Well, my birthday was the second birthday that we celebrated. My day, while was not craptacular, sadly, it was not one of those days that I would rate in my top 10 either. Honestly, my birthday is not really a happy time for me and I can't remember many that were. Having a birthday that is close to Christmas is never any fun for obvious reasons. Who wants their two major holidays to open presents from loved ones to be 10 days apart???? And if you are blessed (or cursed) to have them so close together, who wants gifts that serve as both holidays from your family? I have had those gifts too often and it tends to be a double edged sword, one that I tend to dislike more then I like honestly. Sure you can get a bigger gift sometimes, but is it worth not getting a gift for Christmas?
Before my birthday, Super husband told me to go and buy what I wanted because he would not have the time to go and do any shopping for me. Not only does he not have the time since he generally works until 9pm at night, he also does not have access to the debit card. We basically only use our debit card for all of our purchases since all of our American credit cards change us a fee. He has cash generally, but not enough to really buy much. As my birthday approached he managed to complain to me that I was sure buying myself lots of things, to which I replied I thought that was what he wanted me to do since he did not have the time!
I went to dinner on the 14th with some of the other mom's in Cian's year. He had intended to the store to buy a cake, but I have not even seen a regular lemon cake mix in the stores. In the UK, they must make most of their cakes from scratch. We can buy some cake mixes, Betty Crocker is available, but it is pretty costly. I told him that I would prefer to try and find cupcakes in a bakery that I had seen in Bishop's Stortford.
The night of the 14th the kids had a disturbing revelation as well. When they asked Super Handsome what they were giving me for my birthday, he said nothing! They were apparently alarmed because he always had something for them to give me for my birthday! He was a bit incensed at them because as he pointed out to them, when did he have the time to do any shopping for me....
This year, my birthday was just not destined to be a good one. I got on the road at 9am to pick up my mother in law at the airport. I drove to Heathrow to pick up her up. We had discussed having her take a train to us, but with her being on the plane all night we thought it was best that I picked her up. I listened to the traffic all morning and sadly confused where the day's traffic snaffu's location. I thought that it was not located where I was going, unfortunately it was, and my trip to the airport was lengthened by a good 45 mins. So, overall I probably spent over 3 hours in the car.
Thankfully, she was on time, though worried about where to meet me. Luckily, I saw her quickly and we left the airport in a record amount of time.
We stopped on our way home for a quick bit of shopping and to get some gas for the car. We stopped to try and get the cupcakes and found no success, sadly. We made it home in the twilight, which here is early since the sunset at 3:50. The boys were thrilled to see her and Super Handsome even made it home earlier then normal.
For dinner we went to the a pub just down the road, The Lion and the Lamb. It was a really nice pub and we found that the owners lived very near us. It was an overall nice experience and the food was tasty. I think that we will make it back again soon.
We came home to no real birthday dessert. Super Handsome decided that since we had frozen eclairs, that we had to have them, I would have been fine to skip them and in fact I was so full from dinner that I did!
I guess that it is good that I have low expectations for my birthday, and really overall, this was definitely not the worst one that I have can remember. I do enjoy protracted celebrations. We went for drinks with my friend Mrs Innuendo and her husband Saturday evening. The kids also picked out a few things from them when we went shopping on Friday afternoon. Kids 3 in particular was very sweet about finding something that I would like. My MIL bought me two cute sweater dresses on my birthday when we did our little shopping expedition and she found me the cutest pair of earring when she was in Paris! We were also lucky enough to find a cupcake shop while we were in Windsor on Saturday. We got caught in a traffic jam on the way home because of a horrible accident and just enjoyed them in the car!
All in all, a birthday is just the marker of my time on this earth. I am just happy that I have another year to spend with everyone. My highlights were there though. My phone call from my Mom and Dad (Mark), my birthday wishes from my kids and husband, my homemade card from my youngest and a sweet and thoughtful gift from my BFF in the UK, Mrs Innuendo, and all my wishes from Facebook and I was honored in a mention in my sisters status, it does make a nice little party in your email. Cheers.
Before my birthday, Super husband told me to go and buy what I wanted because he would not have the time to go and do any shopping for me. Not only does he not have the time since he generally works until 9pm at night, he also does not have access to the debit card. We basically only use our debit card for all of our purchases since all of our American credit cards change us a fee. He has cash generally, but not enough to really buy much. As my birthday approached he managed to complain to me that I was sure buying myself lots of things, to which I replied I thought that was what he wanted me to do since he did not have the time!
I went to dinner on the 14th with some of the other mom's in Cian's year. He had intended to the store to buy a cake, but I have not even seen a regular lemon cake mix in the stores. In the UK, they must make most of their cakes from scratch. We can buy some cake mixes, Betty Crocker is available, but it is pretty costly. I told him that I would prefer to try and find cupcakes in a bakery that I had seen in Bishop's Stortford.
The night of the 14th the kids had a disturbing revelation as well. When they asked Super Handsome what they were giving me for my birthday, he said nothing! They were apparently alarmed because he always had something for them to give me for my birthday! He was a bit incensed at them because as he pointed out to them, when did he have the time to do any shopping for me....
This year, my birthday was just not destined to be a good one. I got on the road at 9am to pick up my mother in law at the airport. I drove to Heathrow to pick up her up. We had discussed having her take a train to us, but with her being on the plane all night we thought it was best that I picked her up. I listened to the traffic all morning and sadly confused where the day's traffic snaffu's location. I thought that it was not located where I was going, unfortunately it was, and my trip to the airport was lengthened by a good 45 mins. So, overall I probably spent over 3 hours in the car.
Thankfully, she was on time, though worried about where to meet me. Luckily, I saw her quickly and we left the airport in a record amount of time.
We stopped on our way home for a quick bit of shopping and to get some gas for the car. We stopped to try and get the cupcakes and found no success, sadly. We made it home in the twilight, which here is early since the sunset at 3:50. The boys were thrilled to see her and Super Handsome even made it home earlier then normal.
For dinner we went to the a pub just down the road, The Lion and the Lamb. It was a really nice pub and we found that the owners lived very near us. It was an overall nice experience and the food was tasty. I think that we will make it back again soon.
We came home to no real birthday dessert. Super Handsome decided that since we had frozen eclairs, that we had to have them, I would have been fine to skip them and in fact I was so full from dinner that I did!
I guess that it is good that I have low expectations for my birthday, and really overall, this was definitely not the worst one that I have can remember. I do enjoy protracted celebrations. We went for drinks with my friend Mrs Innuendo and her husband Saturday evening. The kids also picked out a few things from them when we went shopping on Friday afternoon. Kids 3 in particular was very sweet about finding something that I would like. My MIL bought me two cute sweater dresses on my birthday when we did our little shopping expedition and she found me the cutest pair of earring when she was in Paris! We were also lucky enough to find a cupcake shop while we were in Windsor on Saturday. We got caught in a traffic jam on the way home because of a horrible accident and just enjoyed them in the car!
All in all, a birthday is just the marker of my time on this earth. I am just happy that I have another year to spend with everyone. My highlights were there though. My phone call from my Mom and Dad (Mark), my birthday wishes from my kids and husband, my homemade card from my youngest and a sweet and thoughtful gift from my BFF in the UK, Mrs Innuendo, and all my wishes from Facebook and I was honored in a mention in my sisters status, it does make a nice little party in your email. Cheers.
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