obligatory birthday post

[orangerful]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It has been quite a week, bit of a blur.

Because of ice/cold we had a delayed opening on Monday at work so that day was screwy. Tuesday was a scare of ice in the evening and I was perturbed at how our upper management handled it (but saying at 2pm they were not going to close, even though the week before they told us how staff safety is important). I was very angry as I slid out of the parking lot at 5pm knowing my friends were stuck there until 9pm as the freezing rain pelted my car.

BUT the bright side is that my awesome coworkers did my birthday party on Tuesday! We do birthday buddies and you are supposed to request a cake and ice cream flavor but I learned long ago that the world is full of MANY cake flavors, so I always just put "YES!" or "delicious" next to the cake option and hope for the best. This year was not a disappointment as my buddy made a tasty chocolate cherry cake. OMG SO GOOD! She used a recipe from Cake Mix Doctor and said you just don't use any liquids, just chocolate cake mix, an egg and cherry pie filling. And then make real chocolate frosting by melting chocolate chips. I won't lie, I had two pieces haha. Plus, she found the most awesome card for me:





That right there is an officially licensed Star Wars product which features dogs in Star Wars costumes.

I took off my birthday because that is how I roll now. I didn't want to do anything productive but with the threat of snow looming, I did run out and get milk and some other dinner items just in case. Tim came home early and we went to my parents' place and then we all went to Pasta Plus one of the best Italian restaurants in the area. We had calamari and oysters with mozzarella and spinach as appetizers and I had veal scallopine sinatra for dinner and finished it all off with a cappuccino and a cannoli (the waiter mocked my excitement over the cannoli, he doesn't understand that I ONLY eat cannoli at Italian restaurants).

My mom bought me a proper hand mixer so I can throw away my 1970s model that falls apart while mixing (made the process of making cookies a bit too exciting). She also got me a cast iron skillet, which I've wanted because that appears to be the key to making steak when you have no grill. And a $100 gift card to ModCloth.com which I am going to sit on until they have an epic sale or something so I can get the most for it haha. Though I am so tempted to just buy some shoes and move on. We will see.

They also got me this awesome shirt which is now my favorite shirt:


Favorite book = favorite shirt. I love that cover, that is the cover of the first edition I read.

Tim got me an external drive for my Xbox One since I'm already making progress on filling up what drive (and with the announcement of Rock Band 4, I am going to need all the space I can get!).

Sylvia made me a collage of all the things I love:


And Carol got me The LEGO Movie on blu-ray which I immediately put into the player and watched the outtakes extras. It has COMMENTARY! I am so listening to that soon...after I get through the parks and recreation commentary tracks.

Anyway, good times. I feel like I've had my quota of snow days now so I'm ready for spring. And I'm about to lose an hour of sleep to daylight savings, blah. Tim is working tomorrow 1-5pm which means I have the apartment to myself hehe. Oh what to do what to do...watch commentary, binge watch another series, play Sims, plays Xbox...my life is so hard LOL.

I leave you with the birthday card my parent's got me because it is very relevant:

Comments

[deathling.livejournal.com]

FLAPPY BIRD DAY!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL Thank you! Though I'm more of a candy crusher myself ;-)

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

That is so cute that your work has birthday buddies!!! I am glad your birthday was so great. :)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

It really is nice to have random cake and ice cream days all year long, I love that we celebrate each other. Thank you!

[vibes.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday you fabulous thing you! I'm late I know, so sorry bb! :(

That cake sounds freakin delicious though! And the card looks sooooo funny! The little Leia dog is literally the cutest thing I've seen all day!

ModCloth has super cute stuff but it can be so expensive! I'd def wait to use that gift card on a really awesome sale!

Glad your birthday was awesome! ❤

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

And of course they aren't having any sales right now...I need them to do a 20% off code or something...I mostly want the shows with the cat faces on them LOL

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

That dog card is adorable! LOL at your parents' card.

Stacey

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

That card is so true to life though, Tim and I sit on the couch watching shows and Googling to identify actors and verify information. Then he tells me something and I made him cite his source (librarians are sticklers for that stuff)

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

LOL. Mike and I are like that, too - especially Mike. He loves looking up stuff on Google.

Stacey

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

The dog card is so cute :333

Glad that you had a great birthday <3

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Happy happy birthday! And that's a great card, I love it. :D

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Definitely a card worth saving.

[lisabella.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a wonderful day!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I did! :D

[stellicidio.livejournal.com]

Happy Belated Birthday!! Sounds like you had a good one :)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

It was a lot of fun and I'm trying to keep the fun going all month long hehe

[pleasant-valley.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday.♥ Sounds like you had a great day! :)

I love that doggy Star Wars card and the collage is such a cute idea.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

It is a cute idea! I was really impressed by Sylvia's creativity.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, chocolate cherry cake sounds awesome!!! And I freaking LOVE those cards :D Epic birthday things are epic! :D

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Everyone needs an epic birthday every now and then. :)

[kaaelyn.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday!

The cake sounds so DELICIOUS! Wow, I am jealous! You got some wonderful gifts, too. I love the card!! XD

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I know I am so lucky! And today my friend sent me Game of Thrones on blu-ray! I love when my birthday lasts all month long LOL

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

I would've had two slices of that cake too! Birthday Buddies is a great way to do it--we did that at MTR too. Where I am now we do *nothing* for birthdays, but the ILL staff is having a First Day of Spring party! They got some new staff who are friendly and fun; I'm blessed my office is in their area.

All your cards and gifts are so right for you. I love Sylvia's sweet collage.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Boo to doing nothing on birthdays. I know a lot of branches don't do anything or do a monthly part if their staff is too big. But that is no fun (and less cake!). At least the first day of Spring party should be fun (just don't play that JoCo song!!! INAPPROPRIATE! LOL)