Gifts galore.

Somehow, it's not December, but I'm giving everyone and their mom (literally) gifts over the next couple of weeks:

1. Chris's birthday is on Saturday. He's getting some incredible gifts. I'll go into detail after Saturday (with photos, too).

2. My last day of work is tomorrow. Kathleen is getting a pretty awesome Fredericksburg-themed frame (photo soon, since it's not even finished yet) and a gift card to her favorite restaurant: La Petite Auberge.

3. Since I'll be leaving the Grey's soon, I have some thank you gifts for them: a gift card to one of our favorite restaurants to frequent: Margarita Grill, a retro wallet from the 1984 World Fair in New Orleans (where they first met), diamond fleur de lis earrings for Mrs. Grey, and one of my first pieces of art (see right). Check out more photos of the Mardi Gras mirror (made from authentic New Orleans Mardi Gras beads) at my art page.

4. Nick is in Officer Candidate School right now, and he's dying for things to keep his mind off of boot camp. Even though he doesn't know it, after his 10 weeks at OCS, he'll be coming home to a beautifully made high school scrapbook. I've included his memories from wrestling, soccer, Mr. Stafford (which he, of course, won), and graduation.

5. EDIT: I realized, as I read through this after my rush to post it yesterday afternoon, that I didn't mention Jen's awesome birthday present that I gave to her over the weekend. Jen, I just read your comment, and I'm a big dummy. Your present is obvs one of the best EVER. Jen got a cupcake-themed birthday present: the Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World cookbook, a mini cupcake baking tray, mini cupcake baking papers, sprinkles, and two cupcake-to-go containers. I can't wait until we live together and go to cupcake heaven! Also, side note: Chris bought me the I <3 Trader Joe's cookbook yesterday. I'm super pumped to be back in Williamsburg, close to Trader Joe's, so I can make some delicious dinners.

Needless to say, I'm ready to receive a few gifts of my own. Birthweek, come oooon. Why are you 4 months away?!