It's my birthday, SP10 style!

I got an e-mail from my secret pal last weekend, wishing me a happy birthday (it was on June 3) and letting me know that a package was on its way. I must admit, I was getting a bit worried when it still hadn't come by the end of last week. But, no worries anymore! That package just had an awfully long way to go -- check out that postmark!

A goofy aside about the package... I got home from work and checked the mail about 5:30 p.m. Monday night. No package. My husband and I were going grocery shopping and I thought I had forgotten to lock the front door. When I went to check, there was this package sitting there. Who delivers packages after 5:30 p.m., without knocking on the door? My suggestion -- the postman we saw driving in our neighborhood on Sunday. Apparently there's a good samaritan mailman in town. Thanks, whoever you are!

I couldn't wait to see what was inside, and I started opening it (leaving my husband waiting out in the backyard). Oops. He came to the door pretty quick, though, and watched me finish opening.

Here's what I found:

Fruit jelly candies, some chocolate and an adorable notebook that says "Mon chouchou" on the front and "Quelque chose de bon peut m'arriver" on each inside page. Mon chouchou was always my favorite of the French pet names -- chou is cabbage -- though I suppose the American pumpkin doesn't make much more sense. The inside phrase means (roughly) "something good will come to me."

Missing from the picture are sticky notes that say "A note from a groovy chick." Those are so coming to work with me.

Also:

Chopsticks! These are way nicer than the wood ones that come with take-out Chinese! I'll bring them to use on sushi days with my friend Sarah. I also love the cute red case to put them in. It's got bunnies on it, which is hard to see through the plastic package.

And finally:


Yarn! It's way more blue than this picture shows. This is, I think, the softest bamboo yarn I've ever seen. I touch it often, but never buy for some reason. This shall become a baby something. I just don't know what yet! The color would work great for a boy or a girl!

Thanks, secret pal!

(p.s. I had a dream about the chopsticks last night. It was very odd. There were tiny candles inside them. That's all I remember.)

And in a side note, I've decided to try plowing ahead with the Mommy Snug. I'm committing myself to a minimum of four rows a day. I had 12 done, realized my gauge was totally wonky, so I frogged it back, and now have eight. But it looks closer to the right size.