Where have I been?!?

Yes, yes, yes... I know what you're thinking... I haven't blogged for so long people were getting bored of coming here... I'm sorry and apologize... it's been a busy month for everyone in the house and my computer time has been mostly spent on emails and research... bad me... won't happen again for a little while hopefully... ^_~

For anyone who is interested, my birthday is tomorrow... I have already gotten one of the best gifts I could ever get from someone... I got to chat with my mom who lives very far away from me and find out that all is well there... I might get a little niece or nephew depending on when my sister has her first baby (I hear she's ready to pop at any time now... I think it would be more ironic and funny if the baby holds out for Labour Day... but it would also be awfully cool to have a birthday buddy ^_^)... I also found out that I had birthday money to spend, which is always appreciated and promptly went out to spend most of it yesterday...

Here's a list of the fun stuff I got so far:

• 1 Mega-millions Lottery Ticket for the $84 Million jackpot (I haven't checked to see if I won yet at the time I wrote this so I'm not sure if I even got anything out of this... I'll get another ticket on my birthday for tradition's sake)
• 1 happy tummy filled up with a delicious steak dinner (an experienced that was shared with my handsome hubby)
  
• 2 packages of stringless sugar-nap peas in the pod because they're so yummy and I haven't got the yard space to plant a garden full of them myself...
  
• 1 ball of rainbow nylon ribbon/wide string to be used on a costume or crocheting or just batting around like a cat... I might even just keep it whole and marvel at it from time to time or re-wrap it into a ball... I just love the colours found within it... great job to who/whatever dyed it for me!
• 1 chinese dragon/medallion set (got it in a crafts/beads section of a giant store I hate dearly but shop at anyway because I can't really afford to shop anywhere else right now... it shall be strung into something wearable when I figure out whether I want it to be a necklace or a hat or what-have-you)
• 1 copy of How to Draw Manga Costume Encyclopedia Vol. 1 (because it has tons of uses in both drawing and costuming... so many detailed options, so little cloth on hand.. plus the book store here didn't have the Japanese costuming book I wanted... no tabi-making for me! LOL ^_~)
• 1 copy of The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People (since folklore is fun and you can never have too many books about feyfolk... the poor little thing was in a bargain bin at a major bookstore in town and it is slightly damaged in places that don't matter much... I just had to rescue it... after all, good books like this one are as elusive as their subject!)
  
• 1 pre-order downpayment at a local video game boutique in an effort to make sure we don't miss out on the City of Villains Collector's Edition... must... have... supervillainous fix
  
• a few pads of graph paper (because we never seem to have any around when I need it)
  
• 1 "backpack files" organizer with removeable files (for all of my tabletop RPG characters so that I can find them all!)

All in all, I'd say I got a pretty nice haul that will be enjoyed for many moons to come... as far as I know, I'm probably also getting some clothes from my hubby's parents and might be going to lunch and then to see The Brothers Grimm on Friday... yay! Fun all around... oh! I almost forgot! I also got the complete anime DVD set of Final Fantasy Unlimited, a letter from my grandma, and a card from my aunt & cousin... life is grand... keep smiling, Blogland... I know I will be for quite a while... ^_^