This year's birthday has been by far one of the best birthdays!
While last year I spent the my birthday alone with Mr. Husband in Oahu...and at this point nothing is ever going to top that trip (until we go to Europe). I never thought I could have such a memorable birthday at home. If you've known me long enough, you know that I have awful social anxiety and I've been working at moving past it. This year I feel that I'm finally getting closer to the end of my anxiety. A wonderful gift which I'm thankful for.
Last week I had my wonderful birthday dinner which I almost cancelled due to my anxiety but I pushed through it and it turned out amazing! Again, thank you to those that attended and made me feel oh so very special.
This week started off with a Disneyland trip with a friend of mine that I've known since I was fifteen. Brandon or how I have always called him, Tweeker. It was his birthday Tuesday the 26th and he was kind enough to invite me to tag along for my birthday as well. I hadn't seen him since my wedding 12.1.2007 and I was going to meet his lovely girlfriend for the first time. Needless to say I was pretty nervous, but I had such a wonderful time with Mr. Husband, an old friend and now a new friend! Since Tweeker's girlfriend Christina use to work at Disneyland she showed us a lot of different things and let us in on some amazing Disneyland secrets.Highlights of the day:
1. I got to hang out with an old friend I've missed
2. EVERYONE was saying Happy Birthday to Tweeker and me
3. We only waited at the most 20 minutes for Indian Jones while everyone else had to wait an hour and a half in the heat. Disney magic on your birthday is an amazing thing and no I didn't have a fast pass!
4. Last but not least, a Disneyland worker sang Happy Birthday to us in such an old school Doo Wop kind of way! He also talked to us in rhyme! Amazing!
I honestly can't remember the last time that I had so much fun at Disneyland with friends. We got to do everything, just not ride California Scream because someone was being a baby! But we did get to do the little things that I love and always want to do.
We went to the Drawing Academy where we learned to draw Goofy and we didn't ever mind the long lines since we had such awesome company.
The line to Toy Story Mania was madness, as always but during this time Tweeker and I got to catch up. I got to know the wonderful girlfriend Christina and Juan finally got to see why I love my Tweeker friend oh so very much. It's sad though that even on my birthday Juan did not let me win on the Toy Story Mania ride but at least I have better accuracy. (picture on left, above)
One ride we got to enjoy which I have NEVER been on was the Winnie the Pooh ride. For some reason, Tweeker & Christina insisted that we just had to get on this ride. I for one thought it was a trap and I was going to be forced to hug a Disney Character but that wasn't the case. If you haven't been on this ride, please go on it next time. Oh my!
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| A whole day spent at Disneyland and this was the only picture taken of the 4 of us |
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| Winnie the Pooh and his friends had birthday party just for Tweeker and me! |
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| Yummy Disney Birthday dessert! |
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| I wish I could buy him and keep him forever and ever |
Wednesday, it was back to work where Mr. Husband surprised me with beautiful flowers and my amazing student assistant surprised me with gifts.
I'm so amazed by Mr. Husband, he picked out the flowers with little to no help and designed the arrangement he sent me. What I love is that there were three black magic roses which is important because at our wedding the center pieces has three black roses. The arrangement had curly willow, again a big part of our wedding and there was little to no filler! (I hate filler!) The flowers where perfect! Just perfect!
My amazing student assistant, the sweetheart and hard worker that she is came into the office during an office meeting and when I went back to my desk I found the cutest gifts!
First, there was a Starbucks box, a box which I have never seen before and then there was a card with a perfect hand tied bow!
In that little box were cake pops from Starbucks! In the card, which she made herself was a cute necklace with a charm of a skull girl which had a pink bow! Cute and dark all rolled into one! I love it!
Thursday, the 28th! Finally my birthday! Oh I felt so loved this day. Yes, I went to work but still had an amazing day. Co-worker Chuck came into work with a wonderful and thoughtful gift...
A teaset with TAZO tea from Starbucks! Might I add that he put this gift together himself! He picked everything out and wrapped it. He made sure to make it a point that while his girlfriend was suppose to help he did it all on his own. That made the gift even more special! I felt so loved!
Throughout the day I received calls, text messages and while some people forgot about my birthday I didn't let that get me down. What did matter were the people that did remember and took time out of their busy day to let me know they thought of me and wanted to wish me a happy birthday. Thank you.
After work when I finally got home I noticed that my Mom and Older Sister-In-Law were sitting outside and when I finally parked they walked over (the long walk from my mom's house to my house) with such big smiles on their faces. I didn't think much of it and just assumed that they wanted to wish me a happy birthday but no, that wasn't the end of it. Apparently, I had overlooked a BIG birthday present on my front lawn. Something I have been wanting since last year...
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| This plants name is maguey |
Yes, I have been wanting this beautiful plant for a long time! Isn't it just beautiful? Okay, well I have love for plants that comes of my parents, since I was young my parents were always working in the yard to make it beautiful. While Mr. Husband took me out to dinner my Dad took it upon himself to plant my birthday present and then made me take a picture with it.
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| I look super happy! |
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| Mr. Husband wanted the elephant but I told him a picture would just have to do for now |
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| Picture perfect, Mr. Husband is oh so yummy! |
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| Beautiful |
For our stay, he booked the Birthday Celebration Stay Package so that we could get away for a night since I for one don't want to be away from my Boba for too long. For our mini getaway he booked a spa day! He booked the Couples N' Courtship package. This was the first time we had been to the spa so we had no idea what to expect. The package included:
* Body Polishes (25 minutes)
*Aromatherapy Bath (25 minutes)
*50 minutes couple's massage
*Champagne & Strawberries for two
*Private use of the Spa villa for one-half hour (teehee)
My favorite part of it all was the body polish! Oh my was that amazing! Mr. Husband said he enjoyed it so much that we're going to have to do it more often which I'm very excited about.
That night we then had dinner at Duane's (the food is amazing) and when we got back to the room I had a pleasant little surprise waiting for me...
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| CUPCAKES! |
Part of the package included cupcakes for the birthday person which was me but I was nice enough to share with Mr. Husband.
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| The balloon matched my outfit! |
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| I'm as plain as vanilla what can I say... |
Our full day there was amazing and we were so relaxed after our spa treatment! In the morning we woke up to rain. I couldn't believe that it was raining in July but either way I loved it! I love the smell and sound of rain!
Once we checked out we finally got to have the Sunday Champagne Brunch which is amazing but at this point with the Mission Inn there is no way that you can expect anything but amazing! Throughout the weekend I kept telling Juan that I was going to run into my boss, Monty since he always spends his weekends there. As I was waiting for Mr. Husband to pay the bill I was sad because I hadn't seen my boss all weekend. But, then there he was, Monty! Walking around looking at all the beauty that the Mission Inn has to offer. I walked over to him to say hello and let him know that my weekend was not going to be complete without seeing him at the Mission Inn. We had a pleasant little chat and he hugged me hello and goodbye.
These past two weeks have been amazing and I needed happiness in my life. With everything that happened last month I'm so thankful to have had such a wonderful birthday this year. I truly needed it.
Thank you Mr. Husband, the love of my life for being romantic and surprising me.
Thank you VeroBabies for helping me plan my birthday dinner and holding my hand through it all.
Thank you my dear family for loving me through my grumpy days and still caring enough to remember what I have been wanting and asking for.
Thank you my dear friends for letting me be selfish for a bit and remembering me always.
And now, as July is coming to a end and August is just a few minutes away I will go back to reality but thankfully my reality is and has always been a beautiful fairy tale.
