So on June 3rd, I turned 27, and it was a pretty good day if I do say so myself! Usually I can't get the day off of work but this year I got lucky and had Monday AND Tuesday off. Monday morning I woke up to a bunch of birthday texts and Facebook notifications - not a bad way to start the day! All of the wishes were very nice but I gotta be honest here and say that for sure the cutest birthday text was one that I got from my sister of my bedhead niece duckfacing like a champ!
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| The text read, "This is KJ's fall out of bed happy birthday to her auntie. XO haha" |
I mean.... sorry, everyone else, but it's not even a competition! I couldn't stop laughing at that, that baby just cracks me up. She's basically the most adorable human being alive, haha!
I had received some little gifts earlier in the week - one from my mom/step-dad/brother in the mail, and one from my bestie Tori who brought it to me at work - Clinton kept telling me to open them, but I wanted to wait until my actual birthday! It's more fun that way because you have something to look forward to!
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| The card from the package my family sent - my brother's note cracks me up! I'm the only sister he's ever had hahaha! |
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| Fluffy little owl (I love owls!), earrings, and a Papyrus card (I got my mom addicted to them!) |
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| Tori knows me so well and spoils me so much! Turquoise necklaces, adorable card, sephora make-up brushes, minty M&M's, and an H&M gift card with a homemade gift card holder - so cute!! |
After I opened those, Clinton told me it was time to open up my present(s) from him - he laid out 4 envelopes on the table and gave me #1. I was of course curious to know what was in the other 3, but I happily opened up the 1st one.
Haha! He's so silly, and he knows me so well! I've wanted to buy both of those albums for awhile but I always feel like there are better things to spend money on, or like we should save it instead, so he made it an easy decision for me! He also teases me because I like to do puzzles on my iPad - there are like 50 free ones on the app I use and then you can pay for more, but I would really feel silly spending money on that! So after I opened that he said we should get ready because he had plans for us that day.
Once I got ready and we were in the car ready to leave, he handed me envelope #2 and it cracked me up! Inside of it was a Starbucks reward card that he stole from ME hahaha! It was a gift card that I got awhile ago and I decided to register it for the rewards program because you get a free drink on your birthday! He also knew that I would more than likely be Instagramming the day, so he added his own totally silly hashtags to the birthday card!
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| #stolen #notreallyfromme #goodwaytostarttheday #iloveyou #happybirthday |
After we stopped for coffee (a hazelnut iced latte for me, and a hot vanilla blonde roast for husband!) he took me to an outdoor outlet mall we have here. He said he had originally planned to take me to a different mall, but when he found out that Tori had given me an H&M gift card, he decided to take me there instead because the other one didn't have it and he wanted me to be able to use it. He had to change his plan around a little bit because of different stores, but while we were in the car at the mall before we went in he gave me #3 and #4, both of which were in cards w/ cute, creative messages and had gift cards to my favorite stores. A couple of months ago he asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I told him he could take me to Fossil to pick out a watch - so he did that, plus more! And #4 was a gift card to Forever 21 so could pick out some cute seasonal/summery pieces. I am so spoiled!
He told me that usually he thinks gift cards alone are kind of lame, but that his birthday gift to me was to spend the day shopping with me and spoiling me because we haven't been shopping for clothes/shoes/watches, anything like that really, since we are in the middle of trying to save for a house! It was a really nice day! Most guys don't even want to consider going shopping with their girlfriend/wife, but my husband is not most guys. : ) We spent the day shopping and I scored some cute summer shirts, two pieces for work, and a super cute new watch.
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| The new watch I picked out - isn't it cute? |
After shopping he was going to take me to lunch at a restaurant by our apartment, but it turned out they didn't open until suppertime, so instead we just stopped in at this pizza place that happened to be next door and it was so stinking good! The tomatoes were super sweet, and the white pizza had alfredo sauce on it - to die for!
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| Mmm! |
After that he asked me what I wanted to do, and I was feeling really tired (unbeknownst to me at the time, there was more to this than I knew - again, more on that in my next entry!) and wanted to go home and relax for awhile. When we got home I laid out my loot to take a photo, and then downloaded the two albums I wanted and a couple of puzzles to my iPad, then just relaxed on the couch and took a nap.
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| Summery! |
After a couple of hours, Clinton's parents stopped by to have a little mini celebration with me. They brought cake balls and my favorite ice cream, and candles that burn multi-color flames! I am easily entertained haha, because I was totally fascinated by them. My mother-in-law, Debbie, also gave me a little invitation (covered in butterflies) for a raincheck on taking me to a place called Butterfly Wonderland over the weekend, and a gift card to Chipotle. They sang Happy Birthday and I blew out candles, and it was fun and cute!
I only had one bite of a cakepop and one bite of gelato because Clinton and I were planning on going out to eat supper afterward, but then the weirdest thing happened. We got in the car to leave and all of a sudden I felt like I was going to throw up everywhere, so I changed my mind about eating out - we had planned on Mexican which sounded totally unappetizing after that! Instead, I went back inside to drink some water (Clinton thought I might be dehydrated) while he went to the store to pick up something to eat. 15 minutes later, my handsome husband came back in with ingredients for breakfast for dinner, and we cooked together and ate in our living room while watching a movie. Seriously, who doesn't love a good brinner? It's awesome!
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| Damn, Turkeldawg! |
And that was a wrap on the day of my birthday! A couple days ago I went to celebrate at lunch with my dad and brother, and Sunday morning we met up with Debbie for the Butterfly Wonderland and brunch. The butterfly place was really cool! It's a big building, half of which is the biggest atrium in the U.S. with a whole bunch of different varieties (species? idk) of butterflies, and then inside are ant and bee colonies and a small aquarium. It was a really nice day.
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| Some photos from the inside exhibits and decor. |
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| So many different ones! So pretty and cool! |
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| Butterflies kept landing all over Debbie! |
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| All of us on the butterfly bench. |
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| Brunch at Butters |
And that's the rundown on my birthday celebrations! I'm a lucky girl to be loved by so many awesome people, and I can't wait to see what the year 27 will bring!
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