Feeling very lucky to have a family that remembers I love to stitch! No one else knows specifics about cross stitch, so I received $70 in gift cards to Lincraft, as well as a mini sewing box to store things in. I haven't filled the sewing box yet, but I have spent some of my Lincraft money! I have bought myself pre-cut red 14 ct aida (getting ready for X-mas), some floss, including a large amount of silver metallic floss, a new set of embroidery scissors (last pair was slightly wonky after a housemate misappropriated them to use the point in place of a screwdriver
) , and 1.5 metres of aida banding for bookmarks and such. Looking forward to using it soon - and staring at it happily in the meantime!
My grandparents sent me some money for my birthday and I bought a blue rose kit of ebay to add to my birthday stash. And the tapestry scroll and lap stand I ordered arrived just before I left for work today, so assembling that tonight.
Whew! Busy weekend ahead!
Very nice additions to your stitching stash!!! Happy Belated Birthday! 
