My Birthday.
March 7th, 2006 by Mollie
My husband and I love to travel and we (maybe more me than him) thought it would fun to travel a bunch this winter in order to get a break from the gloomy Chicago days. We have been traveling every weekend for over a month, visiting family and friends all over the U.S. We are now throughly tired and looking forward to spending a weekend at home.
Our last stop on our tour was Dallas to visit my family. On Saturday night we made a yummy dinner for the whole family (minus Andrew 
) and then sat outside with a fire blazing to eat dessert and chat. We also opened my birthday presents, all of which were earth friendly! I loved all of them so much that I thought I would share with you what was in my goodie bag.
My step-mom, Amy, got everything from Green Living a very cool, earth friendly store located in Dallas, Texas.
1. Green Field Paper Birthday Card. What makes this card so cool is that I can grow it! The paper contains wildflower seeds and all I have to do is plant the entire card in the soil, make sure and water, and watch it grow.
2. Organic Cotton String Bag from Eco Bags. Their bags are made using fair wages and fair labor practices and are great for toting around stuff (like groceries) and because it is a string bag, when I am not using it I can store it somewhere and it won’t take up much room.
3. A Fair Trade and Sustainable Recycled Newspaper Frame (with a very cute picture of me, my sister Anna, and my sister-in-law Renee in it) hand made by a women’s Co-op in the Philippines and distributed and sold by Ten Thousand Villages.
4. A Hemp Frisbee by Ecolution that gets really high (Amy’s joke not mine).
5. Of The Earth Organic Cotton T-Shirt.
6. A fair trade Recycled Silk Bucket Purse made by artisans in Napal and distributed by Ganesh Himal Trading Co.
7. And last but not least, Chimp Mints Organic Chocolate by Endangered Species Chocolate Company. They make fair trade certified, organic chocolate and “donate 10 percent of it’s net profits to organizations that are committed to protecting endangered animal and plant species.” They also name their chocolates after endangered species to raise awareness and “and inside our labels chocolate lovers can read about the plight of these animals and learn how to contact specific organizations for more information.”
I also got a beautiful necklace but I don’t know anything about it, so, unfortunately I can’t share information on it.
Thanks Amy and Daddy for my great birthday presents!