unblogged bloggables-another year older

i LOVE any reason to celebrate, and i especially LOVE birthday celebrations. i like making a big deal of people's birthdays probably because mine is so close to christmas. my friends made a big deal of my birthday this year and it was a lot of fun.

tiffany planned a really fun surprise party at tsunami. she did a great job inviting so many friends from various parts of my life. i felt so loved having so many friends take time out of their busy holiday schedules to come celebrate my birthday.

they brought the cutest gold and white decorations.

 laurann made the prettiest cake

 i started my actual birthday with a workout at the gym and then a pure barre class. nothing beats a good sweat first thing in the morning.

 i took myself to get a pedicure to celebrate.

lisa came to town for the holidays and happened to have free time for lunch on my birthday. we met at cubbys and had a fun time catching up.

mandi, brenna, heidi, and i went to luminaria at thanksgiving point the night of my birthday. the lights were amazing, and we had so much fun walking around looking at it all.

by the time we finished at luminaria, a lot of restaurants were closed or almost closed. we ended the night at cafe rio for a quick dinner, it was a really fun birthday.

mandi gave me a baby bundt cake from nothing bundt cakes. i ended up eating it for breakfast on the plane to california the next morning. it was delicious.

 i got a few late birthday gifts which is always fun. it extends the celebration a little longer. i got this card with one of the gifts.