I've been a busy bee

Well, yes, it's been a few days since I wrote.  Bad me!  I've been a busy bee though and having much too much fun to write.

Friday was a special birthday tea (for me!) thrown by my wonderful cousin and her boyfriend.  They made me a delicious macaroni cheese, got me a cake and everything!  That was my photo for that day:

Unfortunately, this picture refuses to turn 90 degrees clockwise, even though that's it's orientation in my picture library.  You can see a better version on my Facebook page.

They have a Kinect as well, which I had a lot of fun playing with.  So I've decided I'm going to save up to get one and that can be my "Buy something expensive".  I'd been going to get a very nice designer watch, but I think I'd like a Kinect more.  I can get a watch another time.  

Yesterday, I was also able to score off two new things - Learn how to make cocktails and Have a cocktail party.  A good friend of mine has worked in a bar before and has all sorts of cocktail-making paraphenalia.  She was a wonderful host!  I learned the art of shaking, mixing, draining and pouring and produced a rather sumptuous French Martini, if I do say so myself.  Check it out!

Today, I'm just chilling out.  I'm back to work tomorrow and it's not a very nice day so I'm just relaxing.  Today's picture is of the flowers my aunt and uncle got me for my birthday.  I rather like this photo.  Chow!