Woot!!! Congratulations!!! That sounds so thrilling! What an awesome birthday gift! 

Make sure you don't spend all of those Euros in one place!!

I expect an autographed picture of you in constume ;) so that I can say "I knew you when..." hehe

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi