my sweet birthday ...

Last Tuesday I celebrated the passing of yet another year in the life of me!! Having a birthday so close to Christmas was always a pain as a child ... but I have grown to love it! I was thrilled to send my babies back to school and head for a pedi and lunch with two friends at one of my favorite places. We had been planning since before Christmas so I had plenty of time to look forward to my day ...

After a very long pedi (very long stressful story!!! I will spare you!) I headed to lunch with Paper Girl and Clemsongirl. I was thrilled to be joining them ...

Little did I know I would be joining a group of friends ... they had secretly arranged for me to be surprised!!! To say I was surprised would be an understatement. I was shocked and completely blown away! It was amazing ... all the way down to the red velvet cupcake provided by Johnnie Gabriel!

if you know anything about Paula Dean's cousin you know she is famous for her red velvet cake ... it is to die for!!!

all 7 of us ... I love my friends!!!

Thank you to each and every one of them who made me feel like the most special girl in the world. They all made time in their schedule for just me ... it was the sweetest time together!!! I was so humbled by the love of each of them ... I left and headed home with such a full heart and my love cup overflowing ... I will not forget it!

Just as I settled in for the evening Lawyer appeared with a jeep full of groceries to make me dinner. We dined on veggie lasagne, white wine and homemade chocolate cake. Does it get any better?

MPM