The great thing about having your birthday right before a weekend is that you get to declare it your “birthday weekend”! You can do whatever you want (within reason), everyone is super nice to you and calories don’t count (right?)
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My mom made some chocolate covered strawberries to nibble on when we got there.
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As a special treat, they picked up a Tickle Your Tummy nut-free cake, topped with some of the chocolate covered strawberries and some smarties (family tradition!)
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I am actually older than 5, but at a certain point it gets ridiculous to put that many candles on the cake.
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Friday night was homemade pizza and movie night with some girlfriends. We ate junk food, laughed at inside jokes and cried at the movie (“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” – Very cute, but also a big tear jerker).
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Saturday night we went out with friends to celebrate my birthday at the drive-in. It is one of my all-time favourite summer activities and was exactly what I wanted to do on my birthday. Movies, popcorn, beer and the great outdoors. We saw “Men in Black III” and “21 Jump Street”, and both were great.
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We all brought lawn chairs so that we could sit outside and enjoy the night…which was really nice until it started to get chilly out. I was glad we had all brought blankets!
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Whiskey loves the drive-in for all the people watching…and dropped popcorn. He spent the rest of the night burrowed with me in blankets.
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Amy surprised me with some of her awesome Margarita Cupcakes! As soon as people saw the candles, the whole drive-in started singing Happy Birthday. Awesome 🙂
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Another great thing about this weekend is that I got some awesome presents. I was so spoiled!
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My parents found this awesome fajita skillet to make my own sizzling fajitas on the BBQ with a wooden base to set it on the table afterwards. I can’t wait to try this!
They also picked up a great summer purse and some sandals. A good reminder to switch over from the winter purse I have still been using.
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Garrett was so sweet and picked some goodies for me from Anthropologie. After years of window shopping there, it was nice to finally have something in my home!
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The embroidered tea towel looks perfect on the kitchen cart, but I’ve give strict orders not to dry with it. I want to keep it pretty as long as I can! I love all the vintagey little details
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The set of six bowls are the perfect size for fruit salad, ice cream or oatmeal.
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They have a new home on the open shelf above our sink, alongside my favourite red teapot and my Andy Warhol print of John Wayne.
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Garrett’s parents gave me a beautiful mercury glass candle that was also from Anthropologie, as well as a straw hat that goes great with the purse my parents gave me.
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The candle already next to a cute Pottery Barn monogram candle my sister gave me a couple of years ago.
I had a great birthday weekend and now I feel like this year is off to a great start 🙂