Happy Birthday to Me!

Here I am on my 37th birthday yesterday. We went to the Craft Emporium in Anchorage which is held at the Egan Center. It's a giant craft bazaar of entirely "made in Alaska" items. This hat/scarf item is made of Russian raccoon. Extra poofy! And very warm as well!

After Stephen made me an omelette for breakfast, I spent the morning doing orientation at JCPenney. I'll be working there around 20 hours per week through December.

Stephen, Tess, and Alicia met me at noon (Donald had to work), and we went out to lunch at the Golden Corral. This is one of very few buffets available in Alaska. The cost of food is so high here, not many establishments are willing to feed you all you can eat for a single price. As it was, we payed $15 each to eat lunch at the Golden Corral. But it was well worth it. They had steak and shrimp yesterday too. We all left there packed to the gills!

We went from there to the Craft Fair. Lots of wonderful ivory and bone carvings, kuspuks, mukluks, fur, and other more conventional crafts (soaps, jewelry, cards, fleece, etc). We had a nice time strolling through the booths.

We came home after that and had my cake and gifts at the house. Note to self, when planning to use those relighting birthday candles, don't use 37 of them! I've posted some photos on our Dropshots page of our adventures in candle extinguishing....