they make me so happy! I have a couple of friends, two friends, whom I adore for a number of reasons. You know how you have people in your lives for a reason and sometimes for only a short time? Well I really hope these two friends are in my life forever.
We always celebrate our birthdays together and yesterday we celebrated mine. A divine lunch in the most beautiful little house, with an open fire place (which I claimed as mine!) and a beautiful table setting with a menu that consisted of roasted root vegetable salad, rolled chicken and little pear tatins with mascorpone cheese. It was amazingly delicious, homely and just what I wanted - and a little more.
We have this little thing going that when it comes to the gifts we have to hand make one of them. This is the gift that I cannot wait to see, it always excites me and it means so much more when it's something created just for me. One of those handmade gifts was a black clutch (which I note, I have been wanting for months now) lined with Mary Jane shoe fabric and finished with a Mary Jane shoe badge on the front - it's just so me and I love it. The other handmade gift was the best biscuit jar (I have to admit, I have an addiction for jars) from the Donna Hay General Store, filled with handmade 'Nigella' double chocolate cookies - oh my, they lasted about 24 hours in our house, they were so, so delicious.
Thanks girls, I'm so happy right now. Love ya both, bring on our trip to the White House in Daylesford :o)
