Happy Birthday Becky...

Happy Birthday (24th one) to my friend Becky!  We had a great lunch together today at Perrett's.  My only complaint was that we had to sit in the WORST booth/table they have in the place.  Next to the door so it's cold but also the SKINNIEST booth on the planet.  Food and company were great...atmosphere today was not. 

This morning when I was getting ready for work I felt like I needed a dose of backbone so I picked the necklace I always go to on days like that (hope I don't have anymore before this challenge is over).  The necklace was a gift from my very good friends Paul & Carrie who brought it to me from their trip to Egypt.  The beads are crafted from pieces of camel spine.  It sounds kind of nasty but it looks like wood.  The earrings are wooden giraffe earrings I purchased on a trip to Albuquerque in about 2000 when I worked at RHS.  I took a group of students to NM to a regional FCCLA conference.