumple (tasty), triple chocolate bread pudding (a meal in itself, whoa), creme brulee (never tried that before) and vanilla cheesecake (also Yum!). My friends paid for my dinner, which was very nice of them. They also gave me Knife of Dreams (finally, I have it!!!) and a Spike calendar *g*. After supper, we went back to my house and opened the gifts my family had sent. More books (I'm reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes right now, very very good), and a memory card for my digital camera.

Last night, it was a birthday double-hitter. First, I went out for supper with Joey, Rod and Fancy as it was Joe's birthday. After supper, I went over to Pub 1905 to celebrate Todd's and my birthday. It was really great seeing everyone last night as there were a few people there I don't see too often. I spent the night just chatting with everyone - my favourite thing to do! *g* It was a really great night and a nice cap to my week.