All right, it is the much awaited birthday, recap post!  Hoorah! 

Well, so the big event was on Monday.  I turned 27.  The big 27.  OverThey make my legs look hot! the weekend I went to visit my parents.  Somehow, we managed to con my dad into taking Engineer and Sugar on a fieldtrip, and I ended up having some girl time with just my mom and Spider.  Mom bought me some much needed "professional woman shoes" and I love them, love them, love them.

While we were gone, my darling sister housesat for us. She fed my kitties and made sure no one came in and remodeled anything for us.  Although, we could definitely use some improvements around here.  When we got home, she had left these for me:

Sweet Smelling!

I love floral surprises!  

Then the actual day came.  My sister-in-law sent me a sweet talking card.  It was a surprise since she had already sent me a card.  But this one made me laugh:

Lucky! 

We got our new fridge, finally, only to find out that it didn’t fit in the space.  I am not going to post a picture, but with a little drywall removal, it fits fine.

I spent much of the day feeling sorry for myself that our house hadn’t sold, and I tried to go out and talk to people about Mary Kay, but I chickened out.  So that was a bummer, but then just before I left for my unit meeting, I got a call from my realtor with a contingent offer, so that was pretty good.  When I got home, I got to open my only gift– a present from Kathryn.

Tasted greatI didn’t get my cake until Tuesday when my sister brought it over for our "official" birthday celebration. She had made it in a hurry after work.  She didn’t have time to let it cool before she frosted it, and she wrote happy birthday on it just before covering it with saran wrap. So it ended up saying something in Hebrew-ish language.  Not sure what it said.  I’m hoping it was "happy birthday" and not "a curse on your house this night" or something equally ominous.

It tasted good though.  So I guess that’s all that matters. 

And we put seven candles on the cake.  Engineer was mad about it, but hey, we didn’t have enough for 27.  The package maxed out at 24.  I guess I am officially old.  But not too old to puff out my cheeks ridiculously while being photographed blowing out the candles!

Blow it out before the toddlers do!