twenty.five

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. 

I had so much fun and was reminded just how blessed I am to have wonderful friends and family.  I found something so special about people remembering me and expressing their love and happiness toward me.  Thank you everyone who made my day so meaningful!  Here is a little recap of how it went down...

It all started Monday night, Greg and I went out for a nice dinner at Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse.  I had the prime rib and Greg got lobster.  It was the first time he'd eaten a whole lobster, so we had to GOOGLE 'how to eat a lobster' and we found a website with step by step instructions and pictures.  We had a great time and lots of laughs as he ate 'lobby lobster', as i called him the whole night...

 

Tuesday morning (birthday morning) Greg woke up with the pups and let me stay in bed.  That was a great surprise and was very thoughtful of him.  I woke up and made cinnamon rolls (from a can) and we watched a movie and just hung around the house until Greg had to leave for work.  Greg absolutely spoiled me this year with birthday gifts.  I wasn't expecting much and (even though I found out about all of the gifts beforehand) I was overwhelmed with some wonderful things!  He got me a new Nikon digital camera (to enhance your blogging experience), a flexpod tri pod for the camera, a digital picture frame, a watch (ALDO, like his) and an adorable custom messenger bag from Timbuk2.  I love everything he gave me, especially love and attention and making sure I was happy and smiling the whole day!

Soon came part 2 of the birthday spectacular.  The lovely ladies here in delaware decided to throw me a pool party.  We ate pizza, played in the pool, and had so much fun.  I loved every second of it and am so grateful for such amazing friends!!  Also, thanks Katie and Kindra for earrings and GLEE!!!

Part 3 of the day came quickly (a little too quick, I wish my birthday could last forever)... Greg and I went to the mall and bought a few clothes and went for some dinner at Cheesecake Factory.  I stuffed myself with my favorite salad (the bbq ranch chicken salad) and brought home some yummy cheesecake.  After I got home, I hopped on facebook to find 77 (yes seventy seven) birthday comments from friends and family!!  This was such a surprise and made me feel very special.  Being away from home, it was just what I needed.  So thank you so much fb friends!!

and finally, I got some cash from my family (thanks mom and nana and jim) and have some fun plans for the money.  Let me just say, I LOVE the store Anthropologie, but I rarely shop there because it is expensive, and lets face it, I love a good bargain.  So I've found some shirts I'm in love with, and am trying to decide which one to get.  Trust me, this will be a fantastic purchase, I'm super excited!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

to everybody!  I loved my birthday and couldn't have asked for anything more!