Thanks all - it wasn't exactly the way I would have chosen to spend my birthday but I got up at 6am, returned the van I hired for moving furniture, then spent all morning assembling said furniture and then spent most of the rest of the day buying things for my flat. I spent the entire evening assembling more furniture!
My mum bought me a really nice frying pan and a decent set of kitchen knives which pleased me greatly. My birthday present to myself is a TV.
