bday in summary...
It rocked!!!!! I was SO stoked to see all my friends. A few of them, although friends for at least a year or more, hadn't even been to my place, so it was so cool to have them in my home! Thank you, those of you who came out to celebrate w/ me!!Brian gave me a gift I've had on my wishlist forever - a gift certificate to Ambiance!! Oh man, I am a lucky girl! I can't wait to go use it! What a treat! He also got me this wacky book I had on my wishlist, Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing. I started reading lastnight & so far, it's really entertaining! Thanks Brian!!! xoxoxxo
Speaking of wacky books, my friend Cody got me another one I had on my wishlist: Giraffes? Giraffes! It's hilarious!
Practical gift award goes to my sweet friend, Eric who last year & again this year stoked me with a gift certificate to Whole Foods. SO. AWESOME. I mean, seriously - that's such a neat gift! They sell such yummy food, and personally I have some favorites in their vitamins, face & body products section that this certificate will help me buy! yay! Thanks Eric!
My sweet Lyney-looo made me a yuummy carrot cake (decorated with cute white daisys too!) & had me befuddled when everyone came out on the porch saying Lyne was making them come out there instead of be inside. Wha? Here I thought it was her way of stirring up the party - but surprise, surprise she followed with 30 candles (oh my god that's a lot of fire!) blazing atop her pretty cake. yay!!
Thank you to sweet Lucia who came over early to hang out with me while I was setting up - and is making me a scarf, that I got to even request size & length! I love the color & can't wait to see it when it's all done! Thanks Lucia bean! Speaking of handmade goods, Hez is making these incredible bags & gave me a custom Hezcatt bag... it's awesome - and reversable! I'll have to take a photo & post it so you can see! She's going to have her store up in no time, right hez? :)
It was great to see the Six Girls (minus Kat, who had her boy's bday that night & never made it!), since we've pretty much disbanded and we hardly see each other anymore. Sucks none of those girls are in my pics - I didn't even pull out the camera till like 9:30 - sorry bout that!
Speaking of, for any of you who were part of the early crew... it was pretty mellow and you missed a great party later on! I won't lie, I was nervous I wasn't going to have one of my classic crazy parties that I'm so proud of :). It was pretty chill in the early hours and mentally I was preparing myself - hahaa! but holy cow... come 11:15 or so, the party peeps started showin up, shots were had & the party got AWESOME till about 3am! WHAT FUN!
Misty & Ted hit the nail on the head w/ a Bagel Radio mix and a book, called Drop Dead Cute with Illustrations by Japanese Women. Awesome! Darren also knows I like the art books, and he got me one of Tiffany Bozic's (love her!) and a KozynDan one, that I actually already had received from Jee last year! huzzah! These peeps know what I like!! :) I'm excited that I get to now pass on the awesomeness of Kozyndan to someone else. Darren has given me the gift of an awesome gift to re-gift. ha! :)
However, quite possibly one of the *coolest* things I got was Darren's awesome handmade card:
SO ya.... I had a great frickin time. The keg even was almost all gone by the end, which I proudly admit I think I probably took care of most of it - every time I turned around my glass was empty. haha... how's that for a recipe for a kick ass birthday? awww yaaa! And on top of that, I was fortunate enough to receive beautiful flowers, incredibly delicious carmel brownies (thanks ali & leslie!), a few bottles of wine, champagne, tequila and even sake (thanks chris!)! woohoooo!! Uhh, so you know what all that means? I totally need to have another party! :)
My brother totally rocked. Poor guy had to work the SF Apparel show early the next day & had warned me he wasn't going to be able to make it a late night. But I retorted with a stern, "Oh HELL no. This is my 30th birthday and you WILL be partying with me all night!" And bless his little heart he did. Until about 4:15 when I couldn't find him & called his cell to find he'd snuck out to pass out in his car. HAHHAHA! What a trooper!!!! But, it goes without saying his Sunday was brutal. God, he deserves brother of the year award for that! THANK YOU MAX!!! Everyone loved you, you cutie!
Huge love to my hotty girlfriends Cameron & Jenna (I mean seriously - you ladies are HOTT!) who made the wee hours of the morning so fun (until we all passed out), and then kept the party goin with me the next morning by taking me out for my favorite Huevos breakfast @ Boogaloos! yay!!! And to Neighbor Nathan who is my new party pal, and joined me for a sleepy sunday afternoon matinee of Madagascar! Such a cute movie!!
Everyone loved meeting each other and some kick ass connections were made over everything from tequila vs. Jäger - to hair-metal bands. Isn't that sweet? hahhaa
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On my actual bday (Monday, June 20) my sweet friend Trina took me out for a yummy lunch (salmon, my favorite!) at Chez Papa - and then we even got ice cream afterwards at Scoop down the street! yay!!
I'm super bummed I forgot to have anyone take a photo of Trina & I... she even drove us in her cute little mini!
Oh & I even wore my BEAUTIFUL new necklace my Momma got for me!!! I've been wanting something from Small Things Designs forever, and so I picked out what I wanted & I now am the proud owner of this gorgeous necklace:
Thanks Mommacita! xoxox
So in summary, ringing in my big 3-0 was fantastic. Thank you all for your emails, ecards, comments - and most importantly to my wonderful family & friends for making it a great one!!! xoxo
p.s. if you missed the photos, there's a big fat album of them here!
