Anyway, it was recently my birthday & since my day falls at the end of the summer holiday (in school year terms), it's usually lost in a mess of getting ready for school & last minute vacations. Not only that, but the past 5 years or so have been a bit stressful because I was always battling with my university to register and reinstate myself back into school & never knowing what my fate would be for the school year. The stress of not knowing whether you'll ever complete your degree was definitely not a situation that made me want to celebrate my birthday. I've FINALLY left my engineering degree behind me (although possibly regrettable) & it's finally let me really enjoy my birthday for once!
I spent my birthday eve with my family at home & we celebrated with a yummy cheesecake & some marble slab zen-sation ice cream! You know how awesome sam is? she made sure that I got EVERY SINGLE THING on my wishlist!!! (except the camera lens, cause I'm hating on Nikon right now & might switch back to Canon & except for the purse) but yeah, I could totally recreate my little photo montage out of the things I actually own now :)
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My best girl, Jenn decided to make my actual birthday day amaaaaazing. She took me out for an early morning trail ride (horseback riding!) at a local conservation area & ranch. It was so romantic ♥! haha. We didn't get any photos of us on the horses cause our cameras weren't allowed on the ride but here's some mini horses!
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We hung out for the day, catching up, talking about stuff, looking at wedding photo blogs (hahah www.daveandcharlotte.com !) and baking coconut cupcakes with key lime buttercream frosting!
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we had a bunch of fun getting ready together & then headed over to Matt's place to pre-drink and then go out to an Irish Pub! Matt totally surprised me by decorating his apartment in 'Happy Birthday" banners too! sooo cute.
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the ladies & i made hors d'oeuvres and stuff while Matt generously served the drinks & the tequila shots, oh god the tequila shots.
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my darlings josh & suzanne (getting married in october 2011! <3)
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all the girlies at matt's!
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after they all song happy b-day in english... and then dutch.
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at the bar, a few more of my sweethearts came to celebrate!
jacq & shery! YAYYY
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rickards white <3
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and things got kinda silly... to the point where things got more than fuzzy.
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yeah, that silly.
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the aftermath was disastrous. and i'm not talking about the mess at matt's. I heard after a few days that about 50% of attendees were barfy the next day. truly a sign of a good night.
so yeah, this was one of the best birthdays I've had in a looooooong time & I love all my friends and family for reminding me how awesome they all are. Here's to having lived another year on this earth!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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Yay for your birthday :D! Hopefully the package I sent you got there already!
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ReplyDeleteWow! You are rockin' that dress, birthday girl!!
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