Welp. You only turn 30 once right? Not that I need ANY excuse to have a few libations, (hehe) but turning 30 warrants well....libations! Soooooo I was led to believe by my hubby that we were going out for a MUCH NEEDED date night and that he had already lined up for the kids to spend the night at Grandpa and Nona's. (that should have been my first hint that he was plotting, he's no Martha Stewart when it comes to party planning) But little did I know that he had been on the sneaky sneaky with one of my best friends for over a month!
Skipping to last night, we were headed out to the restaurant Local in mid-town (or so I thought). Pause... since when has mid-town become a booming metropolis in our city? Or am I really just that behind and sheltered? Maybe I should get out more??? After ten minutes of circling like a shark for a parking spot, we finally found one and were headed in. We got to the door and all of a sudden J says, "Ok, change of plans." Uhhh, ok? He said he didn't want to hurt my feelings, but Local was booked so we were going to Bosco's instead. Well ok, that sounds good to me. So we get in, bypass the hostess and he tells me to just keep going straight to the back. (ok this is starting to get a little "weird") I turn the corner and out comes the loud squeal... "SURPRISE"!!! There was an entire group of people at a big table all there to help me celebrate being one year closer to geriatric-hood! Ha! We had a great time at dinner with some of my best friends and the rest of the night was up to "wherever the wind blows us" aka wherever the cab drove us lol.
Kelly, McKenleigh, Ashley and me at Bosco's
After dinner we headed over to Local, for real this time haha to hang out and have a couple of drinks. Of course we tend to take pictures like there's no tomorrow, so here's a few pics of us attempting to "act our age" (like we ever do that).
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| Typical..... |
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| Wifey swap! LOL |
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| My mini-me.... (just act like you don't see this pic Mom ha!) |
After a while we headed downtown to continue the party. Side note, last night was "dress like Santa pub crawl downtown" that one of the local bars hosts every year and we saw some pretty funny attempts to look like the the big guy who comes down the chimney, ha! I WISH I would have taken some nonchalant, potentially embarrassing pics of the Santa's but ask me if that crossed my mind at ONE O'CLOCK in the morning? NOPE. Oh well, on to more shenanigans...
Holly and Kyle.... oh these two...aren't they cute?? I'm sure he thinks our family is NUTS!
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| Me and Holls! (We missed our other sissy, Auburn... don't worry Aubs, we drank one or two for you) Sad and scary my youngest sissy is old enough to even go to a bar! I feel like she should be at home playing barbies! Guess I'm starting to show my "age" LOL |
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| Me and Kelly! So many fun nights and memories with this sweet girl! LOVE YOU! |
We had such a fun night and got home around...hmmm,
yeah it was late. Ha. I am so thankful and blessed to have a sweet hubby and
friends who came out to celebrate me turning the DIRTY 30 as I have been
hearing from everyone for a while! Don't worry though, just wait til' they all
turn 30...hehehe. So getting sentimental here for a minute, from the
bottom of my HEART, a HUGE thank you to everyone that came out and helped
celebrate my birthday. Really, it meant the world to me! I feel like such a
lucky girl to have such wonderful friends and family that love and care about
me!
In other breaking news... Jackson is back to 100%
Whooooo, FINALLY! The kids had a great weekend and now that I'm getting closer
to "old fart" status, I'll gladly share all my AARP discounts with my
YOUNGER friends! (yes, I'm admitting that one of those came in the mail for me
the other day) Hahahaha! I mean good grief! I'm only 30 AARP! That's about
the equivalent of someone making a phone call and asking for someone
who is no longer alive! Can you say awkward!?! GEEZ! I hope your weekend was as
fun and blessed with love as mine was!
Here's to the DIRTY 30! Til next time friends!
~EM
