Two dozen

Yesterday was my birthday as I am sure everyone noticed.

<-- My haul. All birthday cards and presents are shown except a bucket o' Maltesers I left in the UK due to lack of suitcase space. I skyped the parentals and opened everything "in front" of them at around 8 and then made myself a huge fry-up and pot of tea for around 9. Mary-Rose joined me for tea and I opened presents from her. I didn't bother to wash the dishes leaving myself a nice surprise for this morning. Instead I watched the Battlestar Galactica I was too tired to watch the night before. Mary-Rose and I caught the 11:34 train into San Francisco and hurried up to Lush where I made her try all the testers. Maybe on the next visit I will actually buy some stuff for myself! I smiled at the items called "Angel's Delight" and "Serenity" but resisted the urge to buy. We then caught the muni through Golden Gate Park to the ocean where Mary-Rose treated me to a great lunch with a very pretty rum based cocktail. By this point it was 4 o'clock and all our plans for the day were kind of scuppered. But we still had time to catch a taxi to the Japanese Tea Gardens which were beautiful and we sipped tea as the sun went down. Then followed a walk down Haight where I found some brilliant alternative-wear shops. But despite the birthday money burning a hole in my pocket... again showed restraint. Dead on my feet, we got a taxi back to the station and came home where I collapsed in front of SG1 with a lasagne for one.

Kind of odd really. I didn't buy much stuff. I only had one drink. I didn't do all that much. But I had a great day. A great relaxing day.