Second Floor Sales and Birthday Cake

Earlier in the week, one of the stitching group members told me about a special sale of stitching items that would take place on Thursday and Friday this week. She said she would pick me up and we could go together.  It was a good thing she took me because I would never have found it by myself. It was in a house in a neighborhood.  The first floor is a café that is closing for the winter.  The sale was held in two rooms on the second floor of this house.  I don’t really know who was hosting the sale, but it seemed to be some women who were selling off some of their own stash, not a store or anything like that.  I didn’t spend much but I came home with some great treasures – fabric, beads and accessory pieces, and a kit to make a small quilted bag (directions in Japanese). My friend found a few treasures of her own.  What fun!

 
Ted made me a birthday cake in the crock pot while I was out yesterday.  He knows how much I like carrot cake and it’s not to be found here in Hokkaido. It was delicious! (Maybe he’ll make another before my birthday month is over.)