birthday highlights

 I drove down to my parents' house to meet my mom, sister, brother, and nephew for a birthday lunch. Every time I arrive at their house I am greeted by this little guy losing his mind with happiness that I am there. I love my Milo! <3

 My mom is the best! She baked me ice cream cone cupcakes!

 I'm about to blow out the candle...that's why I'm making the weird face.

 My sister was holding Milo before we left for lunch, and he tucked his little paws into the crook of her arm. So freaking cute!

 At lunch my nephew discovered a fun game: feed Auntie saltines!

 After lunch, I headed back to the apartment where M was waiting to take me for a birthday treat! My favorite seasonal ice cream stand had my favorite flavor of frozen yogurt for my birthday week! I present to you my birthday pistachio frozen yogurt waffle cone bowl. It was amazing.

After finishing dessert, it was time for dinner. We picked up my bestie Kelly and headed to Dinosaur BBQ!

 We can never take a serious, nice picture.

After dinner we headed over to another friend's house for a quick stop and were greeted with baby boots of beer.

I don't know what the weird face is for...

But after this we headed to my favorite dive bar where I got to see some great friends!

On the way home from the dive bar, M stopped at the super market and surprised me with an ice cream cake full of candles!

30

Hey, that's me as a baby! And today I turn....30!

I'm not as freaked out about it as some people seem to get.

birthday wishlist 2011

 My birthday is a month away, and I will be turning 30. 30! 

Here are some things that might be able to ease the blow of leaving my 20's behind.

1. Cuisinart Frozen Yogurt – Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker ICE-21R, so that I can make awesome homemade fro-yo with Greek Yogurt and without artificial sweeteners or corn syrup.

2. Hamilton Beach ChefPrep 70610, so that I can make homemade hummus and other delicious healthy foods.

3. Silver Anatomical Heart Locket, because it's just awesome.

4. The Sheep Meadow Dress by Shabby Apple, because it's the perfect summer dress.

5. Girl's Weekend to one of my favorite cities with a few of my favorite ladies: BOSTON!

PS: Speaking of birthdays, today is M's Mom's birthday! 

Happy Birthday, Cathy, we love you!

new bling

and to wrap up the  last of the birthday gifts, i got some new bling! above are two rings. the band on the bottom i bought at h&m a while back, but the ring on top is brand new. i bought it from urban outfitters, and it's designed by bleachblack. i love it! it was modeled after the designer's mother's engagement ring from the 70s. it's my favorite.

and, for those of you that guessed i bought the camera necklace from etsy, you were right! but...i didn't realize how HUGE it actually is...i thought it was going to be a little charm. no. this is one serious piece of bling. it's going to take some finesse to work this piece into outfits.

c+m

my awesome friend amanda hand made this potholder for my birthday. i love it! it's perfect!

birthday bowling

once we managed to finally pry ourselves out of the restaurant, it was time for a little bowling! two more friends met up with us at the ally.  i like bowling, even though i am better at wii bowling. i can never seem to find a ball that is both light enough and has holes drilled bigger than child-size.

our friend, my name is michael sets her sights on some pins

mmmmmm, birthday beer

what bowling alley is complete without gambling?

thank you so much to my awesome friends who made my birthday so much fun!

ps: i bowled a 55, i told you i was better at wii bowling!

my birthday dinner

m and i went out to dinner with a few friends at the standard. i love the swanky decor, and the first time i went there i had an amazingly good salad. on my birthday, i decided to be a bit more adventurous and i ordered the crabcake blt with avacado. i thought it was delicious! m had a pasta dish he wasn't impressed with. and for some inexplicable reason, i ordered a cosmo (which i never drink), that ended up being $9! thank you standard for not putting prices on your drink menu...ugh. for dessert, all i wanted for my birthday was chocolate cake. i ordered a piece of chocolate layer cake that sounded great on the menu, but in real life wasn't that great. although the food and service were less than stellar, we still had a great time hanging out with our friends! and we had PLENTY of time to just hang out at the table, because the service was so slow. we were there for over two hours. yikes.

today is my birthday

to celebrate the start of the last year of my 20's, here are some of my favorite etsy items. i bought myself one of these items in honor of my birthday...which one is it?

1. nest ring

2. assorted macarons

3. camera pendant necklace

4. polaroid camera

5. the bulldog, the kitten, and the rabbit

6. tangerine dreams

...ok, so maybe i bought two... it's my birthday!