Another year older, another year wiser...

My birthday has come and gone and I thought I would give you a recap of the events of the weekend.

Friday night we celebrated with Mexican at a restaurant in the Vista. We lucked out and didn't get the sombreros or the singing....ok by me! Here's a picture of me opening presents and the other birthday girl, Julie, opening presents, as well.

After Mexican we headed over to MacDougall's where we spent most of the rest of the night until going to 2 other bars then heading home. Even after dinner and 3 bars we were home and in bed by 2...I'm just too old for anything more!!

On Saturday we slept late (heaven!) and I cleaned the house and watched our basketball team take on Georgia while WEG went to see a high school state championship game with a friend. Then Saturday night he and I went to dinner at Al-Amir, a Mediterranean restaurant. We stuffed ourselves, but their falafel and summer salad is really yummy!!

Sunday morning we got up and went to church with 2 friends and then went to lunch at Panera, followed by shopping for a TV...we got a new 42" inch flatscreen! It's great- and ours had kicked the bucket! At one point in the afternoon WEG claimed he had to go to his office and came home with a birthday cake for me from Publix. Please notice it's pink and green- and it's red velvet, my favorite! YUMM!! He did well! Then Sunday night, 6 of our friends came over and we had a fish fry and hung out.

Last night my mama and daddy came to Columbia and took me out to dinner at Mr. Friendly's...where I stuffed myself on pimento cheese filet, the Mr. Friendly's salad, and their famous Moonpie dessert- it was soooo good! The picture below is of the moonpie- complete with happy birthday syrup and a candle!

It was such a great weekend!! I am so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family who celebrated with me for 4 days! And, I racked up on the gifts (and the food, clearly!). From my friends I got the book Redeeming Love, the green Old Navy pants I wanted, Jillian Michaels video for the Wii, a hot pink Tervis tumbler with a green palmetto tree, Turbie Twists to dry my hair, earrings, and 2 movies! From WEG I got a gift certificate to Pink Sorbet, the Lilly Pulitzer store, and the fuschia rain coat I wanted. I also got the same coat from my parents (I forgot to pass along the word that I was already getting it, but no biggie- credit at Boden is never a bad thing!). I would like to mention that the raincoat is lined in a green circle pattern and the stitching for the coat is green- it's adrable! I also got a new purse and the Katie Lee Joel Comfort Table cookbook from my parents. I sure do love all of my presents!

Thank you again to all of you that wished me Happy Birthday! Tomorrow my coworkers are taking me to lunch, so I guess the celebrations still aren't over...and they did finally remember to say happy birthday yesterday! I guess 27 isn't so terrible after all!

Stay tuned for more of the fun pictures from the night once I get them from my friends- if you're reading this, send them to me, slackers!! ;-) Just kidding!