Thanks so much for all the Happy Birthday wishes yesterday! Going on my Facebook page and seeing your messages was really fun!
What did I do this weekend? The short answer is- not cook. We went out to eat and ordered more food to the house than I think we've ever done. It was also a lot of Apocalyptic TV and movie watching.
Friday, my sister, Stephanie, showed up- planning to stay for the entire weekend! She is 6 months pregnant and travels with all kinds of body pillows these days. I got to open my gifts from her, Critter (my brother-in-law) and the baby. Along with a new curling iron and a huge bag of my favorite homemade granola- I got this- from my unborn niece...
SO CUTE!!
On Saturday, I emceed the Woof N Treat costume contest, went to Ridgedale for a little shopping (the whole mall seemed to be on sale- now's the time to start that Christmas shopping) and we ended the night with a birthday dinner at Eat Street Social- just off 26th and Nicollet in Mpls. They had a Fall Sangria that was AMAZING!
Now to the Apocalyptic TV stuff. Throughout the course of the weekend, we watched almost all the episodes of "The Walking Dead" AND "Seeking a Friend for the End of The World"- that is one depressing movie. Afterwards- we had to watch last week's Saturday Night Live just to cleanse our depressed pallets.
On Sunday (my actual Birthday) my Dad came to The Cities for the day and we went...you guessed it...out to Brunch. After we got back to the house, we polished off a DQ cake that Steph had brought over Friday. It's true- we ate the whole thing. Remember though- Steph is eating for two!
We wrapped up Sunday night with a little prompting from Jeff, "We NEED to order Pizza Luce." It was agreed that since it was in fact a "Birthday Weekend" pizza was mandatory. At this point- I hadn't run the dishwasher all weekend and we were running low on silverware. Jeff and Steph had already loaded up and sat down to eat- they left me a plate and fork on the counter. This was the only fork left...
The giant, serving fork. I didn't even fight it- I just sat down, ate my salad and pizza and tried to fight off my impending indigestion. Happy Birthday to me. Happy Monday to YOU!
